President Obama foreign travel very different from Bush

https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/smith-mundt-modernization-act-2012

"This prohibition was lifted in 2012, when the SMMA was signed into law by President Obama, allowing the same propaganda disseminated by our government to foreign publics, to now be released in the U.S. for the very first time.

And yes, our government is also now allowed to create propaganda tailored specifically for U.S. public consumption, using any media as it sees fit, while remaining anonymous as the source of the material being reported."

Quote: AZDuffman

I just learned that a former POTUS cannot drive a car on public roads ever again.

Not being able to take out a convertible I owned would drive me insane. Nothing as relaxing as taking one out on the highway.

Quote: AZDuffman

Not being able to take out a convertible I owned would drive me insane. Nothing as relaxing as taking one out on the highway.

It seems as if this requirement is not law, but just a secret service recommendation that no ex-POTUS has tried to violate.

Judging from this video, Donald Trump is not going to tolerate being driven around.

I hate driving. I would kill to be driven around for the rest of my life.

Quote: Pacomartin

It seems as if this requirement is not law, but just a secret service recommendation that no ex-POTUS has tried to violate.

Judging from this video, Donald Trump is not going to tolerate being driven around.

From where I heard it is not a "recommendation" more of a "if you get behind the wheel we are outta here!"

I thought Clinton was the last POTUS to get SS protection and the rest would get a security budget for life. That must have changed?

Quote: gamerfreak

I hate driving. I would kill to be driven around for the rest of my life.

Hate driving in traffic or altogether?

AVs are supposed to be coming, but I cannot imagine sitting in a car driving itself.

Quote: Tanko

Nothing but a bunch of social calls and speeches over thirty years, with only a single treaty in 1993.

Still don't know what you are talking about.

I assume you think the three major summits are important.

G7
May 26–27,2017 Italy Taormina
June 8–9,2018 Canada La Malbaie
August 24–26,2019 France Biarritz

G20
July 7–8,2017 Germany Hamburg
November 30 – December 1,2018 Argentina Buenos Aires
June 28–29,2019 Japan Osaka

NATO
May 25,2017 Belgium Brussels
July 11–12,2018 Belgium Brussels
December 3–4,2019 United Kingdom Watford


State Visits are much more formal affairs than simple meetings. Do you have an issue with them as well?

1. May 25–28, 2019 Japan State Visit. Met with Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
2. June 3–5, 2019 United Kingdom State Visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Theresa May.
3. November 7–8, 2017 South Korea State visit. Met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, and addressed the South Korean National Assembly.
4. November 8–10, 2017 China State visit. President Trump arrived in Beijing to meet with General Secretary and President .
5. November 10–12, 2017 Vietnam State visit. Met with President Trần Đại Quang, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Quote: Pacomartin

Still don't know what you are talking about.

I assume you think the three major summits are important.

I was referring to the START II Treaty.

G7, G20, NATO, State visits. In return we got bad trade deals, costly military deals, and a climate deal that was so bad, it was rejected 95-0 by the Senate.

They're going to roll Biden like a subway drunk.