Former First Lady Melania Trump revealed Sunday that it was still hard to trust the Secret Service to protect her husband after former President Donald Trump was shot by a would-be assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
The former first lady said she and her husband had a ‘great team’ on the ground protecting them, but called into question the leaders of the agency entrusted with their security.
‘It’s hard to say that you trust right, who you really trust,’ she said. ‘You want to but its always a question mark.’
Melania Trump said she hoped recent changes of leadership at the top of the agency would improve their level of protection.
Melania Trump spoke about the Secret Service in an interview with Maria Bartiromo
‘I think there is some, how something is going on at the top level or it was when that shooting happened,’ she said. ‘I know some people changed the positions but let’s hope that will never happen again.’
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned ten days after the assassination attempt, as the Secret Service was slow to release details of the agency’s failure to protect the president that day.
Her replacement, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe also faced questions after an armed man got within the proximity of the former president outside the fence of his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida.
Melania Trump detailed her thoughts about the Secret Service in an exclusive sit-down interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania
The interview aired after former President Trump returned to rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, finishing the speech he never got to finish after he was shot in the ear by a would-be assassin.
Melania Trump said she fully supported her husband returning to the scene.
‘I think it’s great, I’m supporting him and he is a fighter,’ she said. ‘He will never stop, he’s on the go every day, he’s helping this country.’
Melania Trump spoke about the Secret Service in an interview with Maria Bartiromo
She said it was important for her husband to return to Butler.
‘I think he wants to finish what he came to do, to finish his remarks, his speech and show that we will not stop … that one shooter will not stop him.’
She admitted it was still difficult to relive the day she saw her husband shot on television, especially after watching new videos detailing just how close the bullet was to killing him.
‘It’s still very hard to see it,’ she said. ‘It’s very hard to watch.’
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