this was before the 'swearing in' last wednesday. those are likely USSS or non-uniformed USMC. they don't want the military to be in uniform when president trump was still in office
Not Marines:
Marines would almost certainly be in uniform. Authorizing the wear of civvies while on any sort of duty is rare and absurd for a situation like this. Further note, the guy on the far right is not wearing an undershirt... IF this was somehow authorized they’d certainly be following all regulations on proper wear of civilian attire.
Additionally, those guys are at neither attention nor parade rest so they aren’t following drill manual.
Can’t speak to Secret Service but based my limited experience with those guys I’d expect them to follow a higher standard too.
He looks too cognizant there for it to be recent. No leaky diaper. No wife holding him upright. That's my two cents.
plus he hasn't left the white house since he got there.
Somebody posted earlier that this was from an overseas trip he took in 2016 as VP, which is why it’s only his SS detail.
I call shenanigans.
That setting is OBVIOUSLY not Washington DC in January.
OBVIOUSLY!
This scene must be from one of private citizen Joe Biden's many foreign trips to make, er, collections.
Seems like a tropical setting or some other WARM place
OBVIOUSLY!
this was before the 'swearing in' last wednesday. those are likely USSS or non-uniformed USMC. they don't want the military to be in uniform when president trump was still in office
Not Marines: Marines would almost certainly be in uniform. Authorizing the wear of civvies while on any sort of duty is rare and absurd for a situation like this. Further note, the guy on the far right is not wearing an undershirt... IF this was somehow authorized they’d certainly be following all regulations on proper wear of civilian attire.
Additionally, those guys are at neither attention nor parade rest so they aren’t following drill manual.
Can’t speak to Secret Service but based my limited experience with those guys I’d expect them to follow a higher standard too.
I’d bet it’s private security.
Before he swore in.
The source I got it from claimed that this was a screenshot from newsmax today. Let me go dig into that.
Maybe their motto, Semper Fi, always faithful makes him nervous :)
he is suppose to have a government plane with Marines there to welcome him
Marines serve at the White House and Marine One (helicopter). When the president travels by airplane, he is served by the Air Force.
FAKE NEWS
That photo is apparently from the obama 1.0 era.