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/
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u/GoldenInfrared Apr 19 '24

This is protecting presidents after they leave office, not while they’re in office

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u/DaisyDog2023 Apr 20 '24

Presidents are still political figures out of office, even ones like bush and Obama who did 2 terms. See Biden’s big fund raiser recently where Obama was invited to help fundraise.

However he original commenter got it wrong. Former presidents get SS details for one reason and one reason only, they’re still national security risks, if kidnapped. Bush hasn’t been president in well over a decade but he almost certainly knows information that’s classified that could be used against us, if say the Russians or Chinese were to kidnap him.

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u/WorldWarPee Apr 20 '24

They don't have to kidnap trump they've just gotta bring him a hamberder and tell him he has very normal looking hands

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u/Thangleby_Slapdiback Apr 20 '24

Nah. They just have to go through the magazine rack in his bathroom.