You would think this would have created blaring headlines, given the numerous oddities and controversies surrounding the assassination attempt on Trump. 

But no, it's not a big deal at all that the Secret Service didn't thwart the assassination on Trump. It was a local cop who stopped the shooting and disabled the weapon of Thomas Matthew Crooks. 

A local police officer was 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 and hit 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿.

According to reports, it’s likely that it also damaged the buffer tube on the shooter’s rifle, leaving him unable to fire more shots.https://t.co/jq7gT6R96D

— Bay Area Innovators (@BayA_Innovators) August 19, 2024

Odd, that. The "experts" in doing personal protection for the highest-value targets in the world once again were two steps behind local law enforcement when it comes to protecting the once and future President of the United States. 

Weird, as the Democrats would say. In any normal world this would be implausible, but we live in a world where the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Secret Service are remarkably uninterested in doing their jobs if they don't like what that entails. 

The first shot to strike the man who fired at former President Donald Trump came from a local law enforcement officer, according to a preliminary report from an investigation by a U.S. congressman.

Thomas Crooks fired eight shots from the rooftop of a building near where Trump was speaking in Butler County, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) found that the next shot came from a county SWAT officer who was about 100 yards away from the building on which Crooks was positioned.

When the officer from the Butler County Emergency Services Unit saw Crooks as a moving target on the rooftop, he quickly left his post and sprinted toward the man, “running to a clear shot position directly into the line of fire while Crooks was firing,” Higgins said.

“He stopped Crooks and importantly, I believe the shot damaged the buffer tube on Crooks’ AR,” Higgins added, citing eyewitness testimony.

That must have been seen as pretty inconvenient to the people who wanted Trump executed. I can't say for sure who those people are and if the number involved in this incident go beyond Crooks, but this was rather improbable and unpredictable. If the cop hadn't shot Crooks' gun, the president might have been killed, or many other bystanders. 

The complete and utter failure of the Secret Service to do even the minimum necessary to provide more than protection theater is puzzling. Puzzling, that is, if you believe that the people involved were dedicated to keeping Trump alive. 

Rep. Higgins Releases Report on Trump Assassination Attempt, Confirms Local SWAT Operator Fired First Shot That Took Down Crooks https://t.co/PttQGsem6N

— NahBabyNah #Trump (@NahBabyNah) August 20, 2024

Perfectly understandable, though, if you doubt that they were. 

You might think an enterprising reporter or two would be digging into all these oddities and coincidences, but it sure doesn't seem like there is any interest at all. At least not until the election is over. 

I wonder why?

The more we hear--and it is remarkably little so far, shockingly--the worse the Secret Service sounds and the better the local law enforcement folks do. They probably saved Trump's life. 

No thanks to the Secret Service.