I don't really see it. He's not really disguising this as anything. It's a stop-gap solution at the time when it's most needed. As you point out, it's the busiest travel day of the year, it makes perfect sense to me that, since it's not like they can solve the massive systemic problems in less than a week that would cause, with no measures, cause guaranteed delays, to at least try SOMETHING that will relieve it for the day it needs it most.
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