[piytar]

Wow, obastard is going to lay off his Preatorian Guard? Guess he’s counting on his Civil Defense Force (with a billion plus rounds of 40 cal but no real training) to replace them.

Yes, I do believe he really is that stupid.

[Pecos]

The Secret Service's primary job has nothing to do with presidential security. They are the agency assigned to deal with counterfeiting, which was their initial assignment under Lincoln. During the Civil War the cheap paper and poor printing quality of U.S. currency was so bad, it was easy to fake. And since a number of banks and states also printed money, there were lots of people and capable printing presses in the country.

A better question to ask is why the president would cripple our ability to prevent fraudulent currency from devaluing the real stuff.

The Border Patrol is also being down-sized. The reason for that is too obvious to waste time discussing it.