President Donald Trump points to the audience during his speech Saturday at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport Saturday.

The only visit to Butler County by a sitting president saw throngs of excited residents descend on the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport in Penn Township on Oct. 31 to hear a campaign speech by President Donald Trump.

While Trump arrived via helicopter at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport at 6:20 p.m., his devoted supporters began arriving as early as 1 p.m. at the several designated farms and fields in the area to board school buses headed to the event.

“It's kind of cool for the area, no matter what you think,” said Beacon Road resident Travis Squyres, who watched the hoopla fill his normally quiet neighborhood.

At the airport, an estimated 15,000 people screamed their support as Trump delivered a speech that talked about his successes, his plans for the future and his perceived failures of Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in the Nov. 3 election.

“Hello, Butler,” Trump said. “We are going to win the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we're going to win four more years.”

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