I posted years ago about a friend who was on the Presidential Protection Detail ...

[11 Bravo]

for George W. Bush. He's a strong Dem, and had nothing good to say about Bush, but he was a Secret Service agent first and foremost.
So when I flat-out asked him (after more than a couple of beers) he told me, and I quote, "I'd take a bullet for the SOB in a heartbeat, because that's my job".
So I checked in with him this morning, and asked for his opinion about Lard Ass forcing his Secret Service detail to share a hermetically sealed vehicle in order to allow Trump to go wave at his fans.
He paused for an inordinately long time before replying, "Of course I would have done it. But I never would have forgotten how little regard that fucker has for the men and women who would die to protect him."
Kind of says it all

[PJMcK]

1. I remember you post about your friend

What he said then was professional and respectful.

I'm glad he's no longer in the Service. He doesn't deserve the scorn Trump has for his protective detail.

[gratuitous]

2. It's one thing to take an assassin's bullet meant for the president

It's something different to take that bullet because the president was showing off with his new pistol.

[Karadeniz]

3. Perfect!❤

[Dem2theMax]

14. Yep. And if you take a bullet for someone, you're the only one who dies.

The Covid-19 bullet, on the other hand?

You take that bullet, you can take it home and kill your family and your friends.



I feel so badly for all of the people who have to work with him. I would walk off the job before I would put up with one second of what he's doing to everyone. But that's just me.

[flibbitygiblets]

17. perfection

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

23. WORD.

[7wo7rees]

27. Sweet dude.

I will reblurb that.

[lunatica]

4. Trump probably thinks they're losers for their service to duty

I fervently hope none of them dies. I know some have fallen ill already. May they have full recovery, with no long term ailments.

[3Hotdogs]

6. They should all resign.

[democrattotheend]

5. I'm actually surprised he had nothing good to say about Bush

He probably hated the man's politics, as do all of us, but everything I read said that the Bushes treated the Secret Service quite well, as did the Obamas.

[11 Bravo]

8. He said W was a nice guy, but in our conversations, he could never get past ...

the theft of the 2000 election, and the lies that took us to war.

[democrattotheend]

9. Fair enough

It's sad that Trump is so awful he makes Bush look not as bad by comparison. W did terrible things as president, things we are still paying for as a country, but I don't think he was an utterly horrible human being with no redeeming qualities like Trump.

[soldierant]

26. No, that was Cheney.

Bur even Cheney had brains, if nothing else.

[Aristus]

7. The Secret Service agent who took a bullet for Reagan,

Timothy McCarthy, was also a Democrat.

And the surgeon who operated on Reagan was a liberal Democrat.

We do our duty because it's the right thing to do.

[drmeow]

10. I'm much less concerned

about "what if he refuses to leave?" The SS would have removed him out of duty, now they will do it will relish.

[SharonAnn]

19. No matter if he refused to leave. After noon on Inauguration Day, all power transfers

He could've stayed in the White House and given all kinds of orders. No one would accept them.

[drmeow]

21. I'm fully aware of that

My point was he will also be evicted from the building.

[3catwoman3]

11. I would not be able to be a Secret Service agent.

I wouldn't stand in the rain for Trump, never mind taking a bullet or contracting COVD-19 for him.

[11 Bravo]

12. There was a time when I would have been proud to do so.

This is not that time for me.
Nor is it that time for my old buddy who actually did put it all on the line almost two decades ago.

[Rebl2]

13. Face it

He has little regard for anyone. Only person he cares about is himself.

[FakeNoose]

16. And Princess Sparkle-Pony, don't forget her

[Rebl2]

22. Thanks for reminder

[electric_blue68]

15. Wasn't on DU then so thank you for the insights & thanks to your friend for his service

I feel bad for those on this president's detail particularly under these reckless circumstances! It's a disgrace.

Trump has no regards for just about anyone.

[spanone]

18. K&R

[halfulglas]

20. Correct about Protection Detail reticence.

An ex-in law is retired Secret Service. At a family reunion many years ago a few male relatives were badgering him with "Is it true" questions about Hillary. You know the stories, especially Fox and Rush Limbaugh were pushing even before she ran for president swearing the tales came from Secret Service. Did she really do this, is it true the agents can't stand her, etc. He always insisted they get along with all their protectees. He said the protectees would never trust them with their lives if they leak stories of what they were like in private.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. tRump thinks SecServ agents are losers for needing to take job instead of bankrupting a casino. nt

[MRDAWG]

25. Like his little regard for the military**

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[Cha]

29. Or humanity except for his ego maniacal self

[Cha]

28. Thank you for that, Bravo.. first hand

report from a former SS agent.