Shocking revelation about Trump’s protection is worse than expected

The article discusses the increased security ⁢measures taken to protect ​former President⁣ Donald Trump during a⁣ Pennsylvania rally following a possible Iranian plot to assassinate him. Intelligence ‌agencies were aware of the threat, prompting the ⁢Secret‍ Service to⁣ enhance security for the‌ event. Despite the additional measures, a 20-year-old man managed to shoot at Trump, grazing ‍his ear. The ‌article also touches on the Secret Service’s response to the ⁣incident and conflicting ⁤opinions regarding the responsibility ​for securing the event. Ultimately, ​the incident is ‌seen as a failure in security management ‌rather than the officers on the ground who responded heroically.


What since Saturday have seemed like anemic security measures to protect former President Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania rally were in fact protection on steroids, according to a new account.

A report in The New York Times said that prior to Saturday’s attempted assassination, intelligence agencies were aware of a possible Iranian plot to kill Trump.

The Times report said, officials it did not name claimed that due to the intelligence, Secret Service security for the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally was already increased.

The intelligence prompted the Secret Service to enhance security for the former president before his outdoor campaign rally on Saturday, officials said.

The Times quoted officials as saying, the Secret Service increased “resources and assets” but did not provide specifics.

And, the Times noted, “[W]hatever additional measures were taken did not stop a 20-year-old local man from clambering on top of a nearby warehouse roof to shoot at Mr. Trump, grazing his right ear and coming close to killing him.”

The Times report said, information about the Iranian threat, which it framed as part of Iran’s long-standing desire to avenge the death of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, was given to Trump’s security team.

“Secret Service learned of the increased threat from this threat stream,” CNN said it was told by an official it did not name.

The National Security Council contacted the Secret Service “at a senior level to be absolutely sure they continued to track the latest reporting,” the official said.

The Secret Service “d this information with the detail lead, and the Trump campaign was made aware of an evolving threat. In response to the increased threat, Secret Service surged resources and assets for the protection of former President Trump. All of this was in advance of Saturday,” the official said.

The Secret Service has been trying to say security for Saturday was not its job alone.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said that local police were inside the building from which shooter Thomas Crooks fired and that it was the job of local police to secure that building.

“There was local police in that building — there was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building,” Cheatle said, according to CNN.

However, CNN quoted a former Secret Service agent as saying, “The Service is responsible for everything, not just the inner perimeter. They should make sure all of this is covered.”

“Officers inside a building — that’s not mitigating a high-ground vulnerability,” the former agent said.


Patrick Yoes, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Saturday’s incident was “not a failure of the local, state or federal officers on the ground who responded to the shots fired at former President Trump.”

“They acted heroically and put their lives on the line to protect everyone at the event, and we must recognize that,” Yoes said. “This is a failure at the management or command level who failed to secure an obvious weakness in the security of this event.”







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