This is some serious bullshit

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[–] 143 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (22 children)

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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  • [–] 58 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

    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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  • [–] 53 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    One size doesn’t fit all.

    I agree, which is why I said using the motorcade in Milan is absurd. 🙂

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  • [+] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I had the same impulse when seeing that convoy. I think there should be enough stuff from the war in ex-yugoslavia floating around, and with the current political climate there shouldn't be an issue finding 50-100 people to place on rooftops.

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  • [+] 14 points 9 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    Obfuscation is part of the motorcade, but not to the extent you would think. The motorcade has two presidential limos, and the POTUS is typically put in one while the VP is put in the other. Or in this case, the second limo would simply be empty. The order of the limos is random. The idea being that if you manage to bomb one limo, you’d only get either the VP or POTUS, and you’d have no way of knowing which one you got until after the fact. And that’s assuming the bomb is even effective, because the presidential limos have RPG-proof windows and heavy armored plating underneath the body panels.

    Most of the motorcade is focused on things like landmine detection, biological weapon detection, chemical weapon detection, standby security forces in case they need to fan out/circle the wagons and create a secure perimeter, on-site medical staff, monitoring local radio chatter, jamming equipment to activate in case of an attack, etc…

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago*

    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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  • [–] 68 points 9 months ago (12 children)

    Supposedly he brought his own food with him to Italy. Why would anyone bring American food to fucking Italy

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Because he thinks someone will try to poison him. The Stalinist paranoia has set in.

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    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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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • This stupid spectacle is deliberate because the US is so fucking important, and stupid.

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  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Were you abducted while typing this?

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  • [–] 80 points 9 months 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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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago

    Keep being scared little piggy!

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  • [–] 49 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    Sigh... reminds me I have to file my US tax returns.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago*

    "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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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    1:01 did they almost just fucking crash 🤣

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

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

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months 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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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    "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?"

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Is Just Dumb taking another family vacation? Looks like something straight out of Chechnya.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago*

    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 do this bullshit and bring big ass cars

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    So, some of them believe they have the authority to use their siren and act like Italian police, almost causing an incident in the process.

    I'm sure everything will turn out well.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Isn't 40 cars too few? I mean, he could have at least taken 90 🌚

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  • No problem, just blow up all 40.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I bet italian people feel so honored by his visit

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    We have a fascism return in different part of Europe, but it looks more like a meme return than something really that dangerous (at the moment). We have evidence that USA artificially financed these extreme right-wing parties thru Bennon, an Epstein friend.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    One IED and that fuck is gone.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I see you there wanting me to upvote this, but I won't because reddit banned me for much less

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    May we ask some of what you were banned for? Just voting or comments? I always drop accounts after a 2nd violation so I don't get permabanned but want to quit completely as their violations are usually not against the rules, and often I think for other reasons, dishonest.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    He needed this many so that Italy wouldn’t try hanging him

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    its costed 10 million for all of this.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    I hope the locals were like "I didn't know which car to boo for, so I booed to all of them"

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    If he wanted to bring his sofa harem with him, he should have rented a truck.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    The california tropics, often shortened to just cal trops, are so easy to make and fun to play with in the street!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • Meanwhile the pope was okay with a Fiat 500

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  • Tremendous Suburbans, The Most Suburbans

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    He's there in Italy and don't even use the time to try some proper car.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Partisans used to put ieds on delays in the middle of roads, usually hidden in cowpats. Why delays? that way they would be triggered by the first vehicle - usually security - but the second car - usually full of the nazi brass - would be the ones that copped the blast.

    * the more you know *

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Compensation car for a Clansman.

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