U.S. President Joe Biden arrived at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in a massive motorcade while other world leaders and foreign royalty took buses.
Joe Biden, supposedly a committed climate change activist, arrived at the Queen’s funeral on Monday in a massive motorcade, despite all foreign dignitaries having been told by the British authorities to leave their private cars and helicopters at home for the event. [bold, links added]
Biden appears to be one of if not the only major figure to have insisted on a dispensation to ignore the ban on private cars for the event, with British officials facing unprecedented logistical challenges even forcing foreign royalty to take the bus to get to the Queen’s funeral.
The president’s decision to take his gas-guzzling armored car stands in stark opposition to his climate commitments, with the commander-in-chief’s motorcade not only consisting of a raft of cars, 4x4s, and motorbikes as well as his custom-made limousine.
Known as “The Beast“, the vehicle is thought to way around ten tonnes and is designed to withstand both explosives and small arms fire to keep the American head of state safe from would-be assassins.
Such protection comes at a cost, however, with the vehicle thought to be an eco-monstrosity that possibly can only do around 8 miles per American gallon.
This is compared to the nearly 40 miles per gallon achievable by some of the most popular SUVs in the United Kingdom — themselves greatly upsetting to climate alarmists in Britain, leading to some even vandalizing the vehicle type in an effort to reduce the number of them on the road.
The ban on private cars has served to avoid embarrassing the British government, which has obsessed over net-zero green agenda policies in recent years, but the prohibition has actually been justified with reference to logistical issues that a raft of private vehicles would cause for the event.
Such concerns appear to have been well founded, with the U.S. president reportedly finding himself stuck in London’s rush-hour traffic on the way to the event.
According to a report by the Daily Mail, the President’s motorcade found itself grinding to a complete halt in front of a London café, much to the amusement of unsuspecting commuters.
Members of the British police could then be seen frantically trying to keep people away from the President’s car as it slowly started to make its way through the busy London streets.
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Ofcourse the Administration will claim that this was required for appropriate Presidential security. In reality, just the latest example of “Rules for THEE, but NOT for me!” Wake up Americaa. Send these self absoirbed, self righteous ideologues in Congress “packing” on November 8. That will be the only way to introduce any chance at MODERATION into our domestic politics. Time to start turning this nonsense around…
Biden is your typical Do as i say Not as i do Liberal Democrat
The President can’t go anywhere without extravagant security. Joe could have chosen to stay home, for planet Earth’s sake. He wouldn’t have been missed in England, but instead he chose to burn a million dollars worth of fuel honoring the monarchy, which General Washington booted hundreds of years ago. If Biden can justify such hypocrisy, why can’t the common man justify burning a fraction of that energy just getting by?
Even more amusing is that Biden was his habitually late self, delaying his convoy so the motorcade arrived over 30 minutes later than the appointed arrival time of all dignitaries. His entry to Westminster Abbey was blocked by another procession as the service had already begun, and so he and the fake doctor wound up seated 14 rows back in the south transept, behind the Polish president. The British are sticklers for punctuality and offered no more accommodation to him.