Multiple Secret Service agents are criticizing President Trump’s brief appearance in an SUV outside Walter Reed Medical Center Sunday evening, accusing the president of putting his protective detail in unnecessary danger.
“He’s not even pretending to care now,” an agent who requested anonymity told The Washington Post.
“That should never have happened,” another unidentified agent who works in both the presidential and first family detail, told CNN. “The frustration with how we’re treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this though. We’re not disposable.”
Agents are authorized to decline requests that would place the president at risk, but not those that would put themselves at risk.
Another agent, however, dismissed the idea that the president had shown reckless disregard for his detail.
“I’ve watched some of the news today and it’s ridiculous to say the president is trying to kill off his detail,” the agent told CNN. “He’s unconventional, but we get the job done.”
The White House has defended the safety of the president’s short trip outside the hospital. Spokesman Judd Deere said Sunday that “appropriate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and all those supporting it.”
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