My Monday morning Wall Street Journal chapped my hide. Specifically, an article by Sadie Gurman, C. Ryan Barber, and Isabella Simonetti headlined “The Simple Security Flaws That Exposed Trump to Another Gunman.” It rehashed the same mindless criticisms of the Secret Service‘s performance at the aborted White House Correspondents’ Association dinner that have been floating around the internet since Saturday night.
As anyone who read my columns on the Butler and Mar-a-Lago assassination attempts knows, I can be very tough on the Secret Service. But criticism in this case is unwarranted. There was no security flaw or failure that exposed President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to an assassin Saturday night.
Cole Tomas Allen never made it inside the ballroom where the president, first lady, and Cabinet members were present. He was stopped outside the secure perimeter by numerous fast-acting Secret Service agents. Trump was right to praise the Secret
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