{"id":2595299,"date":"2026-04-26T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-failed-trump-again\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:45:10","slug":"the-secret-service-failed-trump-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-failed-trump-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Service Failed Trump \u2014 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-secret-service-failed-trump-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Forty-five years after Ronald Reagan was nearly killed by an assassin outside the Washington Hilton, another attack targeted Donald Trump at the same venue. the article says 31-year-old Cole Allen-reportedly carrying multiple weapons including a shotgun, handgun, adn knives-rushed past a Secret Service checkpoint and headed toward the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner ballroom, where Trump and several senior officials were present. After shots were fired, Allen was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/old-dominion-shooter-far-from-the-only-isis-lover-courts-let-off-easy\/\" title=\"Old Dominion Shooter Far From The Only ISIS Lover Courts Let Off Easy\">reportedly subdued<\/a> by law enforcement and was not struck by gunfire; CBS News sources say he admitted he was targeting members of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The piece focuses on the recurring question of how an armed suspect was able to get so close to the president and into a supposedly secure area. It compares the incident to prior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into ... failures at U.S. Capitol\">security failures<\/a> highlighted around Trump rallies and other recent intrusions, arguing that hotel and event-entry procedures appear insufficient-citing claims that Hilton hotel guests weren\u2019t meaningfully vetted, that security checkpoints were limited until near the dinner itself, and that guests reported little to no bag or door-level screening.<\/p>\n<p>it argues that even if the suspect was stopped,the circumstances suggest earlier security decisions failed,as a different kind of weapon or device-such as an explosive-could have caused mass casualties and widespread disruption inside or outside the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Forty-five years ago President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by a would-be assassin outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Forty-five years later President Donald Trump\u2019s life was in danger from another would-be assassin at the same hotel. <\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because the Secret Service failed Trump \u2014 again. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified 31-year-old California resident Cole Allen as the man surveillance video shows rushing past a Secret Service checkpoint while\u00a0reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/25\/us-news\/gunman-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-identified-as-cole-allen-from-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">armed<\/a> with a shotgun, a handgun, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multiple knives<\/a> and heading toward the ballroom where the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner was taking place on Saturday evening. Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/25\/trump-whcd-evacuation-live-updates\/#link-BVBZZJQMYNAGJL7B2SPG7UMXIM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several cabinet members<\/a> were present. Allen was reportedly subdued by law enforcement after several shots rang out. Reports indicate the suspect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr717nglye0o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was not struck<\/a> by gunfire.\u00a0Two sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-cole-allen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> CBS News that the suspect admitted he was targeting members of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The question everyone should be asking is: <em>How did an armed suspect get that far in the first place?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a question that should sound familiar. Less than two years ago, Americans watched in horror as a would-be assassin climbed onto an open rooftop overlooking Trump\u2019s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The assailant managed to shoot Trump in the ear, while also murdering Corey Comperatore. Nearly two years later there are no satisfying answers about the security failures at that event, though Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics has relentlessly pursued them. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same question Americans were asking when <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/23\/corporate-media-downplay-another-apparent-assassination-attempt-against-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just weeks ago<\/a> a man armed with a shotgun and a fuel can trespassed onto Mar-a-Lago grounds and then refused to comply with law enforcement when ordered to drop his weapon.\u00a0He was shot and killed.<\/p>\n<p>And here we are at the Washington Hilton Hotel left asking the same question: How did another armed man get this close to the president at what should be a secure location?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoteworthy that hotel guests at the Hilton aren\u2019t vetted \u2014 anyone could have checked in earlier this week with checked bags full of weapons,\u201d the New York Post\u2019s Lydia Moynihan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LydiaMoynihan\/status\/2048218490847330475?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted on X<\/a>. She <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LydiaMoynihan\/status\/2048208837044289684?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a> that in order to enter the hotel where the event was being held, \u201cyou only need to show an invite to a party \u2014 something that is easy to obtain and easy to forge. You only go through security to enter the actual dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NewsNation\u2019s Katie Pavlich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KatiePavlich\/status\/2048241120291729506?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on X: \u201cThere were no checkpoints at the doors at street level. This checkpoint was only one level up from the ballroom, the stairs down to the ballroom are yards away. Grateful for the rapid response, but the fact that anyone could get this far into the building was a serious problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another attendee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/raqisright\/status\/2048203805133791242?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that she left the dinner \u201cafter having an uneasy feeling\u201d because \u201cthere were no security or bag checks which I thought was suspicious. Everyone was ushered in and shoved through the doors to make way for Secret Service\/dogs. Tickets were barely looked at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How is it that there was no meaningful vetting of guests of the hotel in the days leading up to the event? How is it that a man was able to rent a room in the hotel and allegedly bring weapons with him? Why wasn\u2019t there a hardened perimeter, blocks long, checking bags and persons <em>before<\/em> they made it near the hotel? <\/p>\n<p>And why is it that the only real line of defense was apparently the final checkpoint immediately outside the event itself? <\/p>\n<p>Sure, the suspect was ultimately stopped. But that isn\u2019t proof that the system worked; in fact, it\u2019s evidence that every decision made leading up to the moment <em>didn\u2019t. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>What if the would-be assassin had been carrying a bomb or other explosive device? A device detonated just outside the magnetometer may not have breached the ballroom, but it could have caused mass casualties and chaos nonetheless. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s assassination attempt is not proof that the Secret Service functioned as it should; it\u2019s evidence that the Secret Service has failed Trump yet again.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-five years after Reagan, Trump faced another attempt at the Hilton-Secret Service failure, again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2595300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-26-at-12.05.42-AM-scaled-e1777176433461-1024x577.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32319,51050,48294,34163],"class_list":["post-2595299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-presidential-security","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-26-at-12.05.42-AM-scaled-e1777176433461-1024x577.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595303,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595299\/revisions\/2595303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}