New Zealand Family React to How the US President Travels (ELECTRIFIED DOOR HANDLES & SMART SMOKE?!)
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Keep in mind, those are just the things that are public knowledge. Imagine what we don’t know about!
Exactly. We are told a little bit about a lot. JS
And probably from 1980... if this information was current and correct... do you think they would allow UA-cam videos of it? Yeah. Nah. Lol
My imagination is not that great because I can't think of anything that they haven't already thought of and mentioned
Yeah, imagine the decoy car is now a holographic projection.
The smoke screen has been replaced with a light bending cloaking device. The beast is equipped with anti munitions countermeasures to detonate rockets before impact. And they added a mini patriot launcher that pops out of the roof of a support vehicle in case of an aerial attack (Kamikaze plane/drone) breaching the no fly zone.
or laser detection systems that can detect when a laser sight is hitting the motorcade and triangulate the source of the laser sight then automatically either
A: shine a laser/s at a calculated hight above the source to attempt to blind a sniper or
B: fire live rounds in a reverse trajectory. (Not a good choice)
Yes, indeed.
I work in Canada's capital, Ottawa, for public works. When Obama visited, we had to weld down around 700 man hole covers across 5 different routes from the airport to down town. Nobody was told the exact route that he would take.
Yeah this video kind of skips over the fact that an advance Secret Service team with dozens of people shows up a week or more in advance and identifies and eliminates all the places bombs, snipers, etc can hide out. Screen and run background checks everyone he might come in contact with including all staff working at the hotels, etc. As well as run down all the local political nuts that have made threats and makes sure any local radicals are not planning anything. People wonder why it costs so much for the President to travel, even inside the USA. Just Trump's trips to Mar A Lago and his golf outings cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and often millions just for the security.
😂😂 that’s hilarious and a pita
They did it for the Queen and the Pope too. Who knows who else? I see it happen in NYC quite a bit because of the United Nations.
The sniper never would have gotten a shot off. The POTUS travels with around a hundred or so counter snipers that are placed all along the routes beforehand.
These are some of the best snipers in the military. They are seriously scary.
Yes, and the manhole covers would all be inspected and sealed.
Yes. When I worked at the UN and the prez visited there were snipers on the roofs of the General Assembly, Library and Conference buildings as well as many other buildings in the area. Staff driving into the parking lot under the UN had to have our cars thoroughly inspected including driving over cameras that scanned the underside as well as dogs going into the cars. The security is very thorough.
@@ZeroTolerance-tk9ce Yep. Either hand-searched or swept by K9, then sealed.
Cops at every bridge the president goes on or under all traffic gets stopped
@@SteveSwags And I don't think anybody would get that close to the President with a rocket launcher. It's drones I worry about.
My husband used to work for the Secret Service here in DC, and he can confirm that there are many things about The Beast that the general public is unaware of.
Good. Some secrets should be secret. Your husband's service is appreciated.
@@justanotheryoutubefan8070 Huh???
@@brianadamsDC Okay I'll repeat. Does the president know about all the secret features or is it so secretive that only the secret service knows? As a matter of fact, I'll just google it.
Yeah, the only things they're going to tell you about are the ones you can obviously see. The antennas on the EC car, the thickness of the doors, the two beasts... etc. If you can't see it, it will not get a single mention or hint.
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In the US, a fair amount of this is publicly available. For instance the presidents blood being carried is well known here. Much, but certainly not all of the “Beast’s” specifications are publicly available, but there were definitely new facts to me in this video.
