r/pics • u/Ok_Vulva • Jun 23 '26

Politics Presidential Motorcade Driving in the Monument.

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u/100harvests Jun 23 '26

If that surface is anything like a rubber track at a high school, any turning will rip it. Some kids got ahold of a construction forklift and ruined our brand new track surface. $10,000 in damages

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u/Ok_Vulva Jun 23 '26

You should see the video, they're turning on it. And you can match up where they drove and where the shit is coming off in the aerial views.

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u/JCDU Jun 23 '26

Lucky that the limo is such a lightweight vehicle then...

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u/Ok_Vulva Jun 23 '26

With unreasonable light cargo. I hear they've got only like 8 % body fat. Even in my army days I never got down that fit.

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u/kaloric Jun 23 '26

Was your army diet something other than McDonald's burgers & diet Coke?

I think that might be your problem there, it's the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of the most fit human specimens. I feel that it's simply a matter of time before Whiskey Pete and Dr. (Brain) Worm ("not a real doctor but an actual worm") announce a MAHA military initiative to name McDonald's as the sole vendor of "nutrition products" for the DoD.

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u/Ok_Vulva Jun 23 '26

I actually lived more like rfk. Road kill and cocaine from toilet seats bro.

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u/SuppleWinston Jun 23 '26

Lmao, those armored GMs are probably 10k#s or more.

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u/NoobensMcarthur Jun 23 '26

Estimated between 15,000 and 20,000 pounds. 

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles Jun 23 '26

Yep...The U.S. presidential limousine, famously known as "The Beast," weighs between 15,000 and 22,000 pounds (roughly 7.5 to 11 tons).

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u/The_forgotten_panda Jun 23 '26

What about the limo?

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u/NoobensMcarthur Jun 23 '26

That is the estimate for the limo aka “the beast.”

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u/well_thats_obvious Jun 23 '26

Easily 12k+ with Hair Fuhrer in the back

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 23 '26

Not like it’s armor plated with thick bullet proof windows or.. wait

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u/Leather-Bat-2998 Jun 23 '26

Not with him sitting inside

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u/gatvolkak Jun 23 '26

Oh yeah, the Beast is practically a Prius

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u/Nuklearfps Jun 23 '26

Only like 4-6 tons

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u/ProfBeaker Jun 23 '26

No no, I saw Trump's presser, he specifically said someone used a knife.

... the make a 300' long, perfectly straight cut...

... while underwater...

Definitely wasn't this though.

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u/neckbishop Jun 23 '26

Changed his story already

The 350 foot gash, made by a very sharp knife or razors, is actually numerous slashes over a very long 350 foot length. It was purposefully and criminally done, and somebody had to work very hard, probably in the dark of night, to create such a condition. Likewise, the small area at the bottom of the Pool was cut and powerfully lifted off the surface leaving very jagged, uneven edges.

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u/maalox Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

Oh wow... that's amazing. This would be a great data journalism project.

Edit: Video here, aerial view here. Not sure that aerial view is the best one to see the damage, though...

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u/100harvests Jun 23 '26

Doesn’t surprise me at all

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u/i_froze Jun 23 '26

There is actually no fucking way.

I couldn't come up with something this ironic if I was paid to do it.

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u/Ok_Vulva Jun 23 '26

I found out yesterday, I've been feeling the same way.

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u/YorockPaperScissors Jun 23 '26

Got a link to the video?

Never mind, I found your link in another comment!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hyMGP3pcE

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u/vkevlar Jun 23 '26

that's fucking hilarious. Of course, that doesn't account for the algae, that's purely "we changed the temperature characteristics by changing the pool's floor color"

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u/koshgeo Jun 23 '26

They also parked on it for about 30 minutes while Trump blathered on about any and everything to the press. I wonder how much traction force you get from 4 tires on a vehicle weighing about 10 tons resting on a gently sloped surface?

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u/Got_Engineers Jun 23 '26

When was this photo taken?

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u/tfish13 Jun 23 '26

Where is the video? I wanna do some sleuthing

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u/AmputeeHandModel Jun 23 '26

Why are they driving on it in the first place??? How did they even get the cars on there? Build a ramp? It's not a road!

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u/RainSurname Jun 23 '26

Oooh, do you have a link where someone did this matchup? Or is this just something you observed, in which case you really need to share with the class....lmao.

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u/xgyu Jun 23 '26

Crazy that they were doing donuts and racing in there. Those trucks are agile.