Trump in Hawaii: Pearl Harbor and protests

President Donald Trump visited the Pearl Harbor memorial on Friday, ahead of his 12-day trip to Asia for meetings with key allies in the region. 

Trump said that he has not yet been to the floating memorial of the Pearl Harbor attack, and that the visit “is going to be very exciting for me.” The president, joined by the first lady at the USS Arizona Memorial, laid a wreath of white flowers on the water over the site. 

The president’s arrival in Hawaii was met by disruptive protests against his immigration policies by Hawaiians beating drums and cheering former President Obama, who was born and spent part of his childhood in the state. 

“Not my Cheeto.” “We Shall Over Comb!” Middle-schoolers protesting at anti-Trump rally at Hawaii state Capitol pic.twitter.com/1IANoTEeNG

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Scenes from anti-Trump rally getting underway at state Capitol @StarAdvertiser pic.twitter.com/RZKv8fOE4J

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According to the Los Angeles Times, a flyer was distributed around the island ahead of Trump’s visit reading “Hawaii 3, Trump 0” along with the words, “Wish you weren’t here.” The score is a reference to the state’s judicial challenges of the president’s travel ban.

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Trump’s stop in Hawaii comes at the beginning of his five-country visit to Asia, the longest visit by a U.S. president to the continent since President George H.W. Bush. 

Upon arriving in the Pacific state, Trump reaffirmed that he would extend his trip an extra day to attend the East Asia Summit in the Philippines, which he said was the most vital day of the trip.  

The summit will take place after Trump’s attendance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Philippines, as well as visits to Japan, South Korea, China and Vietnam.