i thought it has stronger underbody for mines or something like that as well
Something not mentioned about the sweeper motorcycles is that they will move head with the lead vehicles and stop at intersections that aren't barricaded to not give away the final route choice in order to stop traffic at them. And as soon as the motorcade tail police cars come up the motorcycles will pull out and speed back to the front. Enough of them to keep cycling and blocking intersections along the route. The whole motorcade is extremely well thought out and intimidating (on purpose). The Beast alone is more than capable, but add all those support vehicles and it's a mobile fortress. The secret service SUVs also drive with their tail glass open and agents with rifles pointed out the back, literally able to hope out in a second and start active defense and counter attack. I will say also, that the antennas on the EC car are NOT just blasting out signal interference noise. I guarantee they have at least one, and likely multiple "trigger fish" on top. They are faux mobile cell network towers. As you drive around your cell phone is constantly connecting and reconnecting to towers as as they go in and out of range, keeping the strongest signal it can. A trigger fish provides a REALLY strong signal connection and so phones in the area automatically switch to it as it drives by... and since it isn't actually a cell tower, signals going to it just die. But it also is no receiving the full data stream transmitted by the phone. Location, serial and IMEI numbers, etc making tracking down an attempt even easier to do. Immediate notification of law enforcement and secret service to act while the threat is there.
A variant of the presidential smokescreen is used by the military in counter attack operations. It’s a specific type of smoke that contains carbon and silicon particles along with bits of a unique metal created by the military. It’s designed to short circuit any electronic device in the smoke’s range while the smoke is very thick. Leaving the enemy blind as bats. The design is public knowledge as it’s in the patent office records. We began using the smoke in Afghanistan as a way to disrupt enemy rocket launchers and keep the enemy air off our backs. Our fighters will launch a decoy with silicon dust and metal streamers to confuse enemy missiles. It’s been kinda standard practice for a few years. But flares are still used.
I have seen a motorcade of President Trump about 6 years ago, crazy stuff. Driving on the highway, it took nearly 5 minutes from what I remember for them all to pass! Have so much fun on your next trip! Love from MN
And 45 still has the same Motorcade even today..... and Bush jr and Obummer doe not get the same Motorcade
@@leonardgiles70: It is President Obama*. Stop being immature. Don't need the divisive rhetoric. This is coming from a huge supporter of President Trump. 🇺🇸
@@leonardgiles70ur a ignorant human being
Former disgraced twice impeached president.
@@ValyrianSteel00 Why do you people keep calling him President Trump? He's not the President.
All man hole covers are welded shut on route, there are snipers on rooftop, and no van or car would be allowed to be parked on route due to bombs.
When I worked at the 2002 SLC Olympics, just 5 months post 9/11... the security in place was... insane. SLC Airport had the TSA upgrade as a national priority. And when dignitaries were present, there were multiple sniper teams on buildings around venues. I was part of a camera crew at the medals plaza and we'd often sit up on the camera tower and just goof off with the big mounted camera after doing color balancing and checks. Just look around, zoom WAY in. And one night when the Defense Secretary was going to be there, we were able to watch the sniper teams setting up 6 hours prior to the event starting. And they were there that whole time, watching everyone from all over. Was kinda crazy. We all had to undergo FBI and SS background checks. The entrance to the work site had armed military personnel doing ID checks. It was intense. But no one questioned it at the time. And when the FBI/SS/Army/Marines come in to provide security... they give thorough a whole new meaning. It's impressive really.
In 74, I was working on a new high-rise tower in NYC, across from the UN. Yassar Arafat, leader of the PLO was to give an address. Everybody was stopped and had packages, lunch bags, tool boxes inspected before going east of Second Ave (UN is on First) We could identify all the plain clothes FBI, NYPD agents as they were brand new and still had the creases from the packaging. Arafat avoided hundreds of pro and anti-Arafat demonstrators outside the UN on the North Lawn of the UN campus adjoining the East River
I was out on the desert at a ghost town. As I lit up my drone to video the town, the thing warned me and was unable to fly. As I was trying to figure out why the drone would not take off, two fighter jets screamed by right over the top of me nearly bursting my ear drums. After they were gone the drone took off and after I changed my shorts was able to video the ghost town. I don’t know if the jets did that or not, i believe so but if it was them just think what the presidential equipment can do.
The Cadillac "Beast" Limo is basically a tank built on a heavy duty GM truck platform. It's very heavy and highly armored. The USSS (US Secret Service) is a well trained higly developed wing of the federal government. The work that they do in preparation of the movement of significant leaders in the US is where they shine.
