Mary Akanbi
14th July, 2024
A senior adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign says there are questions about how prepared the Secret Service was.
Speaking to the BBC World Service programme “Weekend”, Stephen Moore calls it a “scary day – we’re all in shock”.
“I got a text from one of my associates saying that Trump had been shot and my heart just sank, and I was afraid to ask the question ‘is he going to be alright?’” Moore says.
“It appeared from the video that he’d only been grazed by this bullet but what’s so frightening to all of us is that if that bullet had been one inch further towards his head this would have been an assassination.”
Moore adds that “certainly Trump needs more protection – there’s a lot of inquiry now about whether the Secret Service was totally prepared”.