I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different and better than the candidate,
As former President Trump was moving through the fifth fairway, across the course and out of sight of the sixth green, the agent, who was visually sweeping the area of the sixth green, saw the subject armed with what he perceived to be a rifle and immediately discharged his firearm,
Let me be clear: they are trying to kill the man
We put together a security plan, and that
A 300-yard shot is a layup shooter with the scope rifle
I expect him to be protected, I expect him to be safe,
He ought to have the security that is appropriate for that, and clearly that has not been established yet,
Why at this point, seven weeks out from an election, a major presidential candidate doesn’t have additional security personnel to secure the perimeter of his golf course?”
That to me is really unsettling,
Coming out of Butler, I have ordered a paradigm shift,
We need to get out of a reactive model, and get to a readiness model.”
How did he get there, take that position for 12 hours and nobody saw that? Nobody did a perimeter sweep?"
We constantly evaluate based on threat,
The Secret Service operates under a paradox of zero fail mission but also that we have done more with less for decades,
I’ve had a conversation with the former president,
I got the impression he was open to that ideal,
If the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared in providing it for them, possibly in the upcoming funding agreement,
The American people deserve answers,
He’s the most attacked. He’s the most threatened,
As the subject is in custody, an acting head of the Secret Service is in Florida today assessing what happened and determining whether any further adjustments need to be made to ensure the safety of our former president,