Why is he boarding through the belly of the plane? Is he too weak to walk up a full set of stairs?

[kpete]

Donald Trump decided to resume his MAGA Rallies, now renamed MAGA COVID SuperSpreader Rallies, on Monday. Trump headed to Florida in the afternoon and, oddly, he boarded Air Force One via the cargo stairs, which lead to the cargo compartment of the plane. Only 10 steps versus the regular 20 or 25. Just odd.



https://crooksandliars.com/2020/10/weird-trump-boards-air-force-one-through

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[bluecollar2]

1. Looks like it.

Unless the airstair truck is out of service for some reason, although I doubt it.

[underpants]

6. There's always money in the banana stand

[IronLionZion]

20. Good way to defeat Trump's wall too

[underpants]

30. Exactly

Chose the Avengers pic instead of that one. 😆

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Of course he is.

He's struggling and it's obvious.

[PatSeg]

11. That's my reaction as well

Of course he is. I have breathing problems and the regular stairs to a plane would do me in some days. He undoubtedly has damage to his lungs right now and climbing stairs would cause great stress to his lungs and probably his heart as well. Obviously, he should have just stayed home.

[sarge43]

23. Second that

Any kind of cardo/respiratory problems makes climbing a flight of stairs a challenge.

He can not stay home. All he has left are these rallies.

[PatSeg]

27. Yes, just those rallies

and consequences be damned, along with the clueless people who attend them. He can't even run ads to compete with Joe or The Lincoln Project.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. and yet he wont debate biden remotly . oh he has it now and is going to take everyone down with him

[PatSeg]

31. Yeah, he is afraid

they will cut off his mic if he goes with a remote debate and he won't be able to put on his circus act for the cameras. And yes, meanwhile he doesn't give a damn who he takes down with him. He is the type of monster who would blow up the world if he can't have his way. This is why so many people are concerned with what he might do in the last couple months of his presidency, if and when he is defeated. He will truly be a man unhinged with absolutely nothing left to lose.

[Sherman A1]

3. Probably

Once in the plane they can give him more oxygen for the trip to the main level.

[certainot]

33. if they do that in the cargo hold there's possibility they could mix up the oxy with some other tank

[COLGATE4]

4. Yep. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Boarding through the cargo hold. Somehow that's symbolic.

[catbyte]

7. Interesting response:

Link to tweet

[people]

34. Don't want him to infect the crew . . .

Remember the last rally that Hope Hicks attended where she developed symptoms? They said she flew home in the cargo hold.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. It's pretty clear the Nazi-in-Chief is on his last legs.

[2naSalit]

9. K&R

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Trump's entourage took three planes to Florida yesterday.

Mon Oct 12, 2020: Trump has two more airplanes headed down there.

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in addition to the previously monetioned (in the OP)

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{edited to add}

SAM18 out from Andrews

Trump's flunkies racing to Florida ahead of him?! Man shrugging

Flag of United States US Air Force
C-32A 09-0017

Link to tweet

COVID1 climbing out from Andrews

Super-spreader
@realDonaldTrump
heading off to Florida for a coronafest maga hate rally Pile of pooReversed hand with middle finger extended

Flag of United States US Air Force
VC-25A 82-8000

#TrumpIsALaughingStock Clown face

Link to tweet

The other 747 out from Andrews on the idiot-in-chief's super-spreader comeback coronafest #maga hate tour...

Flag of United States US Air Force
VC-25A 92-9000

Link to tweet

[milestogo]

12. They didn't have a big enough forklift?

[NurseJackie]

21. Haaaaa!

[GoCubsGo]

13. The bedroom is in the nose of the plane.

It's probably also rigged as a hospital unit, so they can pump him full of drugs beforehand, and let him sleep it all off afterward. And, they can isolate him there much more easily.

[AZ8theist]

14. Perfectly reasonable.

He was taking a routine "scheduled tour" of the cargo hold.

You know, just like the "scheduled tour" of the WH bunker....

[birdographer]

15. But the air is circulated...

so how can they isolate him? Even if everyone else took another plane, he is endangering the pilot at the very least as COVID-laden air swirls around in there. The idiocy is staggering.

[Delphinus]

16. Welcome to DU!

[IronLionZion]

22. Welcome to DU!

Here is some info on plane air circulation if you're worried about flying. Commercial pilots and crew have to be around people all the time.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/08/how-clean-is-the-air-on-your-airplane-coronavirus-cvd/

https://khn.org/news/what-is-the-risk-of-getting-coronavirus-on-a-plane/

[Kid Berwyn]

17. Dumbfuck gets winded.

His body is rigged to keep oxygen flowing to his mouth.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. It's the only place his head would fit through /nt

[Turbineguy]

19. The Pilot

put him in the trunk.

[James48]

24. AF-1 isn't your normal 747

The lower level contains a separate “overpressure” air compartment - the air is not intermixed with the rest of the plane.
The son of a bitch is still contagious, they know it, and they are keeping him separate from the aircraft crew.

[BigOleDummy]

25. Am thinking

Its because they have a full hospital set up in the belly of that plane for him. He can lay in that hospital bed on the oxygen he so obviously needs and rest up from that arduous climb up those stairs. The better to be "fresh" for the maga idiots who want to see him.

On second thought or additional thought anyway..... wonder how many in THIS crowd will be paid too?

[cstanleytech]

26. Want to bet they had a wheelchair ready for him as soon as he was inside and out of sight of

the cameras?

[Johonny]

29. I don't know anyone his age that recovered from Covid

that quick. I mean, I know people in their 20s and 30s that took three to four weeks to get back to normal.

I imagine he's not well still.

[area51]

32. Looks like #LameDuckTrump is letting Covid-19 dominate him. n/t

[Blue Owl]

35. It's a shifty load

n/t

[Ilsa]

36. Are his rally speeches still under 20 minutes?

He can talk and talk and never say anything important until he is ready to encourage his white supremacists to get ready.