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President Trump Needs Much Better Protection

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Sadly, President Donald Trump faces innumerable threats from both foreign adversaries and domestic radicals prone to violence. These are people suffering from severe “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

Last year, the President survived two assassination attempts. On July 13, 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks somehow evaded all security personnel at the President’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He used a drone to scout the location and climbed onto the roof of the building nearest to the rally site.

Incredibly, the Secret Service did not utilize drones and claimed the roof was too steep to position their agents prior to the event. Before a Secret Service sniper killed him, Crooks took eight shots at President Trump.

He killed courageous firefighter Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his family, and wounded U.S. Marine veteran David Dutch. He also shot President Trump in the ear and missed his head by millimeters. It was only the grace of God that allowed the President to turn his head at the right time to look at an illegal immigration graph and survive the shooting.

The federal investigation into this assassination attempt and the multiple mistakes committed by the Secret Service has been unsatisfactory and many questions remain.

On September 15, 2024, Ryan Routh, fueled by Trump hatred, camped on the border of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. He had multiple weapons and sophisticated gear in a “sniper’s nest.” Routh had backpacks, a loaded SKS-style rifle with a scope, a Go-Pro camera and ceramic tiles that may have been body armor. Somehow, Routh knew where the President was going to be playing golf that day.

After waiting for 12 hours for the President to approach his location adjacent to the sixth hole, Routh placed the muzzle of his gun through the bushes. Finally, he was spotted by a Secret........

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