Secret Service allegedly delayed Trump's Nashville speech following security lapse

Former President Trump's speech in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend was briefly delayed by the Secret Service over another security concern, just two weeks after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania, according to reports.

Trump was prepared to take the stage on Saturday afternoon inside the Music City Center for the 2024 Bitcoin conference when Secret Service agents had him wait as two credentialed and screened attendees were removed from the venue for not following proper entry protocols, according to the New York Post and Fox 17.

The former president was told by his Secret Service detail to wait until the two individuals were located before he could take the stage to give his keynote address.

A Secret Service spokesperson told both outlets that there was never a threat to Trump.

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"It was determined that there was no protective interest with these individuals and there was never a threat to the former president," the spokesperson said.

Both individuals were questioned by law enforcement after they were found and removed from the event, the New York Post reported. Neither person was charged in connection with the incident.

The two people were stopped at an initial checkpoint before bypassing the second screening, according to the outlet.

It remains unclear how the individuals made it past the screening.

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This comes after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, when gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire. One spectator was killed while other attendees were wounded. Trump suffered injuries to his ear in the incident.

The shooting in Pennsylvania led to bipartisan criticism of the Secret Service over the security lapse, as congressional lawmakers look to investigate how Crooks managed to make it onto the roof of a building outside the perimeter at the rally and have a line of sight of the former president to take a shot with his firearm.

Now-former Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has since resigned over the security lapses.

On this day in history, July 30, 1956, 'In God We Trust' is declared national motto

On this day in history, July 30, 1956, the 84th Congress passed a joint resolution declaring "IN GOD WE TRUST" to be the national motto of the United States, according to History.com.

Passing in both the House and the Senate unanimously and without debate, the resolution replaced "E pluribus unum," which had existed before as a de facto official motto, the same source noted.

Just two years earlier, on June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, said History.com. 

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Before this bill, the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, originally written in 1892, had contained no reference to religion.

The phrase "In God is our Trust" appears in the 1814 poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" by Francis Scott Key, noted the National Museum of American History. 

The poem was written in reaction to the British invasion in 1812, the same source indicated. 

Key wrote, "And this be our motto — ’In God is our Trust’" in the poem’s final stanza. 

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The poem became the basis of the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," the National Museum of American History said.

The phrase is also woven into other aspects of American history. 

The official use of "In God We Trust" dates back to the Civil War era, reported The Pew Research Center.

In 1861, the Rev. M. R. Watkinson, a Christian minister from Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase requesting "the recognition of the Almighty God in some form on our coins," according to the same source. 

Sec. Chase agreed and instructed the director of the mint to prepare a motto for use on coins. 

The director proposed "God, Our Trust," but Chase altered the phrase to "In God We Trust," which first appeared on a two-cent coin in 1864, according to The Pew Research Center. 

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The following year, Congress authorized the mint to put the motto on all silver and gold coins that had space for the phrase, the same source indicated.

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The first paper currency bearing the motto entered circulation on Oct. 1, 1957, when it appeared on the $1 silver certificate, according to Politico. 

"Gradually, as new indigo printing processes were perfected, the motto was printed on all currency denominations. 

The initial idea of adding the motto to paper currency came from George Humphrey, Eisenhower’s Treasury secretary," said the same source.

On Nov. 2, 2001, the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the national motto. 

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It was approved 396-9, with two abstentions, according to PBS. 

The measure was sponsored by Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., the same source indicated. 

"In God We Trust" continues today to be displayed on all U.S. currency and on government buildings throughout our nation.

"No longer religious in nature, the phrase has become, rather, a historical artifact, a public recognition of the role of religion in national life, and an expression of patriotism," said the Free Speech Center of Middle Tennessee State University. 

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