Former President threatens ‘largest deportation’ in US history – as it happened

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It's not clear exactly what was discussed when, reportedly, Donald Trump met with the Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, two days ago, not long after an assassination attempt on the former president's life when he was shot during a campaign rally in Butler county, Pennsylvania, last weekend.

A Trump campaign adviser did not confirm or deny the meeting and referred the Reuters news wire, which reported the news citing the TV network that broke the story, ABC, to the Secret Service.