Could Butler happen again? Former Secret Service agents weigh in on political violence in 2025

While the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has resulted in a host of changes to bolster the Secret Service's security practices, the agency has its work cut out for it in an era of unprecedented threats against the president, according to former Secret Service agents. Trump faces a plethora of threats, ranging from violent extremists backed by proxy groups, to domestic actors inspired to incite violence amid heightened political rhetoric, according to experts."No U.S. president has been under so much threat of violence," Bill Gage, who served a