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Originally posted by 12131:“Yes, things can slip through, but this is not one of those things.”

Why not? If literally tons of drugs can be brought into the country illegally, why not missiles?

Do we have some sort of missile detection system at the border that isn't used anywhere else in the world to discover weapons caches?

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Originally posted by 12131:
REPORT: Informants Claim Trump’s Plane Targeted for Assassination — Nine Surface-to-Air Missiles Smuggled into U.S.................

They must have read Tom Clancy: "Against all enemies"

Why on earth has Trump not booted the Secret Service to the curb and hired his own private security that he can trust will actually do the job and have all the security required? He certainly can afford it.

I was just thinking the other day about how easy it would be for a motivated person to sit off the end of a runway with an RPG (or SAM). They've tried everything else....

Time for Trump to buy a bus. But not just any bus. A big beautiful bus the likes of which nobody has ever seen!

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
... A big beautiful bus the likes of which nobody has ever seen!

What with all the positive waves, maybe we can't loose.

A question or few for those who keep saying that DJT should dispense with protection by the Secret Service and hire private security:

What agency would you hire if it were your choice?

Describe the qualifications of their personnel, and how their skills are taught, tested, and maintained.

How are the personnel vetted to ensure they wouldn’t be a threat to the principal themselves? I.e., what sort of background investigations and other measures are used to validate their skills and trustworthiness? Why do we believe that private security personnel would be less likely to be suborned by the evil forces that want to harm the President than US law enforcement officers?

What sort of support from local law enforcement agencies would private, nongovernmental security personnel be able to request?

If a private security company’s personnel establish a perimeter or other no-go areas in public places, what legal authority would they have to prevent me from just walking or driving through to get close to the principal?

What legal authority would the personnel have to possess and carry their weapons of choice anywhere in the country—or the world for that matter? (Actually, even US government personnel sometimes have problems with providing security in some places. I have no idea what the current situation might be, but I recall hearing that years ago Army CID agents were prohibited from carrying handguns chambered for 9mm Parabellum in Italy on protective service details.)

What legal authority would a private business have to block public roads and run vehicles with emergency lights and sirens during movements?

What would be their authority to operate their radios on local law enforcement frequencies—assuming they were able to get local LE support?

What legal authority would private security guards have to be given classified defense information that related to threats to the principal or other relevant matters?

What authority would a private security guard have to shoot at someone pointing what appeared to be a rifle through a fence when the principal wasn’t even visible? What general legal authority would such a guard have to shoot and kill someone who wasn’t threatening him personally—and in every jurisdiction where they might be operating?

I could probably think of more relevant questions if I ponder it further, but those will do for starters.

Hire Executive Outcomes from ZA or Triple Canopy here in the US.

Let them sweat the details.