- The Secret Service recommends that Trump rallies be held indoors.
- The Trump campaign is exploring indoor locations for upcoming rallies.
- Indoor rallies are costly but safer, campaign official says.
The US Secret Service (USS) has advised Donald Trump's campaign to refrain from holding outdoor rallies in light of the recent assassination attempt on the former president.
Following the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, Secret Service officials have expressed concern about large outdoor events hosted by the 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate's campaign.
The Secret Service has recommended that Trump rallies be held indoors, and the Trump campaign appears to have taken those concerns seriously.
They are now exploring indoor venues for their next meetings.
According to the The New York PostTrump's next two events are scheduled to take place at a multipurpose arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a hockey arena in St Cloud, Minnesota.
The former president's first rally since the assassination attempt, which left him with a bloody ear, one attendee dead and two others seriously injured, was also held indoors, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Trump has held dozens of large outdoor rallies since launching his 2024 bid for the White House, and hundreds since his first presidential campaign in 2016, and the campaign has frequently used airports, fairgrounds and parks to stage the events.
While indoor rallies are more expensive, they are safer because of the limited number of entrances and reduced visibility issues, a Trump campaign official said. Washington Post.
Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was lying on a rooftop just 150 yards from the presidential candidate when he opened fire.
Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday after facing criticism that her agency failed to adequately protect Trump at the Butler rally.
Secret Service officials had also repeatedly rejected Trump's request for additional security in the two years leading up to the assassination attempt, citing a lack of resources.
