• Ech@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Other than some conspiratorial ponderings, it makes me wonder if it’s a result of Trump’s SS team being primarily loyalist stooges rather than the best agents he could get. A preview of how the US will run in a second Trump term.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      He did choke one of his agents when he was president because he wasn’t getting what he wanted. I doubt they have a very high opinion of him. Not that they would let that affect their professionalism while on duty, but I doubt the best of the best are volunteering to help him.

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      1 month ago

      You really shouldn’t use that acronym, I definitely think of another organisation when I see SS.

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      1 month ago

      The secret service is probably not the elite agency people think it is. I bet once you get that job to protect a FPOTUS complacency creeps in. Since there hasn’t been an attack on former presidents on US soils since a long while before this incident. And it’s the other agencies that do most of the intel work. Also weren’t agents caught fucking prostitutes and beating up locals while being completely wasted when they were escorting the POTUS on a state visit a couple of years ago. Very professional wow.