130 Secret Service Officers Are in COVID Quarantine For Being Exposed While Guarding Donald Trump
More than 130 Secret Service agents who protect President Donald Trump, the White House and the first family have been ordered to isolate because they caught COVID or were in close contact with someone who was infected with the virus.
The spread of the highly contagious disease has sidelined about 10 per cent of the agency’s core team, The Washington Post reported, and the infection rate is believed to be linked to the numerous campaign rallies Trump held before the election – 14 in the last three days of campaigning alone.
At these rallies, agents stand between the president and his supporters, many of whom are not wearing face masks and who don’t practice social distancing. While Trump stands on a stage above and away from the crowd, several agents stand in the pit between the stage area and supporters. They also fan out to work the perimeter.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani stressed that Donald Trump’s propaganda campaigns to intimidate and influence political will was futile.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Shamkahni said Trump’s propaganda did not reach anywhere by the powerful presence of Iranian Armed Forces.
He then hailed ...
Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday while Congress was certifying the Electoral College's votes for Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.
One of the four Blackwater security contractors, pardoned by US President Donald Trump in a controversial move last month, says he “acted correctly” in a 2007 massacre of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that his supporters are planning to hold a rally in the US capital of Washington on January 6 to protest against the result of the 2020 presidential election.
US President-elect Joe Biden earlier said that he would not immediately end the trade war with China and remove trade duties imposed by US President Donald Trump. During a press briefing on Monday, Biden addressed US-China relations, a COVID-19 relief package and transition problems with the Trump administration.
