My latest Daily Mail column:
The Secret Service has some explaining to do.
How did an assassin with a rifle get onto the roof of a building a little over 100 yards away from Donald Trump’s podium at Saturday’s rally? It’s supposed to be standard operating procedure for the Secret Service to clear roofs and windows with a clean line of sight at someone they’re protecting.
Yet it appears that Thomas Crooks, the alleged assassin, was up there alone. Nobody secured the roof. And rallygoers – who spotted him moments before his attack – told a BBC reporter that they were brushed aside when they tried to warn security agents.
Now we know that Trump was just inches from death. He was incredibly lucky to only be winged on the ear. If not for the wind, a slight tilt of his head, and poor marksmanship by the 20-year-old shooter, America would be facing a traumatic national tragedy of unthinkable proportions.
It’s already a personal tragedy, as one rallygoer behind Trump was killed and two others seriously wounded.