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How did we reach this point? Why does a President, who is failed terribly by the people who are supposed to protect him, consigned to speak behind bulletproof glass? Is the glass a legitimate solution to the pathetic performance of the Secret Service?
I don’t have the desire or strength to list all the errors and oversights that resulted in the assassination attempt against Trump. There are far too many details to be confident that it was only carelessness and not taking the situation seriously for us to be reassured that only ineptitude was at fault.
But what disturbs me the most is Trump having to speak behind a bulletproof glass. It speaks so profoundly of our deeply disturbed country and the incompetence of our intelligence community. That with all the protections we have available in terms of equipment, strategies and procedures, we have to rely on a glass barrier to protect the former president.
You may say that this action is not a big deal. At least Donald Trump is safe. But the glass barrier also speaks to our lack of confidence in the Secret Service. Our willingness to put a wall (transparent though it is) between the former president and the people who have waited for hours to see and hear him speak.
I hate barriers of any kind. They speak to defenselessness and weakness. These barriers tell the world and our citizens that Trump must hide in plain sight in order to be relatively safe.
And it gives the Secret Service permission to continue with its sloppy and unprofessional behavior.
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Never let a crisis go to waste. If the establishment can take advantage of its convenient incompetence to compromise Trump's charisma and connection with crowds, it will.
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I couldn't agree more, genferei. And now the Secret Service can sit back and move on...
An administration acting in good faith in service of the American Republic would have enough pride to not let this happen to a candidate of the opposition party. Wouldn’t even allow the appearance of lax security. We do not have such an administration.
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I understand your misgivings, @susan. And I am as upset about the BS coverup and, at this point, highly suspicious actions of the FBI (so what's new ?) in their investigation. But the bottom line...I'd rather have President Trump behind glass and alive then out front and gone.
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I won't argue with you @cdor. I want him alive, too. It just pains me to have to send these messages. I wonder how Trump feels about it, given that he almost died?
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