BILLINGS — The plane of former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump landed in Billings on Friday afternoon (August 9, 2024).
According to officials at Billings-Logan International Airport, Trump's plane landed in Billings after a mechanical issue.
Photos and video sent in by a viewer show the plane landing and taxied on the runway.
The pictures also show heightened security, including a sniper team on a nearby rooftop.
Trump's plane landed at about 2:29 p.m.
The former president then departed in another plane, landing at the West Yellowstone airport at about 4 p.m.
Trump then hosted a rally in Bozeman at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on the campus of Montana State University.
Trump has endorsed Montana U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who also spoke at the rally.
Sheehy is a Republican who is challenging incumbent Jon Tester, a Democrat, in one of the most highly-contested and expensive Senate races of 2024.
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This was Trump's sixth visit to Montana in recent years. He campaigned in Billing as a candidate in May 2016, and as President hosted rallies in 2018 in Great Falls (July), Billings (September), Missoula (October), and Bozeman (November).
