Trump returns to scene of assassination attempt and security looks virtually the same

WASHINGTON — President Trump is returning to the site of his most recent assassination attempt Friday — but the Washington Hilton’s security looks remarkably similar to what it did ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.The core issues that allowed alleged gunman Cole Allen to sneak guns into the Hilton ahead of the April 25 dinner remained — including the rental of rooms to guests not associated with the president’s visit and the equally significant lack of ID check or external security screening outside.“Surprised? No.Shocked,” attendee Vincent Fusca said of the security situation — as he disbelievingly looked onto the hotel’s front driveway, where people with luggage and computer bags entered without inspection.Fusca survived the July 2024 Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pa.

— famously pumping his fist alongside a wounded Trump as he shouted “Fight! Fight! Fight!” — and told The Post more should have been done to protect the hotel, considering the Correspondents’ Dinner failures.He said he was “totally, totally shocked — after Butler, and then Charlie Kirk.”At the Correspondents’ Dinner, people had to show a dinner ticket, pre-party invite or proof they were staying at the hotel in the hours closest to the dinner — a screening measure not in effect on Friday for Trump’s remarks to the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual “Road to Majority” conference.The magnetometers immediately before the 1,107-room hotel’s ballroom for Trump’s remarks are in almost exactly the same place, though the stairwell down to the speech venue is closed off by waist-high fencing, requiring attendees to walk about 30 more feet to descend a different set of stairs.Fusca said he would have felt more comfortable with a turnstile checkpoint outside the building, arguing that authorities should have caught Allen in April before he even entered the doors.A Secret Service official told The Post that its measures were “eff...