# Trumps motorcade for getting booked
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Tags:** trump
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077 "2023-08-25T13:44:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/1 "2023-08-25T13:44:05Z")
This is ridiculous, and Trump is as well, so I assume best for the PIT.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPk8gECyd3E)
My count is 12 emergency vehicles. Cop cars an Ambulance and some other large vehicle.
Of course we KNOW that Trump did not spend a dime on this. But we did. And so did everyone that was disrupted in traffic. He’s not the president. He’s a citizen (of dubious nature).
We are gonna pay for this idiot for decades to come.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/2 "2023-08-25T14:02:05Z")
He thinks being the president is the same as being king. He’s a moron. That’s why it’s nice to hear a judge call him Mr. Trump.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/3 "2023-08-25T14:40:41Z")
The only time a former head of state should have a motorcade like that is for their funeral. I’ll happily pay for that.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/4 "2023-08-25T15:05:13Z")
There were two motorcades, right? One from Bedminster to the airport, then from the airport to Fulton Co. jail? I would really like to know who arranged these and who paid for them. Maybe the same PAC that’s paying his legal bills?
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/5 "2023-08-25T15:35:40Z")
Why so many motorcycles?
I presume the SS guys are paid whether they are driving an SUV or not. It probably costs more than the gas, but what else? Aren’t all these guys paid anyway?
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/6 "2023-08-25T15:45:29Z")
The expense is bad, but I want to know, how many of those cops actually support trump. Think they’re doing the Lord’s work.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/7 "2023-08-25T17:26:43Z")
The ambulance is just confusing. 🤨
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/8 "2023-08-25T17:31:00Z")
…or wishful thinking.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/9 "2023-08-25T17:31:03Z")
If Trump asked the police to knock anyone’s head against the car door, or shoot some people in the legs, they would have an ambulance nearby.
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/10 "2023-08-25T18:27:07Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> The only time a former head of state should have a motorcade like that is for their funeral. I’ll happily pay for that.
Exactly. That was a ludicrous amount of security for someone who is no longer president.
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### Author:  [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/11 "2023-08-25T18:27:54Z")
I also love that his booking stats were filed while he was still in this motorcade and before his plane landed in Georgia. Evidently, he is 6’3 and 239 lbs.
A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
He might still be less than an inch over 6 foot, but I’m positive that he’s closer to double that weight…
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/12 "2023-08-25T18:37:01Z")
The weight is ridiculous. Apparently they don’t actually weigh them. They either ask them or take the information off of other ID, say a driver’s license.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/13 "2023-08-25T18:43:22Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Why so many motorcycles?
The motorcycle cops run interference by leap-frogging to the intersections ahead to block cross traffic. The vehicle train was ridiculous and apparently consisted of - along with the SS detail - other police agencies who got in on the show. I would imagine that the residents of Atlanta were properly pissed off to have that major arterial blocked for hours. There were two ambulances, ostensibly because a motorcycle cop fell over during the last motorcade taking Trump to jail, and there was no ambulance to provide aid.
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### Author:  [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/14 "2023-08-25T18:59:40Z")
Can you imagine the conniptions RW media would throw if Obama had a motorcade like this every time he visited a city?
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/15 "2023-08-25T19:06:17Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> The ambulance is just confusing. 🤨
Lackeys: We’ve used all available police cars and motor-sickles. All that we have left is an ambulance.
Trump: Does it have flashing lights?
Lackeys: Uh. Yes.
Trump: Put it in there.
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/16 "2023-08-25T19:14:07Z")
I saw this being discussed on the news.
They said the motorcycle riders are responsible for blocking off intersections ahead of the motorcade and unblocking them once the motorcade has passed. I’m not sure what kind of formation this requires.
One ambulance is “just in case” for the protectee. The second one is for their motorcyclists, in case they get injured while performing their duties. Apparently this has happened and it was the reason for adding the second ambulance.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/17 "2023-08-25T19:25:51Z")
Same reason they have funeral processions following police motorcyclists?
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/18 "2023-08-25T19:26:44Z")
I presume twelve police on bikes can block the next six intersections to let the very long motorcade through.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/19 "2023-08-25T19:37:32Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> One ambulance is “just in case” for the protectee. The second one is for their motorcyclists, in case they get injured while performing their duties.
Did they have a third ambulance, in case the ambulance drivers need an ambulance?
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### Author:  [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-motorcade-for-getting-booked/989077/20 "2023-08-25T19:58:07Z")
(username checks out)
I understand the need for motorcycles, but how many black SUVs are really needed? I saw more than 12, plus a big Ryder truck.
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