has come to the defense of a "brave" female Secret Service agent who "shielded" him during his after she was criticised online. The former president hit back at sexist critics of the agent and said she "wanted to take a bullet" for him after some online suggested women were not qualified for such positions. Trump, who managed to surive the attempted assination after being bundled off stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, defend the agent at a rally in St Cloud, Minnesota on Saturday.
"There wasn't one that was slow, a woman that was on my right, a beautiful person,' he said. "She was shielding me with everything she could and she got criticized by the fake news because she wasn't tall enough. She was so brave, she was shielding me with everything, she wanted to take a bullet.
" The 78-year-old decided to address the criticism which has been coming the Secret Service's way from pundits, lawmakers and high profile donors including Elon Musk. The billionaire wrote on X: "Having a small person as body cover for a large man is like an undersized Speedo at the beach – doesn't cover the subject. Could be a man or a woman, to be clear, just needs to be large enough to do the job.
" 'There should not be any women in the Secret Service,' Daily Wire show host Matt Walsh also posted on X. It comes after the director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency fa.