This is some serious bullshit

  • febra@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    So much European taxpayer money wasted on a fleet of pedophile protectors. Stop welcoming them here.

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    20 hours ago

    That first one was weighed down like crazy.

    Second one was super light on suspension.

    I’m assuming the first one was armoured then but why have the principal in the first car?

    Maybe they have multiple ones armoured.

  • gergo@lemmy.world
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    He’s there in Italy and don’t even use the time to try some proper car.

  • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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    “Jesus, these Italians oughtta do something about this shitfuck traffic.”

    “Sir, the motorcade is quite literally 100% of the traffic in the city.”

    “It’s only 40 cars, why can’t they build us a 40 lane road? Is this not a first world Christian nation?”

  • recked_wralph@lemmy.world
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    Wait. Are these motorcades just staged and ready in every country they might visit? Or do they fly the vehicles ahead of them?

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      21 hours ago

      They are flown ahead of the visit. I’m sure there are multiple fleets and perhaps a few doted around the country for frequent visits at NY, camp David or maralargo. But for other countries it’s a fly in and fly out.

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      I’m sure the other 39 cars will be a lot of help.

      You wouldn’t even need to bother with the bomb, just shoot him when he gets out of the car his smug face is a pretty big target.

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    From a security perspective, these only serve to create an extensive roadblock - and a traffic jam as seen at the end. Disable one in front, one in rear, and you’ve got them kettled. Plus, as you can see, it’s a very slow moving convoy. A dozen bike cops and two cars (Couchfucker + security detail) would be sufficient.

    Whoever came up with this idea should be fired.

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      From a security perspective, these only serve to create an extensive roadblock. Disable one in front, one in rear, and you’ve got them kettled. Plus, as you can see, it’s a very slow moving convoy. A dozen bike cops and two cars (Couchfucker + security detail) would be sufficient.

      Whoever came up with this idea should be fired.

      Neo has a really good video on the presidential motorcade and how it works. It is completely absurd in a place like Milan, certainly, but every part of it is there for a reason.

      Here is that video on Nebula

      And here it is on YouTube

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        One size doesn’t fit all.

        Moreover, the president is getting the treatment of a king. They are ostensibly fungible assets. There’s a succession plan. The more they’re protected, the more they’re a target (and invading foreign countries doesn’t help).

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            and looking at their license plates, around half of them have US ones, which means those cars were probably flown in. or do they have a standing motorcade for Europe? I saw one car had german plates…

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      Unless you are not in America, being surprise at the incompetence and stupidity of these fuckers in power is unacceptable.

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      That’s probably some Secret Service thing, because the threat of poisoning is actually real. In America, the Secret Service goes to great lengths to vet potential restaurant stops wherever the POTUS/VP is going to be. But they don’t exactly have jurisdiction to do that when they’re in another country.

      Notably, Trump’s love of fast food has made the Secret Service’s job extremely frustrating… He apparently has a tendency to just spontaneously demand a drive-thru stop, giving the Secret Service no time to actually run security checks on the staff ahead of time.

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        Yeah but that means those fast food places don’t have a chance to prep the poison, either🧠🧠

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        I doubt he eats that much of the fast food himself, and that it’s more of a public image thing, he wants to look like he’s eating it.

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      Btw, did test-eating ever truly help? Only a small part of the potato salad can be poisoned…

  • LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml
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    Gee they sure are scared. Wonder why? Aren’t they the good guys doing good things around the world to help people and uphold justice and international law and ot kt otowom etenec, I e jo2okt to hh6bhbdm:h;hi$$+!!

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    His charade parade likely cost an American figure skater a gold medal. The traffic jam his ego created delayed her arrival to the venue so much she had to skip her entire warmup.

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    Lots of big black vehicles…
    Those are the villains of this movie, right?