• edge [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    “We could risk the life of a secret service agent to protect him.”

    That’s literally their job. Roofers take that risk every day just to make their bosses a little richer.

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    Dude. Do you want to stoke the conspiracy theories? Cuz that's the most obviously transparent excuse you could possibly come up with. YOU WERE ON AN EVEN STEEPER ROOF IN ALL THE PHOTOS.

    Here are 10 better excuses not generated by AI, and to prove it's not AI I gave up after 7

    1: We were under staffed

    2: Atmospheric distortion due to the excessive heat

    3: There was a tree in the way

    4: The westerly sun blinded me

    5: Localized smog cloud

    6: It smells funny there

    7: That would put us down wind of the crowd

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    The SS (SSecret SService) just want to get drunk on the job and post white power memes to 4chan, why are you asking so much from them?

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    What if that guy just saw the uncovered roof and succumbed to an intrusive thought

    • booty [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Lmao that would explain the lack of evidence of a motive or long-term plan. Just "huh, security looks pretty fucked here, whats stopping somebody from just climbing up there and... what's stopping me from doing that?"

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      Most people get a "throw your phone out the window", bro got a "you could ventilate that dude"

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Holy shit haha. The people that are expected to soak up bullets meant for the president aren't allowed on sloped roofs? They were probably thinking that no assassin would do something as dangerous as climb a sloped roof.

      • LocalOaf [they/them, ze/hir]
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        4 months ago

        Maybe Trump hand picked his detail because they all share his hatred of gentle slopes and stairs

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Some of these guys supposedly don’t have any formal combat training or experience. I was watching the Jay Leno interview with some SS agents and the agent claims that he was just a mechanic who got the SS job by coincidence lol

      • nothx [he/him]
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        4 months ago

        This is kinda true… i think as long as you are willing to die or take the blame, they will hire you.

  • TomBombadil [he/him, she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Guess I'm more elite then the secret service because I know how to handle not only 10degree roofs safely but also use safety gear in vertical environments. these clowns heard of ropes? It's a new technology

  • TomBombadil [he/him, she/her]
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    4 months ago

    How long untill chuds blame the whole thing on the fact that the secret service director is a woman

  • LeZero [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Not helping, Secret Service Chief.

    The libs are already reaching Alex Jones level of conspiracy theory on this one

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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    4 months ago

    Drill an anchor in the roof, attach an eyelet. Wear fall arrest harness with retractable lanyard