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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:24 PM Dec 2016

Trump Tower Partially Evacuated Due to Suspicious Package

Source: ABC News

The lobby of Trump Tower was briefly evacuated Tuesday amid reports of a suspicious package found in the Manhattan skyscraper, sources said.

The NYPD gave the all clear after investigating the suspicious backpack that was left in the lobby, which they determined contained children's toys.

NYPD and FDNY officials were called to the scene in midtown. The evacuation was protocol for a suspicious package and does not necessarily indicate how serious the situation is.

Footage from outside the tower shows the stream of people leaving the building.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tower-partially-evacuated-due-suspicious-package-report/story?id=44421053

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Trump Tower Partially Evacuated Due to Suspicious Package (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2016 OP
Now that we know no one was hurt, I will say this: I wonder how much this is going to Squinch Dec 2016 #1
Sadly American police and military will likely die protecting his investments here Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #4
It's going to be a ghost tower. LisaM Dec 2016 #2
And not just on account of its scandalous owner. tenorly Dec 2016 #12
It's just stupid to be operating from there... C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #3
Can you imagine how much it's costing to guard this character? Vinca Dec 2016 #5
Isn't it a million bucks per day?? ailsagirl Dec 2016 #9
Can you imagine being Secret Service detail and moonscape Dec 2016 #21
It is now going to officially suck to live there. louis-t Dec 2016 #6
That has been the case for almost 15 years HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #15
Distraction from sanctions story? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #7
Sounds like the set up for a punch line frazzled Dec 2016 #8
Mayor DeBlasio bdamomma Dec 2016 #10
I'd bet anything one of Trump's goons put it there. tenorly Dec 2016 #11
Donald Trump's Suspicious Package... mwooldri Dec 2016 #13
I don't wish it on him; but if that fat lout has a heart attack, tenorly Dec 2016 #19
He recently tried to use his Secret Service protection as a "selling point"--- femmocrat Dec 2016 #14
They couldn't believe thegoose Dec 2016 #16
The Secret Service should flat-out refuse to attempt to protect him there. truthisfreedom Dec 2016 #17
The American taxpayer will be stuck with YUGE security bills MontanaMama Dec 2016 #18
I can see the cartoon now... JudyM Dec 2016 #20
this makes it easy to damage him financially greymattermom Dec 2016 #22

Squinch

(50,935 posts)
1. Now that we know no one was hurt, I will say this: I wonder how much this is going to
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:28 PM
Dec 2016

cost me and the rest of New York.

Already I'm hearing a million dollars a day for that dump. This just adds to the price tag.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
4. Sadly American police and military will likely die protecting his investments here
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:34 PM
Dec 2016

and abroad.

We have crossed over into territory with this person as president that will be devastating in so many ways we are yet to even calculate or realize.

It is going to be very bad for everybody but the rich.

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
2. It's going to be a ghost tower.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:29 PM
Dec 2016

Who would want to live there now? (I wouldn't ever have wanted to live there, but now it would be a million times worse).

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
12. And not just on account of its scandalous owner.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:30 PM
Dec 2016

The Trump Tower, built largely with unskilled undocumented labor between 1980 and 1983 and with lots of corner-cutting, is very much starting to show its age.

As tight-fisted and larcenous as Trump is, moreover, maintenance has left a lot to be desired. Who, indeed, would want to live there - other than hangers-on trying to enrich themselves through a Trump presidency.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49868/trump-tower-what-a-dump/

Vinca

(50,255 posts)
5. Can you imagine how much it's costing to guard this character?
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:44 PM
Dec 2016

I bet there are military planes circling his bloody tower 24/7 as well as his "vacation" home in Florida. If there are any mysterious packages they are wrapped in Chinese suits with Chinese ties and orange fluff on the top.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
21. Can you imagine being Secret Service detail and
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:10 PM
Dec 2016

having to risk your life for that man?

I'd quit and live in the street ...

louis-t

(23,288 posts)
6. It is now going to officially suck to live there.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 06:47 PM
Dec 2016

Once a week, someone will leave their gym bag in the lobby and cause panic to the forces protecting dumbass and his "family".

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
15. That has been the case for almost 15 years
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:49 PM
Dec 2016

See something say something. Every single NYPD officer got a custom made $3k gas mask after 9/11.

bdamomma

(63,828 posts)
10. Mayor DeBlasio
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:23 PM
Dec 2016

should kick Trump out of New York, or Trump should pay the city of NY to stay there.

He has 920 Secret Service agents protecting his family.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
11. I'd bet anything one of Trump's goons put it there.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:25 PM
Dec 2016

If his poll numbers drop any further, watch for a bombing of some kind to "unexpectedly" take place around some trump property.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
19. I don't wish it on him; but if that fat lout has a heart attack,
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:45 PM
Dec 2016

we can be pretty sure of how it happened.

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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
14. He recently tried to use his Secret Service protection as a "selling point"---
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:46 PM
Dec 2016

for those who want to live or work in the country's "safest building." As if.

 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
16. They couldn't believe
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:30 PM
Dec 2016

Something that tiny and orange could be real adult human genitalia, hence the evacuation.

truthisfreedom

(23,141 posts)
17. The Secret Service should flat-out refuse to attempt to protect him there.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:33 PM
Dec 2016

NYC? Trump Tower? Seriously? What a joke. He's taking a personal joyride at the taxpayers' expense. The Presidency is not a permanent stay-cation. He should show up for work, not phone it in like bush junior.

MontanaMama

(23,301 posts)
18. The American taxpayer will be stuck with YUGE security bills
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:35 PM
Dec 2016

for anything with DFT's name on it world wide. DFT towers, hotels and casinos across the globe will be soft targets for terrorists. Easy pickings for any two bit group wanting to make a name for themselves. Why wouldn't you bomb a Drumpf hotel instead of a well guarded embassy building? Since nobody is making him divest of his businesses, we're on the hook for paying for security...for everything...Once again DFT laughs all the way to the bank.

JudyM

(29,225 posts)
20. I can see the cartoon now...
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:22 PM
Dec 2016

The image of tRump's head (trump tower) being evacuated because a suspicious package (occurrence of an idea that he should govern in the public's best interest, for example) arrives. The fire/emergency team scrambling up ladders to his brain include Bannon, Gingrich, etc.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
22. this makes it easy to damage him financially
Wed Dec 28, 2016, 06:59 AM
Dec 2016

just leave packages at the door, in the lobby, in the restrooms, of Trump buildings. Make sure the contents are harmless, perhaps Trump caviar or some Ivanka shoes. The buildings will be evacuated, folks will get annoyed, and his business will decline. Who wants to get up in the middle of the night and stand on the street? A lot of his buildings are condos or hotels, so folks sleep there.

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