Don't forget that they actively work on counterterrorism and counterfeiting also. Lots of people do
Funny story about The Beast. I saw a news report a long time ago when they were just delivering the new vehicle and wanted to give the media a tour. One reporter got picked to do the interview. As she was shown around the car she asked a bunch of questions (like how much the door weighed, because it was so heavy), and every time the Secret Service Agent doing the tour said, "Sorry ma'am, I can't answer that. It's classified." At the very end, she said, "Can you at least tell me what the tires are made of?" The Agent smiled and said, "Rubber!" I always thought that was funny and I think about it every time I see The Beast.
Lol you know he was waiting for that question
The tires are solid rubber with kevlar coating....they cannot be blown out or blown off. Never goes flat
Duluth, Minnesota, here. Nothing exciting ever really happens around here, but the other day, I was on lunch break from work, and I went to my local gas station. Who was right behind me? It was both beasts and the whole motorcade... I guess the president was going to have a rally in Wisconsin the next day, and they had just unloaded the fleet off the planes at the international airport and brought them to the closest gas station to top off the gas. It was very impressive, up close they are massive. It was the fist time I had seen them in person in 39 years of living here.
He forgot to mention the beast could survive any of those attacks, the bottom of the car has a super thick armor player that can block mines from under, sniper and rockets would do nothing to it
Back in the late 90’s the neurosurgeon from my city in Michigan, was on call when the president visited our state. So when my husband had a brain tumor we had him remove it even though we had to use connections to get him involved.
There’s stuff the Secret Service absolutely CANNOT confirm or deny. You’ll be lucky to get an answer in general.
I've seen the motorcade before. I was just sitting on the patio at a Chipotle having lunch and couldn't understand why this very important road was blocked off at a big intersection. The President (not going to say which one, for civility's sake) came to my city to do some event, maybe a campaign speech or something, and the streets were lined with masses of people yelling vile things at the motorcade. Pretty sure he couldn't hear them in The Beast. It was kinda funny.
The are actually 2 transport C -17 or C 5 aircraft one is for the car's and the other one is for the helicopters
And SS agents are usually sent out a couple weeks ahead to scout planned routes, make changes, identify potential threat areas, etc. The amount of work that goes into the President traveling is incredible... but I don't question any of it. It makes complete sense to take it so seriously, and just that show of serious business acts as a deterrent itself.
The movie London Has Fallen actually does a fairly good job, in my opinion, of showing just how hard it would be to attack these sorts of motorcades. You would need to spend years embedding people inside the sort of security groups that would be working enforcement around it. It would not be easy, it would require significant planning.
Airforce One flew into North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, where I was stationed.
I saw Clinton's motorcade from 5' away.
Sam dresses like a teenager. He is a kid at heart. Nothing wrong with that😂😂😂
Nah, he just dresses like a Kiwi. T-shirt and shorts in the summer, long sleeves and shorts in the winter. 😂
More likely he dresses in what is comfortable. I've never really paid much attention to his clothing, its always presesntable. They all dress comfortable and casual.
He dresses like me and I am in my 50's.
He dresses like 90% of guys I know outside of the workplace. Shorts and a comfy tshirt, maybe a baseball cap. Typical lounge ware, he's just keeping it real.
@@o0Silverwolf0o I don't know anybody that dresses like that except for kids in public.
When Obama was in office . He came to our town like 9 times. I got to shake his hand and talk to him . He's such a cool guy . Loves to joke around. I also shook Clinton's hand when he came and visited our school in the 90's . But when he came in town they landed a helicopter on the soccer ( Football ) field and he came in the school from there. When Obama was in town we had the Whole Motorcade pulled up to the back of our school. It was pretty awesome to get to say hello to them both .
I worked with former Army Attachés and nothing here has been new for at least 25 years. I can only imagine the countermeasures that have been developed since.
Every extra-national military convoy I was involved with over a 12 year career had these in the early 2000s.
Was walking by the White House and was stopped so the motorcade could leave the grounds. Was neat seeing that in person.
I had George W visit the Ritz back when I worked there. I was a loss prevention officer. Upon arriving to work I was stopped.. told to turn my engine off, open the trunk, and hold my keys out of the window while a K9 searched my car.
