Correction: An update to this story (12 hours later), there's actually four different ministers or VIPs of the German government flying three different German government jets to the US at the same general time period. To some degree, it's freaking out the pro-environmental folks.
Coming up this next week.....two bigwigs of the German government are set to fly into the US for meetings. Chancellor Merkel on one jet, and the Defense Minister (AKK) on the second jet.
So, some environmentalists have picked up this topic and asked....why this enormous carbon footprint with two jets? They have a valid point.
What the government doesn't really want to say or admit in public? They have such a lousy record and low confidence feeling over the VIP jets....that I suspect if one of them breaks down....they would be able to bring both back on the 2nd jet.
I know, it's rather silly....but over the past four years....there's probably been at least five occasions where the VIP jets broke down at the destination, and in one case....Merkel was left on the ground for two extra days. The Foreign Minister was stuck for an extra 24 hours in some African country recently because of a breakdown. It has been embarrassing for the government to handle.
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