The Secret Service has ALWAYS been “problematical” in that the people they are charged with protecting have “voice” in their selection – Trump got the “guards” he wanted in that he surrounded himself with “admirers” – not guards.
I’m only surprised that he was unable to convince his guards to drive him to the capitol on 1/6 – I have to assume that – even though he assured them that he would be “safe” even amidst the well-armed riff-raff attending his “rally”, I guess his protective service either knew it would be “bad optics” to allow Trump to mingle with like-minded idiots that would constitute the capitol crowd OR they sensed a vestigial fear for their own well-being.
The Secret Service has ALWAYS been “problematical” in that the people they are charged with protecting have “voice” in their selection – Trump got the “guards” he wanted in that he surrounded himself with “admirers” – not guards.
I’m only surprised that he was unable to convince his guards to drive him to the capitol on 1/6 – I have to assume that – even though he assured them that he would be “safe” even amidst the well-armed riff-raff attending his “rally”, I guess his protective service either knew it would be “bad optics” to allow Trump to mingle with like-minded idiots that would constitute the capitol crowd OR they sensed a vestigial fear for their own well-being.