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The Republican president on social media objected to what he said were 18 agents assigned to Hunter Biden’s protective detail while in South Africa this week. He said Ashley Biden has 13 agents assigned to her detail and that she too “will be taken off the list.”
There was no immediate reaction from the former president’s office.
Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office. But outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible for up to six months after they leave office, something Biden did for his children and Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush also extended protection for their families for a period.
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Nice whoever comes after trump should end his secret service detail and the ones for all his little nazi offspring too
Wow. You really think there’s going to be another election?
Of course, he has a bunch of children you can vote for.
I don’t understand how so many people don’t realize how serious shit is at the moment.
He’s got to die eventually, no?
Then it’s time for Trump jr. To take the King position ?
The pettiest president strikes again.
Set that precedent, Donnie. Set it.
No Democrat would ever do the same, he’s safe.
No Democrat now, sure… But the ones that get elected after Trump, that’s another story.
Bold of you to assume there will be another election
Not too bold, since states run elections, and blue states will continue to run normal ones. Red, states, though? Oh, those’ll be corrupt up the wazoo.
and they’re a majority by almost 2:1, guaranteeing republican victories going forward.
Also bold of him to assume the democratic party is capable of change.
Ending it 3 months early… hell I was going to say how Petty sounding but yeah course it is.
That makes it worse. It means the only reason to do it is to call attention to the removal of protection, like “Will no one rid me of this turbulent
priestopposition member?”
They should move.
I hear Canada is nice this time of year. They might relax their drug-related restrictions for Hunter.
I hear he’s got a huge hog.
OK so this is actually pretty normal?
Edit: For all the Lemmings out there having trouble understanding, you don’t have to read the article, but at least read the summary. Their USSS protection would end in a few months anyway. Trump is a colossal asshole, yes, but they’re only getting a few months less of USSS protection. The length of time they get protection is fairly normal.
Posting about it on social media seems to be thinly veiled stochastic terrorism
That is pretty fucked up indeed. I still doubt anyone attacks them or anything.
Maybe not, but maybe they will.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F
Maybe, maybe. But the way stochastic terrorism works is you just roll the dice against long odds over and over and eventually someone does what you’re suggesting.
Paul Pelosi is a pretty solid example here
If their USSS protection would have ended in like July anyway, couldn’t a potential attacker have just waited until then to do whatever they’re gonna do? I get that by calling attention to it, Trump increases the odds of an attack though.
I get that by calling attention to it, Trump increases the odds of an attack though.
Yeah that’s really the whole of it. They’re not trying to get smart professional people to shoot their enemies. They want to get impulsive people. That person isn’t likely to go look up these things but if they get the idea put in front of them they might act
Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021.
It’s normal to extend it. It’s not normal for the next President to end it. Especially when that hypocrite did it for his own offspring just 4 years earlier.
Right, I’m talking about the time length. 6 months normally versus 2 months here. In the grand scheme of things, not that big of a deal. It’s not like they would have had lifetime protection and now he’s cancelling that.
It’s the cancelling that’s the unusual part. There’s no reason to other than to be an asshole. And calling attention to the fact that these people (some who are violently hated by MAGA) are now “unprotected” is… you get it.
Dude you just said 2 months was ‘normal’ now youre literally saying the opposite (6 months normal)
No. How the fuck would you think that’s normal?
This is how the fuck:
“But outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible for up to six months after they leave office”
It would end in a few months anyway. Yeah he’s being petty and he’s a dickhead, but it’s not that big of a difference.
Thank you for proving my point. I think you need to look up the definition of normal, because you obviously don’t have a fucking clue what normal is.
How did I prove your point at all? I’m talking about the time range of protection ending. There’s like a three month difference. In the realm of terrible things Trump has done so far, this is barely noticeable.
Lmao 🤣 your initial comment said this was pretty normal. It’s literally never happened. As for your other argument, maybe look up some dates or something.
Hello? Are we even having a conversation or are you just ecstatic that you got a chance to be smug on the internet? What dates am I supposed to look up? The summary said they usually get six months of protection after the former president’s term ends. So they’ll be missing out on 4 months of protection that they would normally get. Please save your smug energy for the actual Trump supporters.
You just literally used the word ‘normal’ again for the opposite of your point. They would ‘normally’ get 6 months, how could 2 months be normal then?
Please just admit you used the word normal wrong, theres no need to keep up this charade to save face.
So, 2 months versus 6 months means nothing. It’s totally normal for Trump to vindictively take away 66% of their protection? And, I said look up some dates because you originally said 3 months. Keep it up, my smugness intensifies.
Forcefully ending the protection early despite it being established by the previous president? Hell no.
normal? for the diaper-in-chief to be a petty whiny little baby? yup.
Everything Trump does is normal. For a dumb rapist conman.
abby something
Petty, but not unprecedented. It’s pretty normal.
Has any other president canceled their predecessors USSS protection for offspring early?
