Celebrity Travel: Donald Trump Jr. Goes Through Security

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Donal Trump Jr. just put an editorial piece in the New York Times explaining to America just how normal he is, and that even he gets stopped at security for asinine reasons. I can’t really tell if the article is more about Donald the Younger trying to convince Americans he is just your average Joe, or if he really believes the fact that he got a secondary screening at an airport is worthy of an article in the Times. The truth probably lies somewhere between the two explanations, but here is a quick summary anyway:

Obviously, in this day and age, security needs to be tight. But it was an alarm clock. Despite my best efforts in trying to explain the situation, security shut down the lane. I felt like an idiot. And by the way, no one much cared about what I had to say.

The T.S.A. agents called in the state police. It took them only five minutes to figure out that I was indeed carrying an alarm clock. One of the officers spoke to the gate agent on my behalf, while I was being held, sockless and shoeless, in the screening line. The whole alarm clock affair took about 25 minutes.

Sometimes it pays to be a Trump. Frequent flying isn’t one of those times. But at least I got my alarm clock back.

I’ve been in and out of Laguardia enough times to recognize the 727 sitting on the tarmac with a huge TRUMP on the side of it.  I’m sure it costs a hell of a lot of money to park your plane at one of the busiest small airports around, so why not just use it when you actually have the need to fly somewhere?  Granted that model wouldn’t be able to reach any of the international destinations Trump listed in his article, but I’m sure it would be much better than flying economy and answering “Apprentice” questions for hours on end in the back of an airplane.

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