I think incompetence, not conspiracy, explains the Secret Service debacle. But one of the reasons the director should resign is that in this climate, such stunning failure breeds conspiracy theorizing. When you say you can't have a Secret Service sniper on a sloped roof, rational people are like "Are you f**king kidding me? That can't be it." When leaders of the institutions appear to be gaslighting to stay in power, you should expect people to think they must be covering up something. Faith and trust in institutions erodes when leaders of those institutions refuse to honor that trust and take responsibility.
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