Overview
- The Bavarian leader, who departs Sunday, will visit NASA’s Mission Control in Houston to discuss a proposed DLR–NASA project that uses AI to let spacecraft operate without constant contact with Earth.
- In South Carolina, he plans talks at BMW’s Spartanburg plant on investment, jobs, and the next generation of vehicles.
- He will meet Governor Henry McMaster and appear in the state Senate and House to build working ties with state leaders.
- He is skipping Washington to cultivate sub‑presidential networks and he says Bavaria backs free trade and rejects tariffs even as states have little sway over federal policy.
- This is the first U.S. trip by a Bavarian minister‑president in nearly 25 years, reviving outreach last seen under Edmund Stoiber in 2002.