In an interview with USA Today, the director of the Secret Service said that the agency been stretched thin under the Trump administration because of his family’s international trips and the president’s visits to his properties in Florida and New Jersey. Many agents have already hit the maximum cap for their annual salary. What comes closest to your view on how to deal with this problem?

In an interview with USA Today, the director of the Secret Service said that the agency been stretched thin under the Trump administration because of his family’s international trips and the president’s visits to his properties in Florida and New Jersey. Many agents have already hit the maximum cap for their annual salary. What comes closest to your view on how to deal with this problem? Published on August 22, 2017 → Survey conducted on August 22, 2017 on 5440 U.S. adults

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Gender

Politics

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The salary cap for Secret Service agents should be raised to ensure that security remains at its highest level

22%

The President and his family should be required to take fewer trips

25%

Fewer members of the President’s family should receive full security details

14%

Secret service protection should be slim-lined, with fewer personnel in a detail

The President or the Republican Party should be required to fund some of the President’s security detail

18%

Not sure

18%

The salary cap for Secret Service agents should be raised to ensure that security remains at its highest level

22%

The President and his family should be required to take fewer trips

25%

Fewer members of the President’s family should receive full security details

14%

Secret service protection should be slim-lined, with fewer personnel in a detail

The President or the Republican Party should be required to fund some of the President’s security detail

18%

Not sure

18%

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