The Republican president on social media objected to what he said were 18 agents assigned to Hunter Biden’s protective detail while in South Africa this week. He said Ashley Biden has 13 agents assigned to her detail and that she too “will be taken off the list.”
There was no immediate reaction from the former president’s office.
Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office. But outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible for up to six months after they leave office, something Biden did for his children and Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush also extended protection for their families for a period.
Set that precedent, Donnie. Set it.
No Democrat would ever do the same, he’s safe.
No Democrat now, sure… But the ones that get elected after Trump, that’s another story.
Bold of you to assume there will be another election
Also bold of him to assume the democratic party is capable of change.
Not too bold, since states run elections, and blue states will continue to run normal ones. Red, states, though? Oh, those’ll be corrupt up the wazoo.
and they’re a majority by almost 2:1, guaranteeing republican victories going forward.
Yup. It’s grim nationally, but at least blue states have a change of not being total shitholes within.
until the republicans use the federal gov’t to force things in their favor and the last election shows that democratic support is waning everywhere; even in blue states.
If the constituents democratically choose to abandon democracy (like what happened at the federal level last year), then yes, until then.