Current and former Secret Service agents cited in a newspaper report The Washington Post, were alarmed by the night out of President Trump this Sunday by car to greet his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the coronavirus.
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Several aides who spoke on condition of anonymity to Post They said that Trump’s departure was an unnecessary risk, although it did not surprise them.
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According to advisers quoted by the newspaper, Trump had said that he was bored in the hospital. He wanted to show strength after his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, offered an alarming assessment of the president’s health on Saturday, according to campaign and White House officials.
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“He doesn’t even pretend to care anymore,” said one officer who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “Where are the adults?” Asked a former Secret Service member.
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White House spokesman Judd Deere defended Trump’s departure, stating that “adequate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and all those who support him.”
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