re: #240 garzooma

WaPo reporting the WH agreeing with critics:

“The White House cited security concerns and the fact that the rally came together quickly, in about 36 hours. Earnest said presidential or vice presidential security for events such as the march are “onerous” and have a “significant impact” on those who attend.

“Had the circumstances been different, “I think the president himself would have liked to have had the opportunity to be there,” Earnest said.

“A Secret Service official said the agency was not asked or notified about a potential trip to Paris.”

I think, since the POTUS is considered among most circles as the “leader of the free world”, or at least the most populous democracy on the planet, that just the logistics planning to get him there wouldn’t have happened in time anyway.

I mean, 36 hrs notice? Maybe Merkel, Cameron and the others only had a short flight and less security concerns for a dog and pony show, but who would have expected someone who has already been threatened hundreds, if not thousands of times, to be ready to participate in such an event on such short notice? And if anything fatal had occurred, even Joe Biden would not have been a good choice, given our line of succession.