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Originally Posted by NickyC
If you've ever spent a bit of time in DC, stuff like this is pretty eye opening the first couple times you see it.
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The traffic congestion is even worse in places like Los Angeles or San Francisco, where a presidential motorcade isn't a normal event. They will often send The Beast ahead for the last leg of a trip, and helicopter him from the airport to a transfer point near the destination.
Here's an LA Times traffic advisory.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-p...htmlstory.html
BTW, though I'm no Trump fan, the "absurdity" would be the same with any American president. (Okay, maybe Trump needs a little more security when he travels abroad, due to his rhetoric towards countries he deems "shitholes.")