Major failure of the S.S. ! Leader of the free (sane anyway) world, in a mob of people, in a third-world banana republic. Seperated from his S.S. protection by who-knows-who, with police officers carrying unprotected weapons mixing it up with the crowd. Extremely dangerous situation.
I agree from a security standpoint this was a total breakdown of basic personnel protection discipline. Even worse it's caught on tape for the entire world to see. Believe me this security breach will be studied by our enemies. The President walking over to the foreign mob to retrieve his personal bodyguard should be treated as a failure in security that if not remedied could be exploited.