Tragedy struck when Donald Trump’s bodyguard took ill while the President was visiting the UK and died from his illness.
The unnamed serviceman accompanied Trump for his state visit to the UK and was reported to have taken ill and rushed to the hospital.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, but he never made it out alive.
The White House released a statement calling Trump’s Bodyguard a “dedicated professional of the highest order” who had served for 19 years.
A Spokesman gave more details on the death saying: “On 15 July a US Secret Service Special Agent suffered a cerebrovascular accident in Scotland, UK, where he was travelling in support of Presidential Protection.
“The Secret service asks for your prayers and continued respect for the agent and his family’s privacy.”
This incident is coming hot on the heels of Trump’s shambolic performance in Helsinki where he seemed to back Russian President Vladmir Putin over his own intelligence agencies.
At that conference, when asked about Russian Interference in the 2016 elections of the USA, he said: “I have asked President Putin — he just said it’s not Russia,
“I will say this — I don’t see any reason why it would be.’’
“I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today,’’
He has now said that he ‘misspoke’ during the conference and meant to say ‘wouldn’t’ where he said ‘would’.
He said: “The full faith and support for America’s intelligence agencies – I have a full faith in our intelligence agencies,” Trump said ahead of a meeting with Republicans in Congress.
“I realise that there is a need for some clarification. It should have been obvious, I thought it would have been obvious, but I would like to clarify just in case it wasn’t.
“In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’.
“The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t’, or ‘why it wouldn’t be Russia’. So just to repeat it, I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’.”
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