Horse Gone: Check, Barn Door Closed: Check; Secret Service Locks Down Mar-a-Lago

redstate.com

Hindsight is always 20-20. But when the security of a former President of the United States is concerned, and when lapses in said security have already allowed a punk to take a shot at said former president, it seems like someone should have closed that door before the horse departed for far horizons.

And yet that’s what’s happening, as now the Secret Service is locking down former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

The US Secret Service is bolstering security around Donald Trump’s  Mar-a-Lago Club  after last weekend’s  assassination attempt  .

The  Town of Palm Beach  told residents that 1100 South Ocean Boulevard will be closed to through traffic starting Saturday morning and continue “24/7 until the November general election at a minimum.”

“The US Secret Service has made this decision, neither Town Officials nor the Town Council,” an  alert said  . “The Town is working closely with the US Secret Service to minimize the impacts of this road closure.”

The alert added that the Town of Palm Beach intends to explore legal options to “ensure that the road remains open in the absence of the protected person(s) in residence.”

That horse, of course, departed on Saturday, July 13th, when Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at former President Trump, taking a chunk out of the presidential ear…