Trump says hes always worried about safety ahead of Butler rally: White House isnt treating us very good

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s “always worried” about safety at his rallies, blaming the White House for making it “very difficult” to ensure proper security. Trump, 78, made the remark during an interview on NewsNation’s “CUOMO” show, as he prepares for a weekend rally in Butler, Pa.– the site of the first assassination attempt against him.  “Well, I’m always worried,” the former president said, when asked if he’s concerned about safety ahead of his highly anticipated return to Butler. “I think that the White House isn’t treating us very good,” he added.

“I get crowds that are ten times bigger than anybody else, 20 times bigger than anybody else, and we’re entitled to security.”Calls for Trump to receive the same level of Secret Service protection as President Biden mounted after a second failed assassination attempt at the former president’s Palm Beach, Fla., golf course last month. An eagle-eyed Secret Service agent was able to foil suspected would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh’s apparent plot to gun down Trump, but security was lighter around the golf course because the GOP nominee for president is not the sitting commander-in-chief.The House and Senate unanimously passed legislation last month enhancing Secret Service protection for Trump – up to the same level currently provided to a sitting US president and vice president. Biden, 81, signed the bill into law on Tuesday. “The White House makes it very difficult,” Trump said of getting the necessary security measures in place for his massive rallies. “We had something in Wisconsin last week, we would’ve had 60,000 people, but they couldn’t provide us with the security,” he claimed.  “It’s very unfair the way we’ve been treated,” Trump went on.“And we have to get better security.

It’s really being led more so by the White House than anybody else.” The 45th president noted that despite the two assassination ...