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Teddy Roosevelt famously only needed his speech booklet (he continued to give his speech after being shot by a would-be assassin).
Reagan also was shot by a .22LR rifle (which he initially didn't notice) without a vest on.
Usually the Secret Service is enough though. You usually aren't getting close enough to the president outside of ceremonial/public event circumstances unless you have "Yankee White" clearance anyway (You'd be detained before getting within a few blocks of them).
I’m shocked no one has tried the explosive drone technique. Even active war zones have trouble containing those, let alone a couple block perimeter.
They have countermeasures in place for drones in "no fly" air space. And that air space is a moving box around him.
Well there are fibre-optic drones in mass-production now... Place a remote controlled "mothership" van outside the electronic warfare perimeter, start a dozen drones from there, and tada, countermeasures countermeasured.