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 Trump is on the Spaces with Elon.

One thing I've noticed for a while is that amid all of the Secret Service failings and inside-job theories or concerns, Trump hasn't really been promoting those failings and theories at all. And this interview confirmed it- he's actively pushing back on them.

Elon tried for like 15 minutes to coax out some thoughts from Trump regarding Secret Service incompetence or corruption and yet Trump just kept defending the Secret Service for doing their work and saying that yeah they should explore why someone got on the roof, but that it's chaotic and he's thankful for the counter-snipers, that he's thankful for those that physically shield him, etc. He's literally more defending of them than me as a witness that was like, "wtf happened here?"

Trump presumably travels with mostly the same SS team and gets to know them. He's hesitant to personally criticize them in a way that many of his followers have.

I found that interesting because he routinely throws lawyers and other insiders out that defended him once they stop being useful. But things are different when you have a team physically shielding you. Like fellow soldiers in war. So far he won't touch them at all.

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