Trump may only be alive due to the shooter’s bad wind estimate, former Navy SEAL says

Videos of the shooting show the former president clutching his hand to his bloodied face and later raising his fist triumphantly while being escorted off the stage by the Secret Service.

Trump later thanked the US Secret Service and law enforcement for their “rapid” response.

But the assassination attempt raised questions about why the US Secret Service didn’t spot Trump’s shooter sooner, with former intelligence officers criticizing the Secret Service’s procedure.

Prince, who reportedly served as a Navy SEAL from 1992 to 1996, pointed to several of the USSS’ alleged shortcomings, including letting a rifle-armed shooter within 150 meters of a pre-planned event and failing to kill the shooter immediately.

“The only positive action was an apparent 488yd shot by one USSS sniper, which dispatched the assassin, but after the assassin launched at least 5 rounds, wounding DJT and killing and severely others in the crowd,” he wrote on X.

In his former role as CEO of Blackwater, a security firm that played a major and controversial role in the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Prince said they were “expected to execute the basics, or we would be fired.”

“Clearly, USSS failed at the basics of a secure perimeter, and once shots were fired, their extraction was clumsy and left DJT highly exposed to follow-on attacks,” he said.

On Sunday, Guglielmi said claims that the agency had turned down a request from Trump’s team for additional security were “absolutely false”.

“In fact, we added protective resources & technology & capabilities as part of the increased campaign travel tempo,” Guglielmi said on X.