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Expert: Trump's personal security doesn't compare to Secret Service

U.S. Secret Service agents guard Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, on the stage after a man tried to breach the security buffer at his campaign event at the Wright Brothers Aero Hangar on March 12, 2016, in Vandalia, Ohio.
U.S. Secret Service agents guard Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, on the stage after a man tried to breach the security buffer at his campaign event at the Wright Brothers Aero Hangar on March 12, 2016, in Vandalia, Ohio.
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Expert: Trump's personal security doesn't compare to Secret Service

It's pretty much a given now: Donald Trump is not approaching the presidency in a traditional manner.  

He's rejected daily security briefings that are standard at the White House. It's not clear, even, if he will be staying at the White House since he seems to prefer working from his office in New York.

And, even though he gets around the clock protection from the Secret Service, he seems determined to keep some of his private security on the payroll once he's sworn in as President.

That's raising some alarm bells.

For more, Take Two spoke to Joseph Funk, a Secret Service agent for 21 years. Funk retired in 2005. 

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue media player above.