I actually got to feel how heavy the car doors are of the presidential vehicles(this was the old vehicle as this was 2011 ish). It felt like a vault door!!! I had to use both hands, and I'm a big guy lol.
There are 2 marine one's also. The reason why the President's doctor and dentist with their assistant travel with him is because President Einsenhower had a dental emergency when he was traveling. He cracked a tooth eating dinner and it took half the night to find a dentist willing to treat in the middle of the night.
I haven't seen the motorcade but I have seen marine 1 and it's backup on a helipad in NYC. It's next to the Staten Island ferry and when the president is in town you can see them. I have been dismissed from work early when the president is nearby the office and it makes driving around difficult.
I'm impressed with the guy who got close enough to grab the door handle on the Beast, before he got fried by 10,000 volts. Who thinks up this stuff?!?
That would be a really bad prank to pull on the poor new Secret Service Agent assigned to the task of opening the door for the president.
If you guys travel to the US again, you could check out Mount Rushmore in South Dakota! Very unique culture there, and people are extra nice!
I worked for the State Fair of Oklahoma. In 1995, April 19th, the Murrah Building in downtown OKC was bombed, killing 168 people. It was quickly decided that President Bill Clinton would visit the OKC area and attend the Oklahoma City Memorial at the Oklahoma State Fairground. This was thrown upon our crews to build the event stage and seating areas, it was what we did for large concerts anyways, but this would be overseen by FBI security as well. As soon as it was determined this would happen at our facility, a large team of FBI agents came and inspected the entire fairgrounds, all the staff , all the vehicles both personal and belonging to the Fairgrounds. We all got interviewed, had background checks, as well as family members. They stayed for several weeks prior to the event and quickly left after it was over. We weren't allowed to be in the building unless we were assigned clearance, or were going to attend the services, which required more credentials, background checks, etc. The route the President was going to travel through OKC and to the Fairground facility was known only to his entourage. We have a Heliport, I think it was used to move him quickly from downtown to our facility. Realistically, they could have landed a heli most anywhere near the facility.
The scout teams that go out ahead are extremely intimidating. They do NOT mess around. Like at all. I'm pretty sure they weren't issued senses of humor either. They trust no one and nothing unless 3 of them have personally verified it and triple checked it. I worked the 2002 Olympics and it was the same. Unbelievably dedicated and thorough people who take their jobs with life or death seriousness.
Actually the Presidential motorcade is a 50 car convoy which travels with him wherever he goes. When traveling overseas there is a special airplane that carries the 50 car convoy which includes the Beast. The President travels in a separate airplane known as Air Force One. Americans pay approximately $2,600 per minute, yes, per minute, for this protection. There is another video that also details the American Presidential motorcade and talks more about the amazing weapons installed inside the Beast. I am glad my President is heavily protected, but it is very expensive.
As a taxpayer, worth it. Regardless of whether the current POTUS' politics agree with mine.
That's not technically true. Most of those 50 or so vehicles are not actually considered part of the motorcade from a security standpoint. They often include numerous passenger vans, SUVs and buses carrying lower-level White House staffers, presidential guests and reporters and they all trail the motorcade. The motorcade itself is only the integral group of vehicles (police, Secret Service and the ambulance) directly carrying or supporting the president. The other (normally rented or hired) vehicles that almost always follow in trail with their own police escorts are technically separate from and not officially considered a part of the presidential motorcade. Think of them as associated with, but not actually in, the presidential motorcade.
@@skyhawk_4526 If you do a search on the USA Presidential motorcade and review videos on the topic they actually state that the number is 40 to 50 vehicles. I think you need to challenge the other sources that say otherwise.
@@Redbikemaster This... it's a principle. It reinforces the power of the US, it is power projection, at home and especially abroad. Like whoever it is or not, they are the President and the office is what is being protected as much as the person occupying it at the time.
@@mycroft16 exactly. It's not just about protecting the actual human. It's also about protecting an idea.
