Above: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by US Secret Service agents during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Metaculus Prediction
The Secret Service had one job — to protect former and incumbent presidents — and it failed spectacularly on Saturday. The agency must answer some damning questions, including how a 20-year-old shooter could get close to Trump and why the warnings from the public don't appear to have been sufficiently acted upon.