@nursefrombirth I understand. I'm of the opinion that Secret Service protection for former presidents is the right thing to do, but he's doing as he always does and testing the limits to the breaking point.
I think that protection should cut both ways. We protect former presidents not just because they served and made themselves vulnerable to retaliation from their detractors, but also to protect precious state secrets. Guard them to keep those safe, but they should protect the secrets too
@Fellixe Again, if he needs more protection than the sitting president and needs protection taken away from another ex-president, he should pay for his own. Guard secrets, they never could with him, why try now?
@nursefrombirth Is that what's happening? I've got personal stuff in my brain and work stuff happening so I haven't done my rounds of news digging yet.
Secret Service needs help. Through my police parents we've known a coupe of officers recruited into SS and anecdotally they aren't on the top of the list for well run law enforcement agencies.
@Fellixe I haven't went back to check it out, but I saw a few articles suggesting that Carter's detail be reduced and given to Trump. Just doesn't sit right with me. Could just be me. π€
@n8evans @nursefrombirth Might be a little maudlin but somebody could be speculating Carter's detail is available since he's nearly in the grave
Only speculation I've seen on how Rough knew he'd be there was that he did the math in his own head, Trump is in town and itβs Sunday so odds are high there will be golfing. He apparently lay in wait 12ish hours indicating that he didn't have anything like an exact schedule
At the rate Trump is going he may very well beat President Carter to the grave. As for the would be assassin, it appears he was chilling, waiting without a specific plan. I'm sure it's not hard to figure out that Trump would be golfing.
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