A month ago, the Republican presidential candidate was the victim of an assassination attempt during an outdoor demonstration.
A month after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, the Secret Service (USSS), which ensures the protection of high-ranking political figures in the United States, approved a new security plan to allow the Republican candidate for next November’s presidential election to to continue organizing outdoor meetings, revealed Thursday, August 15 Washington Post.
According to the center-left daily, citing an anonymous source within the USSS, this new system will include the use of “bulletproof glasses” to protect the former US president when he is on stage. ONE “great improvement” and unprecedented for a candidate, as this device is normally reserved for the president and vice president, the two highest leaders in the country.
Drones
Batches of this ballistic glass, “transported in trucks”, have already been distributed by the Secret Service to “Various locations across the country where government personnel will be able to easily access secure Donald Trump campaign events”adds this same source. The use of other technical means was noted, reports Washington Post. If no details are supposed to filter through, the US paper suggests that it could particularly involve drones.
Immediately after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the USSS recommended that Republican campaign managers temporarily stop outdoor events while they developed a new device – the man who shot Donald Trump himself, found on the roof of a building located 150 meters from the scene. The Republican candidate had, too “clearly indicated that it [ferait plus de meeting extérieurs] without protective glass »according to an intelligence official.
“safety bubble”
Under fire from criticism, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told a House committee that she assumed “full responsibility for any security breach”. The latter resigned from his position on 23 July.
On Washington Postsaid members of Donald Trump’s campaign team “continue to consider indoor venues for many of his campaign events, out of an abundance of caution”and adds it anyway “indoor arrangements would present fewer problems in creating a safety bubble” around the candidate.
