The Secret Service dropped the ball in spectacular vogue at Donald Trump‘s marketing campaign rally the place he was almost killed by a would-be murderer … so says a former USSS particular agent.

TMZ Studios has a brand new particular, “TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Trump Assassination Attempt,” the place we discover the numerous, gorgeous safety failures that result in the try on Trump’s life at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally.

Richard Staropoli, a former Secret Service Special Agent, would not mince phrases … he says Trump’s safety element completely failed him and left him inexplicably uncovered to mortal hazard.

Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks slipping previous safety and taking perch on a rooftop with an AR-15 model rifle and a transparent view of Trump is the epitome of failure by the Secret Service … not less than so far as Richard is anxious.

Another former USSS Special Agent, Cheryl Tyler, has a unique view. She’s deliberate safety for comparable presidential occasions and says the safety plan right here was “textbook.”

Still, Richard and Cheryl agree … the constructing the place Crooks squeezed off pictures from ought to have been higher secured and somebody from legislation enforcement ought to have been on the roof.

Fortunately, the shooter missed Trump’s head and solely shot his ear.

Of course, a number of the different bullets hit of us within the stands … killing firefighter Corey Comperatore and wounding 2 others.

With that in thoughts, former Secret Service Special Agent Michael De Geus says this was completely NOT a failure … if for no different cause than the very fact Trump continues to be alive.

Watch “TMZ Presents: Under Fire: The Trump Assassination Attempt” … now streaming on Tubi.