Look, it would be great if he could make the visit on the 100th anniversary. But France is not the USA. A 60 minute drive would draw millions of dollars and hundreds if not a thousand or more people assigned to security alone. There are only so many routes, meaning, anyone with hate in their heart could figure out which roads the motorcade will travel - both directions.
And it would be a last minute change, calling up all the security and police forces at the last minute to secure the route is another logistical problem.
Bottom line is, you don’t want POTUS to spend 2 hours in a car, in a foreign country, on roads that everyone can set up on. Not just terrorists, but protesters and onlookers too. France is famous for its strikes - they shut down highways all the time.
Sorry Frum, you are bloviating and not thinking through the logistics and security concerns of a last minute change to drive POTUS for 2 hours through a foreign country.
We were in France ten, maybe fifteen years ago. Driving from lisieux (Normandy) to Paris. Had a real fleamarket trip planned. The euros take pleasure in getting rid of items they find in their dying an dead elders’ homes that hold God, Angels, Jesus in reverence.
Great finds
We pulled in to St Owen fleamarket. The place looked like the gold market in Riyadh. But crowded
Quick change in plans. No flea market. I was willing, the guy with us with Intel shook his head and (he was the driver) took off
No. Very sudden and determined.
Ok. Safety first.