And now, Today:

World Leaders Walk near the Arc de Triomphe  to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.

Missing are Donald Trump and Putin.

Trump arrived later in his own motorcade citing 'security'.
Pussy.

Tarnation wrote:

Security of the COC has to come first.

If the weather was IFR and contraindicative for helicopter flight, so be it.

The 20/20 of hindsight says that there should have been a contingency plan for a motorcade but those require massive security arranged days in advance...hard enough in your own country but next to impossible on foreign soil.

Nevertheless, it looks VERY bad.

 
the Lockheed Martin VH-71 is outfitted with state-of-the-art defensive measures, secure communications, and crash survivability fuselage design. On-board encrypted videoconferencing capabilities will now allow the President to hold virtual meetings with military advisors, senior politicians, and other world leaders.
Though the full-spectrum of security features is not being publicly disseminated, a general overview of some key features has been released. The new Marine One helicopter will feature the latest in radar warning receivers, incoming laser detection, and counter-measures to help evade a surface-to-air or air-to-air missile attack.

But, according to the Trump staff, it can’t fly 50 miles in drizzling rain, with some fog and light winds. When I was in the Navy 45 years ago, we flew in worse conditions, in older less equipped helos many times. President bone spurs lacks that kind of experience, commitment, and compassion.

What a backhanded way to revere military veterans all over the world on this Veterans Day.

Last edited by Rongone (11/11/2018 9:57 am)

Oh, now we see it wasn't Trump's fault (what ever is?).  It was the Secret Service!

President Donald Trump[/url] placed full blame for his canceled visit to a World War I cemetery in [url=https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/france]France[/url] over the weekend on the Secret Service, claiming that he suggested driving after it was deemed unsafe to take the presidential chopper during rainy [url=https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/weather]weather but that the Secret Service said "NO."