Take notes. Thank you for one very well-written piece. I did think that the issue of violent rhetoric was glossed over. This happens in journalism when one is trying to sound somewhat objective in relationship to how political considerations enter into the focus of how big is this dragon. That big. Today, the Secret Service has become political and that focus is exponentially and irrevocably subject to events such as potential assassination. How do you protect a crazy person from other crazy persons. Homicide and suicide are closely related. I have always thought of Trump as having both attributes. You have a psychotic fanning the flames of one hatred after another. How is it that we can just ignore what stirring the pot really means. That pot is already armed with thermonuclear probability. The problem seems intransigent, but it’s not. We created it. We can solve it. Let the politicians take responsibility for their calls to take yada yada action. Let the politicians worry that not everyone wants to kiss the ring. When you take it that far, if you value your life, perhaps your words inflame more than your actions. Let the politicians muddle through this because they created it. They have created a culture of violence, and now they have to live with it. They’ve done it to themselves. The protectors are burned out on protecting folks who abuse and rip off the system. Eliminate the Secret Service right now this very minute. Allow the kings and princes to protect themselves.