Having lived in Virginia and Maryland and worked in Washington, I have seen the motorcade many times. One time I was walking on the sidewalk just as Clinton came out of a ceremony. He was looking out the window and went pass right by me. I had the pleasure of giving him a thumb down just 5 feet from his face. ☝
That was interesting. I have seen the motorcade ona few occasions myself. Worked downtown DCfor over 10 years.
When Natalie asked if the President "could just pop out to dinner", the answer is NO!
When President Obama was in office, comedian Jerry Seinfeld visited the White House and after a long conversation, Seinfeld offered to drive the President to a nearby restaurant for a burger and fries.
They were not allowed off the premises because the restaurant had not been checked out first by the Secret Service. A process that usually takes several days to check not only the location, but routes to and from, and all the nearest stores and homes and businesses.
No food for you Mr. President unless it's made in your kitchen.
And with the exception of State dinners the President must pay for the meals and they must be prepared downstairs in the White House kitchen. It's one of the chief complaints by Presidents is the costly meal bill and the inability to make their own meals upstairs in the private quarters.
Having a private chef on call anytime of the day or night. I don’t think the Pres and his family are suffering for takeout. 😆
I thought Trump ordered Big Mac's a lot ??!!
@@arlenefisher1164 And supposedly Clinton used to jog to McDonald’s.
In fairness, often a completely random unplanned stop is safer as there is no clue or hint or any indication it will happen and the off chance of there being someone there is extremely remote and not something the SS detail couldn't handle.
And yes, the President can decide to go somewhere, but the SS needs at least a few hours. It can't be a spur of the moment thing. So when Biden stops for ice cream, that decision was likely made that morning. Restaurant owners in the DC area have talked about it. The SS will show up 4 to 6 hours before the President arrives, and that's the first you know about it, and they lock the restaurant down from that moment on. So you're not going to alert anyone. They guard all the doors and plan where he will sit for maximum protection. Restaurants buy food early morning so they don't really have to check it as who would know? Even White House chefs shop incognito on a daily basis and rotate randomly the markets they shop from. It's an odds game and the odds with very little work are massively in favor of the White House. Unless someone is literally willing to poison the entire district and parts of Virginia/Maryland/Delaware.
So while they aren't making unplanned spur of the moment stops, they absolutely can decide they want to stop at x place on the morning of an event. Which for someone under that level of protection isn't bad. Had Seinfeld given the SS a day or two notice of that desire, it would absolutely have happened. Obama ate out at a local Vietnamese eatery with someone, they had local food and some beers and chatted. Anthony Bourdain I think actually. Just the two at a rando table in this little hole in the wall place.
WOW!!! I’m in the US and had no clue about any of this!
The Beast, Air Force One, Marine One - Don’t think for one second that the United States government is going to tell you anything about any of the defense capabilities of any of these. Most of what you hear is based on conjecture or rumor, so take everything with a grain of salt. However, it would actually not surprise me at all to learn the defense technology involved with these forms of presidential transcription exceeds what you’ve already seen. 😳
I saw a motorcade once. First thing I thought was. Two would be a lot smarter to have a motorcade go one way. And have the vip leave at a completely different time and route. A little sleight of hand if you will
They also fly at double the speed limit. I've seen president convoy on the freeway and they are moving fast. Helicopter above as well.
On one very rare occasion, I saw both Air Force 1 and Air Force 2 land with the President and Vice President and both limos transported them to an official function on the US Army post I was assigned at the time. Because it was a military base, the motorcade was not as large. You would enjoy the documentary on the new Air Force 1.
JFKs Limo is on display at the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan. It’s a museum of some of the finest and rare vehicles of all types made throughout history
Years ago when I was working at the UN during a visit by President Bush the Secret Service allowed me and a couple of fellow workers check out The Beast when it was parked at the loading dock under the building. They opened one of the doors and let us see inside. There were two M4 rifles in racks where the driver and front seat passenger could grab them. The glass in the doors do not go down and are about 3" thick and the doors are incredibly heavy and thick. The only thing on the vehicle that ere still original Cadillac parts are the headlights, tail lights and grill. It truly is a luxury tank! I asked them if I could look in the trunk and although they were very nice they said that what was in there was classified. I have a feeling there's an arsenal in there! They told us it would take a direct RPG hit and keep going. It's truly amazing.
