As details emerge about the assassination attempt on once and future President Trump, the Secret Service is beginning to look not just incompetent but pathetic.
Let me be clear: we have no evidence of “plot” to get President Trump assassinated, but what we do have evidence of is a MASSIVE systems failure in a context of incredibly heightened alert.
Breaking exclusive: The U.S. obtained intel in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing his security before Saturday’s shooting. Plot has no known connection to Crooks, however: https://t.co/5hPww5UyZx
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 16, 2024
Apparently, the Secret Service had human intelligence that Iran was plotting to kill Trump, credible enough to increase the security status of the former president. A plot is not a vague threat but indicates…