This is some serious bullshit

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    6 hours ago

    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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    7 hours ago

    Well I guess sofas are quite big. If JD boy brought his whole harem… That’s a lot of cars.

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      6 hours ago

      I believe when you split them up like this (one piece per car) they are called sectionals. Or if you’re JD Vance: sexualnals.

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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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            6 hours ago

            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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      7 hours ago

      I guess from a security perspective it also helps to obfuscate Vance’s whereabouts. It’s difficult to know which one of the 40 vehicles he’s actually in.

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        You’re right. Only the first two vehicles show signs of armouring. I don’t think that all this theatrics would happen and then not put the cargo in the armoured car. But I’m not an expert, just a critic

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          He’s in one of two cars, they’re easily identifiable. The rest are various security assets. Armed dudes, jamming suites, surveillance, etc.

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      It’s them applying the same strat as in the US even though they are in Milan and the roads are twice as narrow.

      I suppose they think there is so many cars it would be hard to know in which the couch fucker is. But still you are correct to say that convoy could be easily completely blocked. And in that case you could have an army to defend it it would be a very bad situation.

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    7 hours ago

    Spreading freedom uh democracy uh unnavigable traffic! It’s cute that they brought some gridlock from home so that the Americans would feel at home.

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    “I told you… (deep breath) they all need to have BENCH SEATS in the REAR! WHAT the FUCK do I PAY YOU PEOPLE FOR??? Don’t you KNOW who I AM???”

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    What a bullshit…i hope some crazy dude does something, what? Who know.

    Also, you saying but this is a terrible idea wapecially in Italy with our normal sized streets…(USA STREETS ARE NOT NORMAL) and they also did it with big ass cars, like, wtf?? I understand everthing but you can’t dk this bullshit and bring big ass cars

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    There is a war lord from my country who has been the head of parliament for at least 30 years who used to send out a huge convoy of cars and security only to be driving himself in an old busted up car. I don’t know if that’s true, it could have been a rumour. Also I hope the couch fucker tries to fuck a folding couch and it snaps his little sausage off.