The Brisbane Times Looks at the Bush Entourage

I saw this link and am embarrassed for the arrogance and wastefulness of our boy preznit. I am sure the no-nonsense Aussies are shaking their heads. 700 people!! Everything about these people is shameful and disgusting.

The US President is bringing to Sydney with him not one Jumbo jet, but three, as well as another two aircraft that carry aircraft.

The president's Jumbo has a back-up, and the back-up has a back-up.

Air Force One is a specially converted 747-200B costing $400 million.

Its electronic gadgetry can jam enemy radar, and radar-guided missiles, and is equipped with flares to avoid heat-seeking missiles.

It can withstand electromagnetic shock waves from a nuclear blast.

The Jumbos are carrying 700 of the president's closest friends.

They include a doctor, nurse, personal chef and four cooks.

They are also carrying advisers, and it is clear the president will not be short of advice.

His entourage includes 50 White House political aides, 150 national security advisers and 200 specialists from other government departments.

POTUS, as he is known in Secret Service jargon (President Of The United States), is getting by with a mere 250 protective agents.