"If there is any Trump government run spectacle more absurd than long, shuffling lines of citizens surrendering their belts, phones, and carry-ons to a rubber bin, it is the ignorant and simplistic belief that such a security spectacle can be improved by the addition of ICE agents."
~ David Shuster
"And thus, we have Donald Trump’s latest rotting brainstorm: Trump has now deployed ICE agents to airports to somehow shorten the monstrous queues at TSA checkpoints."
Robert Reich enumerates Trump's air travel challenges:
1. Lines are getting longer at airports.
2. Air-traffic controllers are way understaffed and underpaid.
3. Ticket prices are soaring and flights are being cancelled because the cost of jet fuel is soaring.
#Trump #Republicans #TSA #ICE #airports #AirTravel
/3
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/flying-already-sucks-trump-just-made
4. Trump’s Transportation Department scrapped a Biden-era rule that would have required airlines to give cash refunds to passengers for significant travel disruptions and delays within the airlines’ control.
5. The Transportation Department is also reportedly planning to claw back other protections around passenger refunds, cut requirements for airlines to disclose junk fees, and roll back rules holding airlines liable for damaged wheelchairs.
"First you had these masked idiots terrorizing Americans in the streets. Then you send them to the airports, to make the already stressful process of making a flight on time even worse. The end goal is apparently to take all the skills they’ve mastered and apply them to the midterms."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Republicans #TSA #ICE #airports #AirTravel #elections #midterms #SAVEAct
/4
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/what-theyre-hoping-you-dont-notice
"It’s so obvious that Republicans are terrified of the absolute devastation they’re facing in this election, if they feel like they have to literally physically scare voters away from the polls.
Then there’s the fact that this isn’t just about ending the stalemate over funding and ending the DHS shutdown."
#Trump #Republicans #TSA #ICE #airports #AirTravel #elections #midterms #SAVEAct
/5
"Trump has made it explicitly clear that he’s not approving any funding deal unless Republicans pass the SAVE America Act, which is itself another desperate attempt to disenfranchise voters."
#Trump #Republicans #TSA #ICE #airports #AirTravel #elections #midterms #SAVEAct
/6
"The origin story of the plan to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement thugs to the airport truly is nutty. As CNN reported, this all began when 'Linda from Arizona' called in to The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show last week to make her pitch: 'I think I have a solution to the TSA problem.' She said, 'We need to bring in ICE agents.'"
~ Jason Linkins
"The barriers between Trump and information awareness, in other words, remain strong. But with his approval ratings tanking, the economy cratering, and the undistilled chaos of his presidency spreading, Republicans might rue the day Trump decided to send a potent reminder to your local airport about how he's making everything suck."
William Lindsey 
Rachel Pedro