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He didn't mention Secret Service staff are positioned on the rooftops of buildings the motorcade drives past. They are armed and can open fire if needed, plus relay communications to the drivers.
Living in the Washington area , we see motorcades everyday. Some are short - two- five vehicles. Others much larger. The prez motorcade the largest. 15+ vehicles. That’s not counting the police in front or coming up in the back. Also police are staked out along the route(s) hours before and police/secret service check and recheck everything ..
Also there is a helicopter over head and a no fly zone wherever it goes.
Also all these vehicles are flown to other countries where the Prez is going to visit.
It’s more than a simple convoy- the ‘Beast’ is probably the safest place on earth when being used.
The SUVs in the Presidential motorcade had "pop-up" mini gatlin guns that are computer operated from the backseat. The guns come through the roof of the vehicle. The miniguns can also be humanly controlled if necessary.
I've seen a presidential motorcade a few years ago as they drove passed at 100km/h. Quite impressive.
Saw the presidential motorcade once, very impressive. It sent a message of power and strength as it flew past us.
I've had the exciting pleasure of seeing the presidential motorcade of 3 different US presidents, Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump. Regan, Bush and Trump once each in Arizona. Then Regan and Trump also in California. With both Regan and Trump I also got to see them flying into Phoenix aboard Air Force One, what an amazing sight. I also had the sad occasion to witness the motorcade that bore President Regan's body to the funeral home in Santa Monica California after his passing. It was late in the evening yet people were out to pay their respects to the former president and it was very touching.
Wow, what an experience!
The electronics countermeasure vehicle (ECM vehicle) affects cell phones in the area, except for radios used by the Secret Service, which run on a special hopping frequency, in sequence with the ECM signals. You can buy devices similar to that to shut down cell phones, but they're illegal to operate. There's sometimes a couple of SUV's with miniguns that pop out the roof in case something serious goes down. If someone tried to jump out of a van with an RPG, they would be immediately taken care of by the hundreds of security personnel in advance of the motorcade.
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We get maybe three Presidential visits a year here in Atlanta. And the one car in the motorcade that sticks out is the Counter Assault Team. They are a SWAT Team and they travel in two SUVs. They always have all of the windows down and the tailgate open.
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We have a guy on the radio here named Dan Bongino who used to be in the Secret Service, he talks about this a lot, and he says they don’t call it the Beast 🤣
Wow, Cadillac, GMC ,& Ford
I suspect this is only what they tell the public. I bet the President could be in any of those vehicles with The Beast cars only having decoys.
I've seen the motorcade of a couple presidents and also watched Air Force One fly over my city.
Yes I’ve seen the motorcade in person about 1/2 a block away at the end of my street (I’m a kiwi living in San Francisco) it was Obama and he was coming from a presidential fund raiser dinner at a private house in a wealthy neighborhood nearly. it’s also eerily quiet, the cars whoosh by and he waved, it’s pretty exciting
When Obama was president, he came to a manufacturing facility near my home in Minnesota and we were outside the facility hoping to get a glance at the president. Maybe because it was in US territory, but the motorcade was not that long. However, there was a military helicopter overhead and plenty of heavily armed personnel!
I was at Fairchild AFB (Spokane Washington) when Bush visited the city. I was on the C-5 detail. Seeing the amount of support equipment is UNREAL!
I have seen the motorcade a few times. I think you should do the ones about Airforce One and Marine One.
Yup, last week in Seattle.
Obama came to Alaska and traveled out to my little village in the bush. For 2 weeks before his 12 hour visit, we had a C-17 cargo plane bring in several loads of equipment, including each of those cars, just to travel 21 miles of road! There was also a helicopter overhead throughout the President's visit. They also brought in what amounted to their own trauma/surgery setup and had it ready to go in our hospital.
The planning for that visit began months before, with Secret Service touring our entire village, hospital, etc. All I could think, at the time, with as often as the president travels what a logistical nightmare at must be!
