Secret Service Agent Tries to Smuggle Wife On Plane to Scotland — President Trump Responds

In a rather bizarre security breach, a Secret Service agent was caught trying to sneak his wife onto a plane that was accompanying President Trump’s Air Force One to Scotland.

On Friday, a new Secret Service trainee tried to bring his wife, who is a member of the Air Force, along with him on the trip.

He was stopped from doing so, and the Secret Service has launched an investigation.

Now, President Trump has given his response.

Susan Crabtree of Real Clear Politics reported:

🚨President Trump weighs in aboard Air Force One on our @RCPolitics EXCLUSIVE on the Secret Service agent who tried to have his wife accompany him to Scotland on a Secret Service cargo carplane.

Trump, however, seems very confused by the details — did the Secret Service brief… https://t.co/8w79eqMDDV

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) July 29, 2025

President Trump weighs in aboard Air Force One on our @RCPolitics EXCLUSIVE on the Secret Service agent who tried to have his wife accompany him to Scotland on a Secret Service cargo carplane.

Trump, however, seems very confused by the details — did the Secret Service brief him or his staff about it?

If so, he might need a re-brief. When asked by the Daily Mail’s White House reporter @GeoffEarle about my reporting from over the weekend, Trump seemed to think the agent tried to smuggle his wife in a non-pressurized area of the C-17 Air Force plane, what’s known as a carplane in Secret Service parlance.

Trump:

“That’s a weird deal. The wife in the car…Wouldn’t you think that might be a little dangerous? I don’t know if that has proper compression. I don’t know that’s a strange one. I just heard that two minutes ago. I think [USSS Director] Sean [Curram] is taking care of it.”

In fact, as I reported over the weekend and again yesterday, the Secret Service agent’s wife in question is an Air Force employee. Air Force employees can ride Air Force planes on a “Space Available” basis, but that does not usually include on Secret Service missions.

There was a misunderstanding or miscommunication that she would be allowed to ride along with the Secret Service agents because she is an Air Force employee. However, a supervisor put a stop to it — likely because it would have set really bad precedent and breed resentment that other wives are not allowed to travel free of charge along with the agents.

The question is whether a supervisor or someone else on the presidential detail okayed it before the agent attempted to get his wife on the carplane to Scotland.

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Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi has told me the agency cannot answer that questions because it will be part of it’s investigation.

You can listen to the full press gaggle where President Trump issued his response here:

President Trump Holds A Press Gaggle On Air Force One — Jul 29, 2025 pic.twitter.com/ses9oJPPb3

— Raymond Ng (@rayngls) July 29, 2025

Very weird deal, indeed.

It doesn’t appear like President Trump had been given many details on this beforehand.

And, we don’t know if the Secret Service agent himself had been given any (misguided) clearance beforehand.

To be honest with you, it certainly doesn’t make me any more confident in our Secret Service.

The New York Post provided more details on the incident:

The incident was first reported by the Herald newspaper of Glasgow, which reported that the Dallas-based agent flew his wife to Maryland, where she received an official briefing and was bussed to Joint Base Andrews ahead of Trump’s departure before being discovered and told to leave.

“The U.S. Secret Service is conducting a personnel investigation after an employee attempted to invite his spouse – a member of the United States Air Force – aboard a mission support flight,” Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told the outlet in a statement.

“Prior to the overseas departure, the employee was advised by supervisors that such action was prohibited, and the spouse was subsequently prevented from taking the flight. No Secret Service protectees were aboard and there was no impact to our overseas protective operation.”

Several planes usually accompany Air Force One on presidential trips, carrying Secret Service agents, equipment and other support staff.