Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino credits Trump for saving own life

According to a former member of the Secret Service, former President Donald Trump did what the agency failed to do Saturday: Save his life.

Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and now a radio host, credited Trump for saving his own life by dodging the bullet.

“The bunting around the front of the stage is probably armor," Bongino said on Fox and Friends Sunday. "Donald Trump knew to duck. I mean, most people would. He saved his own life."

Bongino was a Secret Service agent from 1999 to 2011 and was extremely critical of how they reacted Saturday.

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“If that’s the best technology we have, and we had a CS team up there, we’re trained out to 1,000 yards in the Secret Service with the counter sniper team, how did they miss someone, at most 1/5 of the way there?" Bongino asked. "It doesn’t make any sense.”

Bongino wasn't the only one asking questions Sunday, a day after Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was injured in the right ear when a sniper opened fire Saturday evening with an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop about 400 feet outside a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania.

One spectator was killed and two others were "critically injured," the Secret Service said.

The FBI identified the gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, outside Pittsburgh. Crooks was killed by Secret Service agents moments after gunfire erupted at the former president's rally.

While Bongino was crediting Trump for his quick thinking, Trump gave the credit to a higher power.

“Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” Trump wrote on Truth social.

“In this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win. I truly love our Country, and love you all, and look forward to speaking to our Great Nation this week from (the Republican National Convention in) Wisconsin.”

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Did Secret Service do enough to protect Trump? Former agent says no