In light of at least two assassination attempts against him, President Donald Trump is re-entering the White House acutely aware of how important his Secret Service security detail will be.
As such, he recently announced that someone who has been providing him with security for some time will be taking the helm of the agency during his second term.
According to Fox News, Donald Trump Jr. was enthusiastic about his father’s decision to appoint Sean Curran to the role:
“President Trump will be naming Sean Curran, who heads his personal detail, to be Secret Service Director,” the president-elect’s son, Donald Trump Jr., announced on X Friday.
“Sean is a great patriot and will stop all the insanity once and for all. There’s not a better person to be in this position!”
Curran was among the group of heroic agents who rushed on stage to shield Trump with their bodies during a failed assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left two dead and the candidate with an injury to his ear.
Curran appears next to Trump in a series of photos showing the former and future president returning to his feet, blood running down his face and raising a fist, prompting cheers from the audience.
Curran clearly has a lot of support among pro-Trump social media users:
Sean Curran helped save President Trump’s life when he was shot in the head in Butler.
Now he will be the director of the Secret Service!
This is INCREDIBLE news.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 17, 2025
This man has always been by President Trump's side. Now he will run the Secret Service. This is the world I recognize. At last. Congratulations Sean Curran. pic.twitter.com/m4C4610tGD
— Marilyn ⭐️ (@jeanconnell26) January 17, 2025
Sounds very solid
I find trump term two nominations to be excellent.
I remember Trump term one , centered around the Trump show
Trump term two, is a dinner table where he’s pulling in people into a coalition you would have been shocked to see four years ago.
— American Political History Podcast (@JacobEdwardski1) January 18, 2025
RealClearPolitics also covered Trump’s recent selection:
Considering the two assassination attempts against Trump in the final months of the campaign, the president-elect’s choice for Secret Service director is one the most personal and significant decisions for the incoming administration. One of the most powerful points working in Curran’s favor for his selection is his role in repeatedly requesting more security assets for Donald Trump’s campaign, despite hitting a brick wall on most of those requests from the Secret Service’s leadership over the course of more than two years.
Curran has written documentation for those denied requests, likely in the form of emails from the Office of Protective Operations, according to several sources in the Secret Service community. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, with input from her deputy, now acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe, and others, continued the protocol of treating Trump like a former president who didn’t need nor deserve top security assets. But Trump, one of the most well-known and polarizing figures in modern politics, shattered the mold of former presidents.
In continuing that outmoded policy, the USSS leadership failed to meet their own threat-based standard of allocating security assets to protectees. The various formal investigations found that if assets such as more counter snipers and a Counter Surveillance Unit had been provided, shooter Thomas Crooks likely would have been discovered early and interdicted.
Here’s what political commentator Dan Bongino, himself a former Secret Service agent, had to say about Curran and the current state of the agency:
Dan Bongino @dbongino offers his opinion on President Trump’s supposed pick for Director of Secret Service, Sean Curran, and also does a deep-dive into four specific areas in the Secret Service that need to be addressed STAT. pic.twitter.com/oor0ojj1xU
— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) January 17, 2025
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