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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: I should have Secret Service protection
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/256850-trump-i-should-have-secret-service-protectionNEW YORK Donald Trump on Tuesday said the Secret Service should be giving him protection and he suggested partisan politics might be why the agency isnt providing it.
In a 90-minute interview with The Hill, the Republican presidential front-runner pointed out that he has attracted large crowds just like Barack Obama did eight years ago as a White House candidate and that by this point in the 2008 cycle, the Illinois senator had Secret Service protection.
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Trump doesnt, and hes not happy about it.
I want to put them on notice because they should have a liability, he said. Personally, I think if Obama were doing as well as me he wouldve had Secret Service [earlier]. I have by far the biggest crowds.
Obama was given Secret Service protection on May 3, 2007. At the time, law enforcement officials acknowledged it was unusually early in the presidential cycle to grant a presidential candidate protection, but also said it was not based on specific threats.
Pressed on details, Trump asked one of his private security officers to describe the discussions the Secret Service has had with his campaign. The talks were described as preliminary, and the Trump camp says the Secret Service had not provided a definitive answer on when or if the billionaire businessman will receive government protection.
Theyre in no rush because Im a Republican. They dont give a shit, Trump said jokingly.
It was an off-the-cuff remark he later clarified.
**No Donny, remember your'e rich as you remind us all the time. You said you even turn down money etc. So why don't you just hire some "people that you know" to protect you.
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Trump: I should have Secret Service protection (Original Post)
SummerSnow
Oct 2015
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GP6971
(31,141 posts)1. He needs to be careful what he wants
The Secret Service is very intrusive....he probably couldn't handle all the scrutiny and personal restrictions that would be required.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)2. Bingo!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)3. What il Douche NEEDS
is a horse-sized enema followed by a forced ten-mile hike. While carrying a couple hundredweight of bricks.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)5. Roflmao. I like that
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)4. Well, *I* need some kind of protection against DRUMPH!1 n/t