Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz revealed some scary and shocking information on Thursday, making the claim the Department of Homeland Security was aware of five “assassination teams” that are currently trying to target former President Donald Trump who has already been involved in two attempts on his life, both, fortunately, being unsuccessful, though the first, which took place at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, left him with a bullet wound in the ear.
Gaetz, according to Trending Politics News, stated that the teams, which are made up of both foreign and domestic actors, have already been identified and the threat they pose to Trump has been underestimated by authorities at the federal level. And this right here is the problem. We as Americans deserve to know why in the world these threats aren’t being taken seriously, especially now that two attempts have been made in a period of 90 days. Is this negligence purposeful? Are there deep state folk within the government looking the other way because they want to see Trump taken out permanently?
No presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, should be harmed in any way. Doing so completely tears in two the already worn and frayed threads of our country. The chaos that would erupt in the aftermath of Trump being assassinated would be devastating.
Gaetz revealed the details of a conversation he had with a senior official from DHS before the second assassination attempt on Trump. This official reportedly expressed his concerns about the level of protection surrounding the former president, even before the attempts on his life in recent months.
Gaetz’s comments come in the wake of the most recent assassination attempt on Trump. The first incident occurred on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was grazed by a bullet. The same event claimed the life of a bystander, shaking the political world. The second attempt took place on Sunday at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, when a suspect named Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested and charged with firearms offenses. Trump was unharmed in the second attempt, though the details surrounding the incident remain under investigation. In an interview, Gaetz described the DHS official’s briefing, which suggested that there are currently five known assassination teams inside the United States, with three inspired by foreign governments and two composed of domestic actors. These teams, according to Gaetz, are specifically targeting Trump, raising serious questions about the level of protection provided to the former president.
“And I’ll break a little news for you,” The Florida Republican stated on ‘Human Events Daily.’ “I had a senior official from the Department of Homeland Security in my office before the second assassination attempt, saying that what he has assessed is that there are five known assassination teams in the United States, three inspired by other governments, two that are here that are known domestic assassination teams. And with that, this individual was coming to me concerned that the force protection around President Trump was not sufficient for what it needed to be.”
Gaetz said that the level of coordination between the Secret Service and local law enforcement needed to be much more robust, especially given the threat level identified by DHS. “The dignitary protection level is like the bare minimum that we have to do to keep our presidents and our presidential candidates safe while they’re on the trail.” He also raised concerns about the shifting of protective resources away from Trump’s security detail. He claimed that certain assets were pulled off Trump’s detail and reassigned to other dignitaries, including First Lady Jill Biden and former National Security Advisor John Bolton, at a time when the threat to Trump was particularly high.
“We don’t want anything bad to happen to Jill Biden,” Gaetz went on to point out, “but at the same time, the threat envelope for her was substantially different than the threat envelope around President Trump. It would not have necessitated pulling assets away from the Trump detail.”
He then questioned the decision-making of the moves, especially after two attempts on Trump’s life and the knowledge the government possesses that five teams of people are out there looking to kill him. What’s truly scary about what Gaetz said is that three of these teams are made up of foreign individuals hailing from countries like Pakistan, Ukraine, and Iran. Yes, you read that right. Ukraine. The very nation we’re sending billions of dollars to for their fight with Russia.
“One reason is because when they entered the country, there was insufficient scrutiny to stop them from doing so,” the congressman stated during an appearance on Breitbart News’ Sirius XM program, going on to discuss border security and the enforcement of immigration law. One of the more excellent points he made during the conversation was how having open border policies have not left our nation as a whole at risk when it comes to security, but public figures like Trump and others. This makes it super difficult for law enforcement to prevent credible threats from coming into existence.
“In the world in which we live—with an open border, with insufficient resources to stop people from coming here from other places to do harm—this is the threat level we have to confront. We can’t be Pollyanna about it; we’ve got to be vigorous,” he further explained.
Once again, please pray for Trump, his family, and JD Vance and his loved ones as well.