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womanofthehills

(9,265 posts)
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 11:40 PM Dec 2016

Trump Is Maintaining His Own Scary Private Police Force, Alarming Security Experts

The Secret Service is not enough for Donald Trump. That's the message our president-elect is sending to America with his decision to retain his private security and intelligence team into his presidency, a dangerous move that, according to security experts, "heightens risks for the president-elect and his team, as well as for protesters, dozens of whom have alleged racial profiling, undue force or aggression at the hands Trump’s security," as Politico reported Monday.


http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trump-maintaining-his-own-scary-private-police-force-alarming-security-experts
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Trump Is Maintaining His Own Scary Private Police Force, Alarming Security Experts (Original Post) womanofthehills Dec 2016 OP
If he can afford this he should pay for Melania's flamingdem Dec 2016 #1
Sounds like he is channeling Idi Amin duffyduff Dec 2016 #2
That's fine as long as we taxpayers don't have to pay for it. We also shouldn't have to pay for politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2016 #3
I agree 100% WilliamH1474 Dec 2016 #4
Fascist move, but I'm okay with it. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #5

flamingdem

(39,916 posts)
1. If he can afford this he should pay for Melania's
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 11:43 PM
Dec 2016

Secret Service protection or get his goons to protect her

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
3. That's fine as long as we taxpayers don't have to pay for it. We also shouldn't have to pay for
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:44 AM
Dec 2016

a second set of security detail in New York for the Secret Service (particularly since the floor is vacant now and hasn't been receiving any rent for it), just because his wife doesn't want to live with him. And paying Trump rent for an entire floor at Trump Tower that's already vacant simply because his wife refuses to relocate to Wash D.C. is further proof that Trump is just trying to see how much money he can make running for president and being president while doing nothing to prepare himself for the work it takes to actually BE president.

He doesn't want to do any of the work required to keep this nation safe, (i.e. attend daily security briefings so that he can LEARN what he doesn't know about what real threats are out there, and what Putin has in store for the US and the rest of the world) because he's too lazy to concern himself with the threats that he doesn't think exist.

 

WilliamH1474

(29 posts)
4. I agree 100%
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:55 AM
Dec 2016

I had no clue that he was charging them (the SS) to stay in his building.

I mean come the F on that is outrageous.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,042 posts)
5. Fascist move, but I'm okay with it.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:22 AM
Dec 2016

I'd prefer to see Trump and his personal goons get hurt someday instead of government employees who are obligated to protect him.

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