The Trump administration used a variation of the now-familiar argument after Vice President Mike Pence stayed at Trump's property in Doonbeg, Ireland.
Secret Service veterans are grumbling about the Trump administration’s repeated insistence that it’s logistically easier for law enforcement to secure Trump resorts when the president and vice president travel.
“Although it can be helpful to have protected a location before, even recurring locations of protection, like the U.S. Capitol, go through the same methodology each time due to situational changes,” said Donald Mihalek, who served in the Secret Service for 20 years. Trump has chafed at the suggestion that he is profiting off of his presidency, even arguing that he stands to lose billions by serving in the White House. And he and his team regularly rebuff accusations of favoritism with arguments that logistics are dictating their decisions.
“When my people came back…They went to places all over the country. And they came back and they said, ‘This is where we would like to be,’” Trump told reporters. “Now we had military people doing it. We had Secret Service people doing it.”“The Secret Service is capable of providing protection anywhere and anytime as it has over its history including under arduous circumstances like combat zones,” said Mihalek, now the Executive Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.
He also cautioned that just because the Secret Service has been to a location in the past doesn't make it easier to secure again."In fact, it can make it harder because complacency kills," he said."The moment you become complacent, the potential for someone to get harmed is much greater."
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