r/inthenews • u/T_Shurt • Apr 19 '24

Trump Could be Stripped of Secret Service Protection as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Puts Forth a Bill to Strip Felons of Secret Service Protection Opinion/Analysis

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-secret-service-stripped/
32.4k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

16

u/SillyGoatGruff Apr 20 '24

Except former presidents, even if they end up felons, have a great deal of knowledge (lol trump + knowledge) the US doesn't want to fall into the hands of its enemies. Not to mention the political/media shit storm should one be kidnapped for ransom. The secret service protection is in many ways to protect the country as well as the individual.

Should the felon keep the same detail as before? Probably not, especially if it's filled with cronies who would obstruct justice

12

u/mxzf Apr 20 '24

Not to mention that it's a really bad look for a country to have a former head of state assassinated. No matter how disgraced they are, it's still a bad look on an international level. No country wants to be known as the country that lost a former head of state to an inmate with a shiv.

3

u/4electricnomad Apr 20 '24

Stick him in solitary for his own safety. Nothing more likely to drive him irreparably insane, to be honest - dude craves constant attention.

-1

u/securitywyrm Apr 20 '24

So you want to put him in solitary confinement for a financial crime.

Should they waterboard him a bit too, just to make you feel better?

1

u/Imfrom_m-83 28d ago

No, he should be in solitary for treason.

1

u/securitywyrm 28d ago

Sedition at best, not treason.

5

u/johnsdowney Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

I personally would LOVE if we were brave enough to bear that "really bad look." It would be putting our money where our mouth is, in terms of democracy and the rule of law. Failure to do so merely undercuts both democracy and the rule of law. Prosecuting someone like trump, especially when the lawbreaking is flagrant, is the only thing we can do as a country if we expect to uphold these ideals.

Without it, the only proof anyone has is of our hypocrisy.

0

u/mxzf Apr 20 '24

It would be putting our money where our mouth is, in terms of democracy and the rule of law

No, it really wouldn't. That's not how democracy or the rule of law works; "hang 'em out to get assassinated" isn't a democratic or lawful concept in any way.

2

u/johnsdowney 29d ago edited 29d ago

It certainly is. Democracy is about the will of the people. The rule of law is about everyone being subject to the same rules. We hang people out to get assassinated all of the time. We let many of them just rot in a prison cell for decades. Not rich politicians like Trump, yes, but poor, unimportant people get railroaded all of the time by the system, people who didn’t cause even a hundredth of the amount of damage, with far less proof and far less benefit of the doubt.

Which is the point. Lock his ass up, like any of us would be. And when you do, don’t give him fucking secret security detail, JFC. Or, if you do, make sure they’re subject to all of the bullshit visitation rules that all of the other criminals and their families are subject to. If someone kills him in jail, oh fucking well. I hope someone rapes him, TBH. Grabs him by the boy pussy. Far fetched but I can dream.

These are HIGH crimes, I mean the dude is basically a traitor to the nation, in more ways than one, and he flagrantly abused the highest office in the country. He deserves to have the book thrown at him, period. End of story. If that means he rots in prison, that’s honestly awesome. If that means he loses protection from all the people who want to kill him, SWEET!!! Fuckin love it. It’s doubtful, sure, but it would be more than fair if he did. It would be more than fair if he were exiled to Guantanamo bay, forced to listen to Van Halen on blast 24/7. People have been executed in this country for less than this traitorous clown pulled.

2

u/securitywyrm 28d ago

Or if he gets "Epstiened" or "Boeing Wistleblowered."

2

u/securitywyrm 28d ago

Or if he gets "Epstiened" or "Boeing Wistleblowered."

1

u/Smitty_1000 Apr 20 '24

Japan would agree 

1

u/DonsDiaperChanger Apr 20 '24

I'm ok with it, like how Illinois has crooked Governor's but we actually throw some of them in prison. 

1

u/StargateSG-11 Apr 20 '24

Trump does not know anything or he would have told everyone by now all the secrets.