The British press didn't quite know what to say about the size of President' Obama's entourage. He arrived in London with a 500 member staff, 200 of which were secret service agents. 6 DOCTORS, is there something going on we don't know about? Or is he a hypochondriac? The White House chef and kitchen staff. Apparently they don't know how to cook in England.
The Evening Standard said he had 350 vehicles in all. He must be going to take over England as well as America. Four speech writers and of course how could he make it without 12 TELEPROMPTERS.
Air Force One was inadequate so he took also the presidential helicopter, marine one, and a fleet of identical decoys to ferry him from Stansted airport to central London. Does he also suffer from paranoia?
Not counting the presidential limousine, which one London newspaper called Cadillac One. Other's refer to it as the Beast. The limo is reinforced with ceramic and titanium armour, a tear gas cannon, night vision devices in case he is engaged in rapid fire. And it's own oxygen in case he is gassed. It is also resistant to chemical and radiation attack. One reporter said it is sort of a mobile panic room. The Guardian called it "the Ultimate in heavily armoured transport."
We do want the President protected but this is extreme over kill especially when it was only for a three day trip to begin with.
It was a kind of spread the wealth, hopy-changy thing.
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