How Good Is President Trump's Security Protection?

President Donald Trump. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Business Insider: Nancy Pelosi's daughter said she was able to hand Trump a bottle of water in the White House without anyone checking for contamination

* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra handed President Donald Trump a water bottle in the White House without anyone checking it for contamination, according to a new book about the president.
* Alexandra Pelosi was directing a film at the White House when the incident happened six weeks after Trump was sworn in, the book, titled "A Very Stable Genius," said, according to an excerpt of it published in Vanity Fair.
* Pelosi, who had been to the White House before, said it was highly unusual for her to witness such a lax security system.

The daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was able to hand a bottle of water to President Donald Trump without having anyone check for contamination, according to a new book about the White House.

An excerpt from "A Very Stable Genius," written by the Washington Post journalists Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, highlighted a glaring security lapse in the White House that took place six weeks after Trump's inauguration. Vanity Fair published the excerpt on Monday.

Alexandra Pelosi had been directing the filming of a documentary inside the White House on March 1, 2017, when the president appeared, the book said.

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WNU Editor: Was the bottle already opened? President Trump is known to be a "germaphobe". If it was opened, I would be surprised if he took a gulp from it. This is also another event that makes me wonder (and worry) on how good is President Trump's security detail. There are after-all a lot of people who want him dead .... Iranian MP puts $3m bounty on President Donald Trump's head (Al Jazeera).