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I dont know if anyone here knows the answer to this, but i was browsing x and saw this picture.
Is trump carrying? I assume the pistol on the left is a shoulder strap for the SS agent. But the one on the right looks clipped to his belt under his jacket.
https://x.com/growing_daniel/status/1812570975726432656
No. From the picture, it's all armed Secret Service agents piled on top of Trump. If you look at the bottom left, you'll see his legs sticking out from the pile.
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If you watch the video I think that's another agent dogpiling on Trump -- he doesn't need to carry, he's got people for that. (theoretically, maybe he needs to get his own people.)
Judging by the holes in his administration, I’m not sure he’d be able to fill the ranks with his own people…
The people who are willing to take orders and use guns are a pro Trump demographic.
So are the police staffing a Pennsylvania rally, yeah?
Pro Trump is not the same as Working For Trump is not the same as Capable Security.
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It's not clear that Don Jr's hunting buddies would have done a strictly worse job -- but one would think that given Trump's connections in the world of hated billionaires he could be in touch with some private security heavies pretty easily?
I don't think the kind of security that is able to take over privately-owned buildings which provide rooftop overlooks of a rally site is something money can buy. Nor should it be.
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