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The Republican president on social media objected to what he said were 18 agents assigned to Hunter Biden’s protective detail while in South Africa this week. He said Ashley Biden has 13 agents assigned to her detail and that she too “will be taken off the list.”

There was no immediate reaction from the former president’s office.

Former presidents and their spouses receive life-long Secret Service protection under federal law, but the protection afforded to their immediate families over the age of 16 ends when they leave office. But outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible for up to six months after they leave office, something Biden did for his children and Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021. Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush also extended protection for their families for a period.

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 189 points 11 months ago

The pettiest president strikes again.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 144 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Set that precedent, Donnie. Set it.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 84 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No Democrat would ever do the same, he's safe.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No Democrat now, sure... But the ones that get elected after Trump, that's another story.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Bold of you to assume there will be another election

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago

Also bold of him to assume the democratic party is capable of change.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not too bold, since states run elections, and blue states will continue to run normal ones. Red, states, though? Oh, those'll be corrupt up the wazoo.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

and they're a majority by almost 2:1, guaranteeing republican victories going forward.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. It's grim nationally, but at least blue states have a change of not being total shitholes within.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

until the republicans use the federal gov't to force things in their favor and the last election shows that democratic support is waning everywhere; even in blue states.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

If the constituents democratically choose to abandon democracy (like what happened at the federal level last year), then yes, until then.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 83 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nice whoever comes after trump should end his secret service detail and the ones for all his little nazi offspring too

[–] Malidak@lemmy.world 82 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Wow. You really think there's going to be another election?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I don't understand how so many people don't realize how serious shit is at the moment.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's probably denial.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This capitalist coup started under Reagan. Trump has been courted by Putin since the 90s.

If people realized how serious this shit was, Wall Street and the capital markets would have been righteously burned to cinder years ago.

Instead they laughed at those protesting it, I was there.

We're hopeless. We'll be breathing capitalist climate change made dustbowl fumes, drinking unregulated leaded water, and still showing up to our jobs running up the owners' ego scores even as said owners retreat to their luxury bunker complexes to bark their orders remotely in an attempt to pretend everything is fine.

We're a pathetic people. Not entirely our fault, the capitalists have been sabotaging public Ed to keep us stupid, willfully ignorant, largely hostile towards critical thinking, and cut their taxes for a century, but we are a pathetic people.

Now the French, There's a model of how a society needs to act when their greed class gets out of line.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He's got to die eventually, no?

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then it's time for Trump jr. To take the King position ?

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

I think it might be Barron. The media has been starting to glaze him and give him some air time and float his name. Don Jr has been doing tons of really cringe campaigning for El Presidente, but given he hasn't really been talked about in the media, I don't think they're floating him next

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 8 points 11 months ago

Of course, he has a bunch of children you can vote for.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

This election is the most important one of our lifetimes!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 12 points 11 months ago

He'll be dead by then and he knows it.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ending it 3 months early... hell I was going to say how Petty sounding but yeah course it is.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 11 months ago

That makes it worse. It means the only reason to do it is to call attention to the removal of protection, like "Will no one rid me of this turbulent ~~priest~~ opposition member?"

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I hear Canada is nice this time of year. They might relax their drug-related restrictions for Hunter.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I hear he's got a huge hog.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

They should move.

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