I don’t know if you have any impression on the story of“Wang Ye goes out” in the costume drama? Is the kind of Gong, clear the streets, so that the people can not disturb the“Nobles.”. Now, on the other side of the ocean in the United States, there is a similar situation, and“Clear the field” approach is higher, are playing in the sky. On March 9, local time, in Florida, the US Air Force dispatched F-16 fighters to intercept a civilian aircraft, he was flying in temporary restricted airspace near Donald Trump’s home in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to U.S. media reports, the North American Aerospace Defense Command also issued a statement saying that Donald Trump was playing golf at the course when the interception occurred on the 9th. This let a person have to exclamate a sentence, understand Wang now this pomp, can not be said to be not big. Someone committed a“Clear” rules, but to send military aircraft to intercept yo. Turns out, Donald Trump’s security standards have Living Up since he became president again. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is a keen golfer and enjoys playing at his own club. His usual home is Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he almost always spends half a day at Donald Trump International Golf Club. Federal security officials simply put in place a permanent no-fly zone over the club. And whenever Donald Trump visits Mar-a-lago, he temporarily extends the no-fly zone to 30 nautical miles around it.
As you can see, his club and most of the surrounding area are within 30 nautical miles. West Palm Beach is a well-known American weekend resort, the day to the various commercial or tourist flights will not be less. It is possible that the civilian aircraft was not aware that Donald Trump was“There” and had not been inspected or given notice that the restricted area had been temporarily expanded, so it“Strayed” into it. But this isn’t the first interception. On the morning of the previous day (8th) , when Donald Trump was on his way from mar-a-lago to play ball on the court, US Air Force warplanes had conducted an interception of aircraft entering the temporary restricted flight zone.
And according to the U.S. Air Defense Command, there have been more than 20 such interceptions since Donald Trump took office Jan. 20. U. S. Air Force Intercept, which actually reveals two messages. First, the efficiency of the U. S. Government departments is indeed a big problem. Whether it’s a permanent or temporary no-fly policy, the President’s security Federal Aviation Administration are supposed to give the FAA plenty of notice, even for reasons of secrecy, only in this way can the latter dispatch and declare no-fly zones and restricted airspace. Moreover, Donald Trump frequently to mar-a-lago, the local restrictions have long been“Semi-fixed”, there should not be multiple“Stray” situation. But the reality is that the U.S. Air Force needs to make a serious statement that it has conducted multiple interceptions, which means warning air traffic controllers and civilian pilots: Watch Out!
That leaves two other possibilities. Either, is the U. S. air traffic control work is not strict, the temporary restricted area did not timely announcement, did not do a good job on the scheduling of air vehicles, which is often implicated in the U. S. air force“Overtime.”. Either, the President’s security team was lax and numb, and did not notify air traffic control in a timely manner, which made it too late for the latter to carry out air traffic control, let alone to announce flight restrictions to air flight units in the first place, finally, they have to trouble the air force“A trip.”. Second, Donald Trump is wasting his money playing basketball. As mentioned earlier, the U. S. Air Force has conducted more than 20 such interceptions, so the corresponding temporary restricted zone expansion is about 20 times. That’s about 20 times Donald Trump has played golf this way. And that’s just the number of air force interceptions. The number of times Donald Trump has played without incident is only going to increase.
Let’s leave aside the normal situation and conservatively estimate that Donald Trump has played golf at least 20 times in less than 60 days since Jan. 20, it’s the equivalent of going to the golf course to swing a half-day round of clubs in an average of 3 days at work. In other words, on average every 3 days, this area around mar-a-lago also temporarily restricted flights. There is air force out, because the F-16 flight noise is not small, resulting in nuisance complaints will not be less. Can’t Trump, America’s No. 1, enjoy himself, some might say?
Yes, yes, Donald Trump can afford golf and court diplomacy, but that’s a lot of money to spend! Since taking office on Jan. 20, Donald Trump has Huffington Post more than $18 million on his Florida golf courses, according to this magazine. That’s a lot of money. The F-16 alone costs between $8,000 and $26,000 an hour to fly. Fly 20 times, take one, more than 30 million can be gone. This money, after all, comes from the American taxpayer.
Donald Trump was the only American presidential candidate in recent decades to have suffered an assassination attempt, and his behaviour since his election has made him all the more hated. Whether it’s the effectiveness of the Department of government on the federal government“Big knife” fierce, or the territorial claims of Greenland, Canada’s arrogance, are enough to make some people desperate. So the U. S. government had to spend more money on security to protect the king. It is worth mentioning that, after the assassination attempt on July 13 last year, the 2024 was also at the West Palm Beach Stadium on September 15, while Donald Trump was playing with enthusiasm, the United States Secret Service found a gunman lurking in the stadium.
Although the attempt was prevented, the gunman came no closer than 500 yards, enough to send the secret service into a cold sweat, and the cost of securing the golf course’s perimeter was considerable. And Lo and behold, Donald Trump, whose passion for golf was not deterred by previous death threats, is now president again, and even a sharp increase in the“Challenge” posed by security risks can not change his passion for golf. No wonder previous Japanese and South Korean leaders, keen to pick up their long-dormant golf clubs, have planned a bout of golf diplomacy with Donald Trump that suits them just fine.
Unfortunately for the United States Secret Service, the air force had to work overtime for the President’s hobbies. But at the cost, who cares that the American taxpayer is footing the bill for Donald Trump’s golf game?
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