Airport wait times spiral as Trump claims Iran ‘begging’ for deal

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Airport wait time unpredictability intensifies

Airport wait time unpredictability intensifies

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What if negotiators had to stand in long TSA lines until there’s a deal?:

We have hit crisis mode at some major airports in the U.S.

The problem for travelers is the unpredictability. Some airports have no wait times at all. Others have more than four-hour lines that stretch outside. Some airports have even suspended wait time estimations entirely, instead issuing a blanket advisory for travelers to allow extra time to get to their gate.

President Trump is feeling the pressure. He began his Cabinet meeting this morning, which typically begins by rattling off recent wins, by blaming “radical Democrats,” accusing them of “punishing the American people, including travelers at airports all in the quest to return to open borders and give amnesty to illegal alien criminals.”

“We’re now on Day 41 of the disgraceful Democrat shutdown of Markwayne’s department,” Trump said to open the meeting, referring to brand-new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Congratulations, you came into a department that’s shut down.” His Cabinet officials chuckled.

Here’s the situation at airports today:

🎥 6 a.m. at the Atlanta airport — Yes, that’s the security line that has stretched outside

🎥 The line in Atlanta was much shorter by 8 a.m.

🎥 5:30 a.m. at the Baltimore airport

🎥 6:45 a.m. at LaGuardia Airport in New York

🎥 This morning at JFK Airport in New York

📸 Short line at Reagan Washington National Airport

🎥 ICYMI, here’s former Attorney General Bill Barr standing in line in Houston

Lawmakers are also feeling increased pressure to end this 41-day Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, which is just two days away from topping the fall’s government closure. But the deal from earlier this week appears to have........

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