Although the U.S. Secret Service thwarted a gun-toting man’s apparent plan to shoot former President Donald Trump as he golfed on Sept. 15, the incident adds to prior security-lapse concerns, police officers with decades of experience told The Epoch Times.
Highly publicized security weaknesses, which surfaced after the first assassination attempt against the 45th president on July 13, could embolden copycats—especially amid the heated 2024 presidential campaign, Billy Ray Hunter, a former SWAT officer in Alachua County, Florida, said. “I pray that this is the last one [but] I’m really concerned because I don’t believe it’s over,” he said in a Sept. 17 interview, two days after the second incident. “Enemies have seen the inability to protect him.”
Both Hunter and James Tignanelli, president of the Police Officers Association of Michigan, told The Epoch Times that it’s apparent that agents failed to take some basic steps to secure the golf course and ensure Trump’s safety.