There was a similar Tee-Vee documentary a few years ago that included a tour of the company that does the build of the "beast" limos... they show the 18-inch thick doors, the 6-inch thick "glass", the tires and wheels and a few other physical things things (but none of the secret stuff or course).
It's an amazing vehicle but the limo isn't called "The Beast" by anyone but the media. Dan Bongino a former USSS (Secret Service) agent said when you hear someone call it "The Beast" you immediately know they are clueless. The agents simply call it the Presidential Limo. I asked my nephew, also a former USSS agent, about it and he said Dan was correct.
My Dad used to fly with Air Force 1. Was a cook for the aircraft. He has stories for days, especially being with the President on 9/11. I have tons of memorabilia from all over the world. Can definitively say the logistics that go into traveling with the President is immense. (I was able to go to work with my dad before 9/11) so i'd see as much of the planning that goes into just the food on the plane and where it comes from (as much as a small child would be able to understand). It's also explained in a National Geographic documentary that aired in maybe 2000 or 2002. My dad explained in the doc that they would have to wear civilian clothing and choose from random grocery stores across the state of MD and VA to get the food so nobody could poison the food beforehand if they knew where the President's food was shopped for.
I lived in portage county ohio, when Nixon came thru, we were setting up for a halloween party & the SS came down the creek to check us out, we didn't know that
the road was part of the route, the property was 3 houses down a street off the route, was crazy seeing those guys walking out of the creek toward us
I have been fortunate to see Clinton, Bush, Obama, and VP Pence’s motorcade. Was able to work with Bush’s advance team before he visited the Contemporary Hotel in Orlando Fl back in 2006.
One of my favorite experiences. Security for the president and VP are “well oiled machines”.
You need to check out the video of how this whole motorcade travels everywhere with him. Even other countries.
I have seen the motorcade on two separate occasions. The furst was when I visited Washington D.C. with my family. The second time the airport about 5 miles from my house had Air Force One landing (it flew directly over my house ... hearing a 747 on its takeoff path is impressive enough but AF1 was ear shattering ... it seemed like it wasnt a standard takeoff). I saw the motorcade later in the day when it was returning to AF1.
The first motorcade was Ronald Reagan, the second was Donald Trump. Ron and Don
I live in the Palm Springs, CA area and I've seen both Obama and Trump land Air Force One and their motorcade went by us and we also saw Obama's motorcade drive back to the Air Force One and Secret Service came by us and had their dogs sniff our Golf Cart because we were at an intersection the motorcade was going to drive by in 5 minutes. When Trumps motorcade drove by us he waved at us when he drove by. Many Presidents come here for vacation or for international meetings. Reagan would come often for vacation and Ford and Eisenhower both lived here when they retired.
saw Regan motorcade in
Las Vegas back in the 80's
So cool! Did you guys see that Scott McLaughlin from New Zealand just ran the fastest lap ever ran and is on the pole for the Indianapolis 500.
The president can go wherever he wants. If he decides to go to In and Out for a burger the restaurant becomes a federally protected building. Secret service has procedures to safely allow the president to enter.
Seen a couple of them as the POTUS came to Pittsburgh PA. They driving as fast as they can. It's crazy
I happened to see a motorcade when I was in Oregon one year. It was election time and I’m sure it was either a governor or a former president. It’s crazy.
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I used to live in Washington DC. This motorcade ruined traffic for me at least 1 or 2 times a week. They always take different routes, but still rope off several routes so nobody knows which route they will take.
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As an American, I didn’t even know some of these facts about the motorcade! The fact they cary a blood bag for the president is crazy! Great video!!
Honestly, what blows me away is the mindset you have to have to plan all of this. The people who have to think up every possible threat scenario and then plan for it.
This was in 1995 when I was in the concert choir in college, we went to DC and on one of the days we went sightseeing in smaller groups, we heard the sirens and saw the motorcade from a distance (this was when Clinton was in office). Wasn't able to get any pictures of it, though.
Ah, the old days, when none of us were carrying cameras in our pockets!
