The perps were probably federal assets. Trump better hire the best private security to protect himself from The Secret Service and the FBI...

Activate: Classic Misdirection Technique. When put into a compromised position or asked questions one does not wish to answer, evoke heartstring or patriotic vignettes to derail the line of inquiry. The vehement bluster of righteous indignation might have been a bit much, but the stakes are high in this particular tête-à-tête. Still, if one oversells it, one gives the game away.

Someone should do a survey on how many Americans think that the government, at some level, was in on the assassination attempts. The Secret Service is probably just like the rest of federal LEOs, an armed branch of The Democrat Party...