Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago adds four checkpoints to examine vehicles for explosives and search guests for weapons after Iran put out $80m hit on the president
At the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach just before New Year’s Eve, Trump friend and Mar-a-Lago member Gary J. Giulietti, who as president of Lockton Cos. is a consultant to Trump on insurance issues, noticed that Trump invited his agents and the agents guarding his family members to help themselves to the spectacular Sunday evening buffet.
Besides prime New York strip steaks grilled to order, they feasted on lobster Newburgh, freshly shucked oysters on the half shell, huge cocktail shrimp, stone crab claws, sushi, braised scallops, deep fried soft shell crabs, seafood paella, rack of lamb, prime rib, pork roast, cakes and pies, and make-your-own hot fudge sundaes with choice of dark chocolate or milk chocolate sauce.
‘He was feeding all the agents, who were completely blown away,’ Giulietti told me.
In contrast, Hillary Clinton is so nasty on a daily basis to her agents, who still protect her, that being assigned to her detail is considered a form of punishment and the worst assignment in the Secret Service.
Sitting on a couch overlooking the main Mar-a-Lago pool, I once asked Trump how he likes being protected by the Secret Service.
‘It’s great,’ he said. ‘I have agents all around me as I’m playing golf, and they are all looking in different directions, so when I miss a shot, they don’t see it!’