All of those cars and probably planes causing god knows how much pollution, just to get one of the world's most despised men to a meeting where he'll be too incompetent to have any effect.
Seriously, why do we even have ambassadors anymore?
I disagree, the straight of Hormuze will be closed again if he renegs even on the 19 billion of their own money. They will close it again if any condition is not met. The US is out 300 billion and there is now a toll on the straight as well.
Oh yeah, hiding super scared behind a massive wall of security because they made everyone hate them sure makes them look super strong. Instead it makes them look corrupt to a dystopian level.
This has been the norm for high ranking US politicians for decades. About 10 years ago I attended a talk by former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. She described how, as PM, she would regularly take walks along a river in Perth and talk with the folks she would encounter. She had a couple personal security guards who would be with her, but it was all very informal.
When Hillary Clinton visited as US Secretary of State she came with an escort of a dozen or so Secret Service in her entourage. On a whim Gillard suggested going for a walk like she usually did. The Secret Service freaked out that this hadn’t been planned weeks in advance, that the walking route hadn’t been scouted out ahead of time, that they didn’t have agents pre-positioned along the route, etc.
I recall that Gillard said they actually did go on a short walk, but the entire Secret Service entourage was very nervous the entire time.
Yea it's insane. We need to get back to the idea that anyone is replaceable. That's the safest they can be when people realizes any successful attempts wouldn't even matter.
My thoughts, too. The motorcade was designed to protect against attackers with guns, IEDs or an RPG, but 2 autonomous drones would be enough to make that entire circus useless now. Especially with how distinct the Beasts look.
When Trump came to my city they shut down all the major roads (interstates, highways) for hours. The whole city was in gridlock. Nobody went anywhere that day. Helicopters were circling overhead. It was a massive headache.
If I had to guess, the motorcade is always the same. They also transport all of their own vehicles anywhere in the world and never rely on any other security forces.
knowing now that Trump signed the MoA (or somtehing to that effect) in Versailles, I can't help seeing the parallels of some other famous capitulations that were signed in/near Versailles :)
59 Comments
jojo@piefed.social · 112 pts · 58d
Circus is in town
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 58d
Why is France allowing the nazis to invade again?
BOFH666@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 58d
Exactly.. bozo the clown and his entourage
Naich@piefed.world · 75 pts · 58d
What a waste of money.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 54 pts · 58d
All of those cars and probably planes causing god knows how much pollution, just to get one of the world's most despised men to a meeting where he'll be too incompetent to have any effect.
Seriously, why do we even have ambassadors anymore?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 57d
Seriously. There's no value literally at all in protecting him in any way. This is... Insane. If he died the entire country would immediately improve.
Fingers crossed the big stroke or heart attack is coming soon! Fuck you, old man.
sik0fewl@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 57d
Not even a drop in the bucket compared to the $300 billion being surrendered to Iran.
UpperBroccoli@feddit.org · 2 pts · 57d
That is something Trump promised. It will never happen.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 57d
I disagree, the straight of Hormuze will be closed again if he renegs even on the 19 billion of their own money. They will close it again if any condition is not met. The US is out 300 billion and there is now a toll on the straight as well.
JOB WELL DONE MR PRESIDENT!
Bristlecone@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 58d
God damn, our entire global society is so fucking stupid
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 58d
All that gas for one little turd.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 57d
This is my favorite comment
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 57d
When you're the most hated country in the world, so you'd need about 50 cars to protect your pedophile criminal leader.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 57d
They think it makes them look strong.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 57d
Oh yeah, hiding super scared behind a massive wall of security because they made everyone hate them sure makes them look super strong. Instead it makes them look corrupt to a dystopian level.
gergolippai@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 57d
maybe the 50 cars are there to shoo away any girls younger than 18 by the time the pedo arrives, just to be sure
e461h@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
.. all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 58d
This shit annoys the hell out of us too when it comes to our town.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 57d
Gotta protect the child rapist
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 57d
This has been the norm for high ranking US politicians for decades. About 10 years ago I attended a talk by former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. She described how, as PM, she would regularly take walks along a river in Perth and talk with the folks she would encounter. She had a couple personal security guards who would be with her, but it was all very informal.
