BOOK: Security lapses present before Trump assassination attempt

A new book is about to hit the shelves, "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power."

In the book, it outlines blatant security failures prior to the first attempt on Trump’s life, and the pushback by Trump staffers with the Secret Service before that attempt was made.

Attempt 1

The first attempt on Trump’s life took place on July 13, 2024, in Butler, PA.

As you all know, Trump came within inches of literally having his head blown off. Had he not turned his head, that bullet would have struck and killed Trump.

After the assassination attempt, it was clear the ball was dropped on several occasions, any one of which would likely have prevented the assassination attempt from taking place.

In the aftermath of that attempt, the security detail of Trump came into question, as it seemed obvious to most of us that Trump did not even have the B or C team, let alone the A team, working his security, which is shameful as a former president who was running for office again.

Attempt #2

The second attempt took place two months later on September 15, 2024.

In this instance, a man somehow camped out at Trump’s golf course, sitting at the fence line for hours, waiting for Trump to come to that stretch of holes so he could try to kill Trump.

Thankfully, an agent spotted a weapon poking through the fence and opened fire, sending the would-be assassin running.

The man was eventually captured, but questions remained regarding the level of security and attention to detail by the security team for Trump. First and foremost, why was that area not cleared before Trump ever came anywhere near it?

The Book

The new book points out conflicts between Trump’s team and his security detail and lapses that seemed fairly obvious.

For instance, in August 2023, nearly a year before the first attempt, the Secret Service and U.S. Marshals service "neglected to shut off the public’s access to the elevator Trump was using, leaving him exposed to whoever was in the building." This was for an arraignment for Trump in D.C. In this case, the elevator was stopping at every floor, with random people looking into the elevator only to see Trump headed to court. A properly placed shooter could easily have killed Trump when those doors opened on any of those floors.

The report continued, "Things weren’t better on the four-mile ride back to Reagan National Airport, when police didn’t clear the roads for Trump’s motorcade. As the black SUVs barreled out of the city and onto the George Washington Memorial Parkway, it was clear there was a problem. Rush-hour drivers had clogged the rain-soaked roads and were weaving in and out of the same lanes as Trump’s vehicle. At one point, an accident was averted when a car cut in front of a van transporting the press pool, causing the van’s driver to slam the brakes. Trump could get rammed, thought one member of Trump’s entourage."

There are numerous other instances in the report, so I highly suggest you read it (click here) when you have the time. I will not go so far as to say that they wanted Trump dead, but I do believe there were some people pretty high up in the food chain that would not have been upset had Trump been killed. If you don’t believe it, then just read the full report about the security lapses in Butler, then tell me how anyone in leadership could have allowed all that to happen without removing the on-site agent in charge. Something just smells very funny about all of this to me.