Donald Trump Jr. Gives Up Secret Service Protection, Seeking Privacy

[QED]

One less grifter.

Donald Trump Jr. Gives Up Secret Service Protection, Seeking Privacy

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, has elected for forgo protection by the Secret Service, according to a senior administration official.

The agency ceased protecting Mr. Trump, who lives in New York City and is an executive at the Trump Organization, last week. Mr. Trump, an avid camper and hunter, is said to be seeking more privacy than he can expect with a contingent of agents accompanying him everywhere.

It was not immediately clear whether the decision applied to his family; he and his wife, Vanessa, have five children. Mr. Trump could not be reached, and the White House did not return a message seeking comment.

But giving up protection of even the younger Mr. Trump alone will provide relief for the Secret Service, which has had its work force and resources strained by the size and lifestyle of the Trump family.

more at link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-secret-service.html?_r=0

[catbyte]

1. Can't conduct shady, sleazy business deals when the SS is in the room.

[kentuck]

7. That was my thought also.

[QED]

18. Mine too!

[yuiyoshida]

34. BINGO!

right on the money.

[dflprincess]

38. And it will be easier to skip the country. Nt

[Sanity Claws]

2. I think that means he is planning his escape

Really. He is probably going to go into hiding and avoid prosecution.

[MFM008]

20. Why

Maggots going to pardon him.
That's a given.
I don't think he would run.
I do think shady deals are more likely.

[kacekwl]

24. Headed to Mexico.

Wants to beat it before then wall goes up.

[MLAA]

25. Good one!

[C_U_L8R]

26. Run, Junior. Run !!!

[WhiteTara]

3. I was wondering how they would be able to flee the country

with SS agents guarding them from harm. Now I know. Watch for Ivanka to follow suit.

[Me.]

4. That Doesn't Mean Eyes Won't Be On Him

He just won't know it

[delisen]

5. He probably has a dacha on the Black Sea waiting for him.

I wonder whether Donald trump Sr advised him to do this. I do not think he would do it on his own.

[C_U_L8R]

6. reducing risk

by lowering the number of witnesses

[PearliePoo2]

8. The greasy little bastard doesn't want SS around

when he's grinning maniacally holding a severed, bloody elephant's tail or a dead, limp majestic cat. There aren't enough bad words for this fucker and his repulsive brother.

[hatrack]

9. Reallty? I thought this was Andy Borowitz . . . .

Of course, he's a Trump, so sleazy/shady moves (like this) are second nature.

[Angry Dragon]

10. Good

[blogslut]

11. PRIVACY - I don't think that word means what he wants us to think it means.

I believe what he wants to avoid is SCRUTINY.

[QED]

22. Agree...

Scrutiny for his financial dealings? Or is he messing around and doesn't want his wife to know?

[Best_man23]

12. There is private security

Affordable when your dad is grifting millions out of the US government every day.

[MrPurple]

35. But President Trump donates his salary to charity!

The conned Trump supporter halfwits seem to spout the fact that he's giving up the 400K salary whenever they're confronted with the fact that he's using the Presidency to benefit his enterprises by many millions of dollars.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Easier to flee the country.

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. Enjoy your privacy now, asshole.

Prison is rather crowded, or so I hear.

[alittlelark]

15. Paranoia Will Destroy Ya..........

[Corgigal]

23. Secret Service

or underground FBI ?

Boo!

[nolabear]

16. They're interfering with his grifting.

Can't have those pesky government types hanging around.

[LAS14]

17. I didn't know it was an option.

I thought children of presidents were protected to avoid a situation where they were kidnapped and the president was asked to put the nation at risk as ransom. No?

[QED]

19. It can be refused

from the article:

"The Secret Service does not decide who falls under its protection. In the case of the president’s immediate family, the agency is required by law to provide round-the-clock security unless it is told not to."

[delisen]

21. Wonder why Trump, Sr is ok with this?

If a protected is serving a prison sentence, it must provide significant challenges to the Secret Service.

[Not Ruth]

27. They would have to hand him the soap in the shower

[annabanana]

28. SNORT!

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.
.

good luck with that

[democratisphere]

29. The getaway jet is warming up on the runway.

[Paula Sims]

30. Does he have that option? Is it up to him?

It seems like the Secret Service is protecting the kids only to prevent the President from succumbing to foreign powers and potential kidnapping. Yes, most Presidents would care about their children but who knows about this one?

It would seem to me that they don't have a choice while Cheetolini is in office. . .

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. What's he trying to hide?

[jmowreader]

32. I see the second worst part of this decision on display here

The second worst part is the entire Left thinks the only reason Don-Don would give up his taxpayer-funded bodyguard is he plans to either do something illegal or to flee the country.

The worst part is that is almost certainly his intention.

[MrPurple]

33. Maybe he can emigrate to Moscow

[MyNameGoesHere]

36. He's getting ready to run

to a country with no extradition treaty with USA

[murielm99]

41. That was my first guess.

[Thrill]

37. Get his passport

.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

39. kelly ann conjob did too.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/donald-trump-jr-and-kellyanne-conway-reportedly-decline-secret-service-protection/article/2634842

[hadEnuf]

40. He doesn't want the SS we're talking about.

He wants his personal SS. As in lighting bolts on the uniform collar SS.

[GopherGal]

46. Is it a step toward contracting to his private security?

Trying to find another revenue stream from US Govt funds into Trump coffers.

[hadEnuf]

47. That's what it sounds like. That's the stuff dictators do.

Surround themselves with armed loyalists and the power of the law behind them. Zero transparency and very little accountability. They work for the Don and nobody else.

Think of the "contractors" in Iraq.

[ProgressiveValue]

42. If he is doing it because be is afraid of a building case, this will make it worse.

If they have something, but have been waiting to get more by using people with wires, this action will just lead to a faster arrest. Hunkering down will them decide to act now rather than later.

Makes me think of that To Catch A Predator business years ago with that prosecutor. After having already had an elicite conversation with what he thought was a minor, he stopped all communication and never went to the bait house. That didn't help him. He already committed a crime with the conversion, so they went to him.

Point being, if you've commited a crime, hunkering down isn't going to save you. If anything, it makes the authorities realize it is time to act.

[Lazy Daisy]

43. As if we weren't compromised enough

Some asshat nation takes JR as a hostage and Daddy gives the country away. So which is worse, paying to protect them or waiting for some backwards country to use them as leverage?

[delisen]

44. Countries with no Extradition treaty with US

Not a definitive list:

I think Russia might be the best choice unless one has reason to believe one might have a mysterious accident or accidentally ingest plutonium.

With his interest in big game hunting he might opt for a country offering that opportunity.


Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central

African Republic, Chad, Mainland China, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Equatorial

Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan,

Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,

Niger, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,

Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,

Vatican, Vietnam and Yemen.

[GopherGal]

45. Where are there Trump properties?

Gotta find himself some gilded suites.

Saudi Arabia
Qatar
UAE
Indonesia

But the Kushners will probably be in China, so that's where Daddy will want to go. Not sure if that's a plus or a minus for the brothers...