After the all-too-close assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a July 13 campaign rally in Pennsylvania, many Americans have been deeply troubled to learn of the appalling security failures of the Secret Service. Many thought that after our country went through the gut-wrenching assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and JFK Jr. and the deadly shooting of then-candidate RFK Jr.—and the attempt on Ronald Reagan—the Secret Service had been forged into one of the more elite forces in the world, prepared for any eventuality and sharply in tune with the conditions on the ground.
Then we learned that a 20-year-old psycho was able to roam around the Butler rally ground at will, fly a drone, and then sit on a rooftop with a rifle and a scope a mere 400 feet from the former president and fire off eight rounds, injuring Trump’s ear and missing his head by a millimeter while killing…
