• Mensh123@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    President Trumap isn’t your average person, he’s leader of a superpower. That requires a certain level of security.

  • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    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
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      2 days ago

      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

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    When you’re the most hated country in the world, so you’d need about 50 cars to protect your pedophile criminal leader.

      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 days ago

        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.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hey where’s the Beast? Oh right in the middle of a bunch of potential roadblocks to form a kill box. Missed opportunity

  • tonyn@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    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.

    • brax@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Man, there’s a throwback. This is the first time I’ve seen that game referenced in the wild lol

  • axh@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Did you know that the length of the column is inversely proportional to the length of… ah, nevermind

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    2 days ago

    Apart from the French police in that convoy, how many are needed to wipe Trumps ass and change his nappies?