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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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[-] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 67 points 1 day ago

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

[-] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 12 hours ago

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

[-] Malidak@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago

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

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 5 points 14 hours ago

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

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 42 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

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

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 22 hours ago

He's got to die eventually, no?

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 16 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 13 hours 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

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 173 points 1 day ago

The pettiest president strikes again.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 133 points 1 day ago

Set that precedent, Donnie. Set it.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 72 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago

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

[-] coyootje@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

Bold of you to assume there will be another election

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago

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

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

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 18 hours ago

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

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago

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

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 1 day 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 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] glitch1985@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I hear he's got a huge hog.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

They should move.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

OK so this is actually pretty normal?

Edit: For all the Lemmings out there having trouble understanding, you don't have to read the article, but at least read the summary. Their USSS protection would end in a few months anyway. Trump is a colossal asshole, yes, but they're only getting a few months less of USSS protection. The length of time they get protection is fairly normal.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 76 points 1 day ago

Posting about it on social media seems to be thinly veiled stochastic terrorism

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That is pretty fucked up indeed. I still doubt anyone attacks them or anything.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 29 points 1 day ago

Maybe, maybe. But the way stochastic terrorism works is you just roll the dice against long odds over and over and eventually someone does what you're suggesting.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Paul Pelosi is a pretty solid example here

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If their USSS protection would have ended in like July anyway, couldn't a potential attacker have just waited until then to do whatever they're gonna do? I get that by calling attention to it, Trump increases the odds of an attack though.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 day ago

I get that by calling attention to it, Trump increases the odds of an attack though.

Yeah that's really the whole of it. They're not trying to get smart professional people to shoot their enemies. They want to get impulsive people. That person isn't likely to go look up these things but if they get the idea put in front of them they might act

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago

Trump did for his family after leaving office in 2021.

It's normal to extend it. It's not normal for the next President to end it. Especially when that hypocrite did it for his own offspring just 4 years earlier.

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[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

No. How the fuck would you think that's normal?

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This is how the fuck:

"But outgoing presidents can extend protection for those who might otherwise not be eligible for up to six months after they leave office"

It would end in a few months anyway. Yeah he's being petty and he's a dickhead, but it's not that big of a difference.

[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Thank you for proving my point. I think you need to look up the definition of normal, because you obviously don't have a fucking clue what normal is.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

How did I prove your point at all? I'm talking about the time range of protection ending. There's like a three month difference. In the realm of terrible things Trump has done so far, this is barely noticeable.

[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Lmao 🤣 your initial comment said this was pretty normal. It's literally never happened. As for your other argument, maybe look up some dates or something.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hello? Are we even having a conversation or are you just ecstatic that you got a chance to be smug on the internet? What dates am I supposed to look up? The summary said they usually get six months of protection after the former president's term ends. So they'll be missing out on 4 months of protection that they would normally get. Please save your smug energy for the actual Trump supporters.

[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

So, 2 months versus 6 months means nothing. It's totally normal for Trump to vindictively take away 66% of their protection? And, I said look up some dates because you originally said 3 months. Keep it up, my smugness intensifies.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You are right about one thing. I said 3 months because I can't count. Inauguration is late January, so then until now is 2 months. I am horribly sorry not to have met your expectations, O Lord of Righteousness. Since you're till having trouble understanding what I'm saying, it wasn't 66% of their total protection. Assuming they were protected for the entirety of Biden's term, Trump is taking away (since you love numbers so much) 7.4% (4 out of 54 [4 years is 48 months, plus the 6 month extension period] total months of their overall protection.

[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This just keeps getting more entertaining. How exactly would Trump have taken away their protection before he was president? Their protection while Biden was president is not in any way related to this argument. Again, my only argument is that this is not normal as your first comment suggested, but by all means, keep trying to talk yourself into it being normal. Either way, I'm done here. Enjoy your down votes as I'm sure you will.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hello, Elesevenenseven. You seem to have trouble understanding that them losing less than 10% of the total protection time means that they have almost the normal amount of protection time. I'm not saying that Trump would have taken away their protection before he was president. At this point, I'm not sure if your reading comprehension is actually that poor or if you're just really desperate to keep up the nitpicky smug internet argument act.

I agree that taking away the protection is not normal. I get that. Their protection ending is normal. It's not like he ended what would normally be lifetime protection. I could have worded my original comment better, but I didn't expect someone to get so invested in being an asshole in response to a comment I wrote in 10 seconds while multitasking.

[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

All that shit talk to tell me I'm right. Thank you.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

Forcefully ending the protection early despite it being established by the previous president? Hell no.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

normal? for the diaper-in-chief to be a petty whiny little baby? yup.

[-] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Everything Trump does is normal. For a dumb rapist conman.

[-] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Petty, but not unprecedented. It’s pretty normal.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Has any other president canceled their predecessors USSS protection for offspring early?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

abby something

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