Subject: Travel pool report #5: Santa Monica > motorcade
The helo ride to Santa Monica was a quick and slightly vertiginous four minutes over the concrete and palms of Los Angeles.
Marine One taxied toward the motorcade at 4:54 pm, and the Beast rolled up to collect POTUS shortly after. We are rolling momentarily.
Subject: Travel pool report #6: Venue arrival
The ride to the venue was dotted with supporters who waved and protestors who did not wave, including a man who held up a sign reading “ROTTEN ORANGE.” A few miles down the road, another held a sign that said “JAIL TRUMP.”
The local journalists with us marveled at the sight of an empty freeway at 5 pm in Los Angeles.
As we pulled in at 519 pm there were two groups of dueling supporters and protesters: “USA USA USA” and “Four more years” vs. “LOCK HIM UP.”
The helo ride to Santa Monica was a quick and slightly vertiginous four minutes over the concrete and palms of Los Angeles.
vertiginous
Ah yes- who doesn’t love the opportunity to use the term- vertiginous.
Yes, the upper crust (DC press) are so above us (no pun intended) and quite predictable.
As a descriptive- a quick and bumpy ride... is, just too dull and passé in conveying the moment.