When Hillary Clinton visited as US Secretary of State she came with an escort of a dozen or so Secret Service in her entourage. On a whim Gillard suggested going for a walk like she usually did. The Secret Service freaked out that this hadn’t been planned weeks in advance, that the walking route hadn’t been scouted out ahead of time, that they didn’t have agents pre-positioned along the route, etc.
I recall that Gillard said they actually did go on a short walk, but the entire Secret Service entourage was very nervous the entire time.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 57d
Yea it's insane. We need to get back to the idea that anyone is replaceable. That's the safest they can be when people realizes any successful attempts wouldn't even matter.
Security industry is incestuous
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 58d
Just one little brrrrrt...
Dubiousx99@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 58d
Was that a blacked out ambulance?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 58d
It's for Kash and Pete, they're blacked out too.
Dubiousx99@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 58d
Great response🤣
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 58d
Apart from the French police in that convoy, how many are needed to wipe Trumps ass and change his nappies?
axh@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 58d
Did you know that the length of the column is inversely proportional to the length of... ah, nevermind
sickofit@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 57d
“Do you think he’s compensating for something?” -Shrek
don_kiedyck@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 57d
Crowd size?
flandish@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
i thought that was the angle of the dangle being inversely proportional to the heat of the beat?
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 58d
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 58d
You have no way of knowing that.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 8 pts · 58d
If this were a movie, some clueless garbage truck would have pulled out and blocked the road.
wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 58d
Fuck every last one of those pieces of shit.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 13 pts · 58d
Thinking that we’re now in the AI power autonomous killer drone, that’s a lot of money to feel safe
mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 58d
My thoughts, too. The motorcade was designed to protect against attackers with guns, IEDs or an RPG, but 2 autonomous drones would be enough to make that entire circus useless now. Especially with how distinct the Beasts look.
mech@feddit.org · 13 pts · 58d
JD Vance rides pillion on the last motorcycle.
He just likes having a cushion between his legs.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 58d
France, do your thing and throw a riot. We won't mind if he gets caught in it
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 58d
The camera angle really reminds me of JFK Reloaded
brax@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
Man, there's a throwback. This is the first time I've seen that game referenced in the wild lol
tonyn@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 57d
When Trump came to my city they shut down all the major roads (interstates, highways) for hours. The whole city was in gridlock. Nobody went anywhere that day. Helicopters were circling overhead. It was a massive headache.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 57d
Hey where’s the Beast? Oh right in the middle of a bunch of potential roadblocks to form a kill box. Missed opportunity
schwim@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 58d
You had the chance to do us a solid but instead you filmed him.
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 58d
Versailles, too bad it wasn't the orange pedo's Louis the XVI moment
mech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 58d
It might turn out to be his Kaiser Wilhelm moment.
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 58d
They should have had Imperial March playing in the background.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 58d
What a waste of resources
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 58d
It is actually super interesting to see, what the motorcade consists of: https://youtu.be/88vmzn_LufA?is=eskATkxrM8YJx6-e
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 58d
How do the ECM car not interfere with the ID and comms car?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 58d
Simple physics. Obviously they will not jam the frequencies they use. Which frequencies they use is classified and will most likely change constantly.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 58d
How much of that applies here since they are overseas?
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 58d
If I had to guess, the motorcade is always the same. They also transport all of their own vehicles anywhere in the world and never rely on any other security forces.
masto@lemmy.masto.community · 4 pts · 57d
It’s mostly spare diapers and a hazmat team.
gru54777@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 58d
subtle
TheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 3 pts · 58d
Dégueulasse. Vermine. Dommage que je n'étais pas là.
laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 58d
Wait that is 200+ people employed
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 57d
Am I the only one wondering why there is an ambulance in the motorcade?
ReasonablePea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 57d
There's always an ambulance in the motorcade
gergolippai@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 57d
knowing now that Trump signed the MoA (or somtehing to that effect) in Versailles, I can't help seeing the parallels of some other famous capitulations that were signed in/near Versailles :)
Mensh123@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 57d
President Trumap isn't your average person, he's leader of a superpower. That requires a certain level of security.