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Modern WisdomWhose Fault Was The Attack On Trump? - Former CIA Agent Mike Baker
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Ex-CIA Agent Dissects Trump Shooting Security Collapse And Fallout
- Former CIA officer Mike Baker argues the Trump assassination attempt was primarily a logistical and command‑and‑control failure, not an intelligence miss, highlighting breakdowns between the Secret Service and local law enforcement. He criticizes the apparent lack of rooftop coverage, slow communication about the gunman, and an arguably underpowered security package for Trump given his current risk profile. The conversation widens into how hyperbolic political rhetoric, institutional DEI pressures, and budget-driven undertraining contribute to systemic vulnerability. They also examine the political consequences: impacts on Trump’s image, Biden’s position, J.D. Vance’s VP pick, and how adversaries and the public interpret America’s security and political dysfunction.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasThe Trump shooting represents a compound logistical failure, not a pure intel miss.
Baker stresses that such incidents almost never hinge on a single mistake but on layered breakdowns in procedures, command, and communications—particularly the absence of effective rooftop overwatch and delayed response to multiple public reports of a man with a rifle.
Secret Service retains ultimate responsibility, even when locals control outer perimeters.
Although local police were assigned areas outside the formal security zone, Baker argues the Secret Service should have proactively dictated rooftop coverage and ensured counter-sniper teams had timely, actionable information from those ground reports.
Protection packages must match evolving risk, not just a former president template.
Given Trump’s status as presumptive nominee, polarizing figure, and target of foreign grievances, Baker suggests his security detail should have been more robust than the standard ex-president package, with sufficient manpower, rotations, and higher-caliber personnel.
Hyperbolic ‘Hitler/fascist’ rhetoric on both sides raises the risk of political violence.
Labeling opponents as existential threats to democracy may be brushed off as campaign hyperbole by most, but Baker warns that some unstable individuals take it literally, feeling morally compelled to act—making the discourse itself a contributing factor.
Training, staffing, and fatigue are critical weak points in protective operations.
Long, mind-numbing details, under-resourcing, and inconsistent training—especially within local law enforcement—can erode alertness and performance; Baker notes that high-stakes security work cannot rely on exhausted, minimally trained personnel.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesWhen something happens like this, it's not one thing; it's a series of mistakes or missteps that compound and then you end up with this goat rope that never should have happened.
— Mike Baker
It would be insane to say that there weren't failures here. Even people with no experience can look at this and say, 'How did you not have somebody on that roof with line of sight to the stage?'
— Mike Baker
If you keep calling someone Hitler, how can you expect someone not to try and stop Hitler?
— Chris Williamson (referencing Tulsi Gabbard’s point)
There’s no room for DEI in the world of operations and security. You simply choose the most qualified, capable people.
— Mike Baker
For the first time ever, Trump has a victim card.
— Chris Williamson
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