Trump says he received no warning of any “trouble” before the assassination attempt

Donald Trump said Saturday that no one warned him there was a problem before the former US president took the stage to deliver a speech at a rally in Pennsylvania where a would-be assassin shot him in the ear. “No one reported it, no one said there was a problem. I would wait for 15 (minutes), they could say wait for 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 5 minutes, whatever. Nobody spoke,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. “I think that was a mistake,” he added. “How did anyone get on that roof? And why wasn’t it mentioned?’ The Washington Post reported on Saturday that top US Secret Service officials had repeatedly rejected requests from Trump’s security team for more manpower and equipment at events before the July 13 assassination attempt. The agency, which has responsibility for protecting Trump, denied those requests, saying […]
Source: News Beast

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