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Mr.Bill

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17. I've always wondered,

Reply to Tommymac (Original post)

Tue Jan 4, 2022, 10:47 PM

Jan 2022

at the place where AF1 is based, they don't have a jetway set up like all the airports do so the POTUS doesn't have to exit into bad weather? I mean it's the home base and they are still exiting the plane like it's the 1950s. They could have it set up so he exits the plane into a secure room where the press could be and he could step up to a podium and answer a few questions if he wanted to. Seems like a worthwhile expense to me for the extra security and comfort alone.

Right now it has turned into an event where everyone is waiting for the POTUS to trip on the stairs, or have trouble with an umbrella or something.

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