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A year after Butler, Sen. Chuck Grassley released a report into what went wrong in the Secret Service. He concludes his introduction with, “As Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdictional oversight over the Secret Service, I’m committed to working closely with the agency to ensure they’re properly equipped to repair what’s broken. As an important step, I allocated $1.17 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill to provide the Secret Service with additional funding. I’m hopeful this significant injection of resources will go a long way in bringing the agency up to speed.”
The problem with the Secret Service is not a lack of money although that is what Secret Service leaders tend to claim every time this happens.
Take for example one of the alleged failures during the Trump assassination was that Secret Service personnel had trouble getting a phone connection. There was no real excuse by a federal agency charged with protecting high value targets in 2024.
The Secret Service had an over $3 billion budget. Having reliable communications doesn’t cost billions.
I previously broke down the SS’s budget.
Does the Secret Service actually need more money? It has a $3 billion budget. That’s around double what it was in 2000.
Only about $1.2 billion of that goes to protective operations and only about $73 million gets spent on providing security at presidential campaigns. $138 million gets spent on training and professional development.
After the Trump hit, the Secret Service was so desperate for money that it spent millions on a Super Bowl ad directed by Michael Bay.
All the while, the Service has spent a decade claiming that having agents monitor and communicate with each other is some dark voodoo magic.
When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visited D.C. Secret Service “agents said they marveled at what their Israeli counterparts brought — including a portable security camera network that delivered live feeds from key spots in the prime minister’s hotel. The Secret Service has its own mobile camera system. But agents say it is so unreliable it is rarely used.”
Teens could put together something like this. But the Secret Service somehow can’t. And this isn’t new.
In 2014, a mentally unstable man jumped over the White House fence, overpowered an armed female Secret Service agent, and made it to the East Room before an off-duty agent about to leave for the night finally took him down.
In 2014, the Secret Service blamed malfunctioning radios that made it difficult to track the intruder. In 2024, the Secret Service once again blamed malfunctioning radios.
The $1.7 billion isn’t going to fix a fundamentally broken agency.
I think the SS was in on the attempt at President Trump’s life.
It seems impossible to chalk it up purely to incompetence, but it’s hard to tell with democraps.
Jeff-you got it right! The would be assassin got 7 shots off before the SS killed him. SEVEN!!! They killed
him to forever shut him up. Nobody was fired, We still don’t know the motive .God saved the President
Not the SS.
Professor Dan and all, When I started reading this article I knew the problem with the Secret Service is training!
Then I thought, maybe our SS should be trained by Israeli similar and all other security disciplines and units. What else could it be? If there was a set up a year ago in Butler like we saw SS agents being called off the Dallas detail in President Kennedy ‘s motorcade, their arms up in the air in disbelief. Unites States Secret Service needs to be trained for loyalty and to immediate inform and take control of interference like in Dallas, 11-22-1963 and Butler 7-13-2024 – Knowing President Trump while the most respected man globally is also the most threatened man – And we damn well better protect our President 47 – The menace is not over that was unleashed on President Trump in 2015 and they are still at it – demoniacs barking and howling from the swamp! The swamp a part of the pit of hell! We better stay in prayer, training and action like our Warrior Savior Lord Jesus Christ!
First of all, women don’t belong in the secret service, other than maybe monitoring cameras and handling calls. This is just obvious. That’s on easy fix. Secondly, too many get SS protection, most of these assholes made millions cashing on government self-service, let them pay for their own security.
Yes, that fat midget who pretend to to defend Trump after his ear was shot was offensive. What a dumb bitch. Who the fuck would want a chick as a bodyguard?
I love chicks but I would never depend on one to save my life. That’s just stupid.
That’s actually a difficult issue, how to structure such an organization. I read a lot about the struggles of the British Navy to find a good organizational structure over the centuries, from the 1400s on. Never got it quite right. Tales from the U-boat wars from WW1 and WW2 are harrowing, they barely managed to survive, thanks to immense and massive struggles and hard work by dedicated and intelligent officers and brave crews in dark, dangerous, and very cold waters. I found the first-hand reports mind-boggling.
Yes the Germans used to be very competent. And not in a good way.
Boy, have they changed. I guess their best got killed in WWII.
To start, replace all Secret Service personnel who lack good alibis or skills.
The situation is much worse than we think. Crooks the Dork was set up as the fall guy for an assassination attempt successful or not. Having incompetent security personal and security lapses was by design to be used as the excuse to deflect the truth. This was no screw up, The assassination attempt was an inside job. Kimberly Cheatle is a Traitor. No man no problem” -Stalin
IMO it’s lazy thinking not to see an inside job here. Sending incompetent DEI to do security, poor communication technology, and while doing that allowing an assassin entry? I believe a local police shot thwarted assassin Crooks. And that’s why we see ‘slap on wrist’ punishments. SS needs to be shut down- too many traitors.
The next assassination attempt only yielded a suspect through a civilian witness.
Elements not controlled by deep state interfered both times.
I once worked with the SS on a WHCA project years ago. The folks I dealt with back then were all serious dedicated professionals. I guess it’s not that way anymore.