The former head of MI6 has exclusively told LBC that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was a 'serious failure' on the part of the US Secret Service.
The former head of MI6 has exclusively told LBC that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was a "serious failure" on the part of the US Secret Service. Speaking with Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Sir Tom Sawers reflected on the recent assassination attempt on the former president, explaining that it was 'pretty obvious" Donald Trump was "going to be target"."Had he succeeded, it would have been dreadful for American politics," he explained.
"Sawers, the former chief of UK Secret Intelligence Service, was among a handful of personnel to hold the UK's highest security clearance.During his career, the chief has stood as the UK’s ambassador to the United Nations, political director of the Foreign Office and spoke before the Joint Intelligence Committee, prior to leading MI6"But you’d have thought it was pretty obvious that Donald Trump was going to be target for a would-be assassin," he explained.
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