• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I’ll be very confused if the Secret Service will allow Trump to fly in this plane as long as he is in office.

    This is simply due to that it won’t look the same as either the VC-25As or the VC-25Bs, meaning that the enemies of Trump will know which exact plane Trump is flying in, allowing a lot of threats to come much closer to Trumps plane.

    There is simply not enough time to modify the plane into a VC-25B in time for it to be ready before hopefully Trump no longer is president.

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      2 days ago

      Why do you assume the Secret Service have any power over The President, and that they could do anything about it?

      They exist to protect US Politicians. They are servant soldiers. They do what they’re told. Period.

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        1 day ago

        They exist to protect US Politicians. They are servant soldiers. They do what they’re told. Period.

        That’s not how your state is supposed to work. I’m writing this from Russia, which makes the situation kinda funny, but they are not servants and presidents are not masters.

        Presidents can’t make some decisions. Risking their security this way would endanger the state simply because it’s a disruption if a president gets killed or kidnapped or spied upon or their orders falsified. The secret service is subordinate not to presidents’ whims, but to an institute.

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                1 day ago

                Your statement, while absolutely accurate, is not relevant to the discussion.

                However, I will never not upvote a statement that clearly defines the character of a world leader in a succinct and accurate way.