Responding to a question at the end of September’s Republican debate, Carson chose “One Nation” and Trump picked “Humble. The remainder of the Trump familys Secret Service codenames are Mogul Muse Mountaineer and Marksman.
If Carson and Trump are approved for detail, the candidates may have made one thing easier for the Secret Service by picking out their code names. DHS would not say whether any other 2016 presidential candidates have made similar requests. His primary opponent at the time, Hillary Clinton, already had Secret Service protection as a former first lady, as she does this campaign. The first US president to receive a Secret Service codename was Harry. He received a security detail in on May 3, 2007, about eight months before any of the primary contests began. New government documents reveal Jared Kushner’s Secret Service codename as ‘Mechanic’ Donald Trump Mogul. President Obama was put under Secret Service protection earlier than any other candidate in presidential election history during the 2008 campaign. I have by far the biggest crowds,” Trump said. “Personally, I think if Obama were doing as well as me, he would’ve had Secret Service. In an interview with The Hill last week, he said that the Secret Service ought to be protecting him. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. I also think that there’s a God, but, you know, you have to be logical, so I will deal with it.”īut Donald Trump has been taking a different tone. The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. “I recognize that someone like me - who’s very truthful, and who really doesn’t subscribe to all the traditional power structures is probably gonna be a target.
“I don’t feel the need for it quite frankly, but the Secret Service thinks that I need it,” Carson said. According to a DHS spokesman, the Carson and Trump requests will be determined “after consultation with a congressional advisory committee which includes the speaker of the House, House minority leader, Senate majority leader, Senate minority leader and one additional member selected by the aforementioned committee.”Īlthough DHS has said the Carson campaign requested protection during a stop on his book tour in Austin, Texas, Carson suggested he did not think additional protection was necessary.
Those requests are now under review, but neither candidate has yet received a security detail. Two Republican presidential hopefuls - Ben Carson and Donald Trump - have asked for Secret Service protection, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to NPR.ĭHS said it has received official requests from both campaigns.