President Donald J. Trump is being let down by a Secret Service that can’t seem to get its act together. On August 31, at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, a guest strolled through security with a Glock handgun tucked in their bag—a bag that agents manually searched and somehow missed. This isn’t just a slip-up; it’s a dangerous failure that puts the president at risk.
The fiasco, first exposed by RealClearPolitics, adds to a growing list of Secret Service blunders. This incident comes just over a year after the heart-stopping assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. The fact that a loaded firearm made it onto the grounds of Trump’s own golf club is an outrage.
A senior official noted to the New York Post that the guest later admitted to carrying the gun and was “cooperative” with investigators. But that does nothing to ease the sting of this security lapse.
The Secret Service brags about its “redundant security layers,” with a spokesperson stating, “The US Secret Service takes the safety and security of our sites very seriously and there are redundant security layers built into every one.” If those layers are so robust, how does a Glock slip through? Americans deserve answers, not platitudes.
Now, according to RealClearPolitics, the Secret Service is scrambling, launching a review of the August 31 debacle. The agent who botched the bag search has been sidelined on administrative leave, but that’s just a Band-Aid on a gaping wound. Secret Service Director Sean Curran and Deputy Director Matt Quinn rushed to the club for a briefing, likely sweating bullets over how to explain this mess. Handheld magnetometers were used instead of walkthrough scanners at Trump’s resort.
This isn’t an isolated incident. Trump has faced mortal danger before. In Butler, a bullet grazed his ear, a chilling near-miss that still haunts patriots.
Then, on September 15, 2024, another would-be assassin, Ryan Wesley Routh, was caught hiding in the bushes with an SKS-style rifle at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club. Trump was only a few hundred yards away when a Secret Service officer took Routh down. With Routh’s trial now underway, the question looms: how many more times must Trump cheat death before the Secret Service gets serious?
Despite these betrayals, Trump remains a class act, standing by the agency meant to protect him. “I have great confidence in these people. I know the people. And they’re very talented, very capable. But they had a bad day. And I think they’ll admit that. They had a rough day,” Trump said while speaking with Fox News during an interview that was broadcasted a day before the Butler shooting anniversary.
The latest embarrassment came this week when Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, a high-end spot just blocks from the White House. What should’ve been a proud moment—Trump highlighting his crackdown on DC crime—was ruined by a mob of Code Pink radicals. These leftists got close enough to hurl vile insults, shouting, “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” while waving Palestinian flags. How do protesters get that close to the president?
Conservatives are livid, and they have every right to be. Social media is ablaze with patriots demanding to know why Trump’s safety keeps being compromised. The Sterling incident is especially infuriating because it happened at his own club, a place that should be a stronghold.
Secret Service claims the armed guest was “never in close physical proximity to the President’s location,” but that’s a flimsy excuse when the whole point is to stop threats before they get anywhere near him.
The pattern is clear: from Butler to West Palm Beach to Sterling, the Secret Service is failing at every turn. The White House, predictably, dodged questions about the August breach, pointing the New York Post back to the Secret Service’s weak statement. Meanwhile, Trump is out there fighting for America against a relentless left that wants him silenced, and the agency meant to protect him can’t keep up.
The Code Pink stunt at Joe’s Seafood shows just how brazen Trump’s enemies have become. These aren’t just protesters; they’re part of a coordinated assault on a president who dares to put America first. That they got close enough to spew their hate is a disgrace, and the Secret Service owes us an explanation. Conservatives aren’t just asking for answers—they’re demanding action to protect the man leading the charge against the radical left.
The Secret Service needs a top-to-bottom shakeup. If handheld magnetometers and manual checks are their best effort, no wonder threats keep slipping through. Trump’s been through too much—two assassination attempts, constant harassment, and now this. He’s fighting for us every day, taking on the globalists and the deep state. The least we can do is ensure his security team isn’t asleep at the wheel.
Threats against Trump aren’t going away. From armed guests to rifle-wielding assassins to screaming radicals, the dangers are mounting. The Secret Service must treat his safety with the urgency it demands—no more “bad days,” no more half-measures.
Secret Service needs to know that Americans won’t stand for this incompetence. Trump’s enemies are relentless, and we can’t afford to let them exploit these weaknesses.
The Secret Service must step up, or step aside. America deserves a security team as strong as the leader it’s protecting.
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