[nitwit005]

He seemed to want free security for his event (he talked about all the extra security he was hiring). I suspect he learned he'd get free protests too.

The San Francisco reddit discussion of this included such lines as "Welp, picking up my frog costume from Temu asap.", and "San Francisco must out gay them": https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1o7mexv/trump...

[basisword]

>> He seemed to want free security for his event

Which is really stupid. If I was going to an event and suddenly heard it was so dangerous there that the national guard had been deployed, I would not go to the event. Who would?

[dzhiurgis]

> free security

Why would you need security in any civilised place tho. That’s insane.

[bigyabai]

Guns, in one word. If you prefer longer answers, it's because police are not the rent-a-cop for private property.

There are definitely social situations where additional security is warranted, that should be clear to most Americans. That security has to come at the expense of those who finance contrived social situations on private property, though.

[bananapub]

uh the police literally are the rent-a-cops - this entire thing was about him hiring off-duty cops to stand around, getting paid at cop overtime rates, with their guns, at his conference.

[nitwit005]

Host an event in Texas, and you'll find venues requiring you to hire armed security if alcohol is served. Even weddings.

[rsynnott]

> you'll find venues requiring you to hire armed security if alcohol is served. Even weddings.

... Wait, wtf? Is this real? What's the concern? Like, this sounds like a joke about America, rather than a real thing that happens in America.

[judahmeek]

Key word in parent post was "civilized".

Disclaimer: I live in Texas.

[myvoiceismypass]

Why would you need security at a place like a marathon (say, in Boston). Its just people running and cheering, right?