I've had the presidential motorcade go by home several times as I live on a busy street in West Los Angeles. I recognized most of those vehicles that were shown in this video and always the two presidential limousines (Beast). I remember one time they wouldn't even allow any cars to park alongside the street. This was Obama's motorcade.
I have seen it once here in the mid west around stl mo once
Yes I have.
They left out so much about the tank. It is also equipped with 2 30 caliber gatling guns 4 heavily armored agents of the highest caliber. 2 sidewinder missiles. A titanium core frame around the president and the motor. Over 3000 rounds of verios hand held weapons, and the president himself has an m16 and 9mm at arms length available aswell
I saw Pres. Ronald Reagan’s motorcade in Dallas, TX from my office window as he was on the “feeder” to enter Hwy 635. Since they had had that road blocked off with tons of police for at least 30 minutes… we knew he was coming that way!
When Obama made his first visit to South Africa in mid-2013, I saw his motorcade drive by in Cape Town. Impressive!
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Kinda dark, but the building the sniper was in in this video is a model of the Texas Book Repository building in Dallas which is where the shooter was that killed Kennedy. It's actually a fascinating tour if you're in Dallas. There is an "x" on the street where Kennedy was when the bullet hit. Not a high traffic street so you can actually go stand on it and look up at the building.
EDIT: 10 seconds later in the video, "that was crazy going there." lol, never mind that suggestion.
I've experienced and witnessed two motorcades here in Omaha Nebraska. One for President Clinton in 2000 (last and only state he hadn't visited during his presidency until that time). Obama in 2015 in Omaha.
To give you an example of the technology our government has in regards to Presidential security, my little sister is an event coordinator at our local civic center. It's a very large facility, something like 35,000 square meters for you metric types, and President Trump came to speak at a rally for another politician who was running for office several years ago. She said that the Secret Service showed up a week before the event and inspected every square inch of the facility thoroughly. At one point she was standing outside one of the entrances and saw Secret Service agents checking out the drainage ditch along the side of the property, so she took out her cell phone and snapped a photo of them. The second she took the photo, she said her phone shut off and when she got it turned back on, that photo was nowhere to be found. Poof, gone!
Have y’all reacted to Blue Angels or Thunderbirds? If not, definitely worth to watch.
Just in... New Zealander has just won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Scott McLaughlin with Team Penske. Record setting 4-lap average. 234.220 mph
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My brother in law was in the secret service.Nobody there refers to it as the Beast. They all laugh when they hear the press call it that. That nickname is an invention of the press
i dont know if this video mentions it or not. an i may forget to mention it myself. when the president visits other countries...... they fly all these vehicles with him
I love how you address this topic with such honesty.
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I’ve been in JFK’s limo once, and on AF-1 many times (Presidents plane). They are quite interesting. And yes, of course, they are equipped with a variety of things unknown to the public.
Yes seen it a few times usually when the president is in town for a fundraiser, for natural disaster responses he usually bypasses a large part of the motorcade in favor of his helicopter squadron to minimize impact on responders and because Secret Service has minimal time to vet the route, etc. what isn’t discussed here is the advance teams sent ahead a few days before. It’s not unusual for them to shut down multiple highways and honestly snarl traffic for hours to avoid telegraphing their route. But it’s a disruption that is necessary for security.
I have seen a presidential motorcade. In person, it's really impressive, but it goes by at a high rate of speed. When i worked on the radio, I met Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama. I met Donald Trump in New York about 10yrs before he was president.
It's funny you said something about going out to dinner as President. In 2012 my family and I went to eat at our local mexican restaurant and VP Biden was there! Security was super tight, Secret Service agents watched the kitchen very closely. They let the public in after metal detectors and pat downs. We ate dinner 7 feet from Biden, and got to speak with him after!
He stayed at the Holiday Inn across the road that night, they had rented out the entire hotel!
When he travels, there are actually two of every vehicle and aircraft that the President travels in and it’s a secret which one he is in.
There's another video that covers this, plus the cost for travel, both of the motorcade and flying.
I had the privilege of working with a few counter assault team guys, highly skilled, in pro athlete shape, and excellent thinkers... they can think through scenarios on the run and adopt insanely quick.