Secret Service vacates Trump Tower command post in lease dispute with presidents company

[mobeau69]

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Source: The Washington Post

The Secret Service has vacated its command post inside Trump Tower in Manhattan following a dispute between the government and President Trump’s company over the terms of a lease for the space, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Previously, the Secret Service had stationed its command post — which houses supervisors and backup agents on standby in case of an emergency — in a Trump Tower unit one floor below the president’s apartment.

But in early July, the post was relocated to a trailer on the sidewalk, more than 50 floors below, a distance that some security experts worry could hamper the agency that protects the president’s home and family.

The command post appears unlikely to move anytime soon back inside Trump Tower, where the president and his family have rarely gone since moving to the White House.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-vacates-trump-tower-command-post-in-lease-dispute-with-presidents-company/2017/08/03/7338de16-785d-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_secretservice-540pm%3Ahomepage%2Fsto

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[LisaM]

1. This doesn't even sound as if it should be true.

He can't even give a break on rent to the freaking Secret Service?

[mobeau69]

5. It's our money! Yours and mine.

You just can't make this stuff up.

[benld74]

2. Grift

[Bladewire]

3. Trump is paranoid and kicked them out

That's likely the REAL story

[FSogol]

4. Trumpy wants his cut! Even if it puts his family at risk.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Remember, he used a private security firm

even after the election. He doesn't seem to trust the Secret Service.

[Chemisse]

7. Locking

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