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“Very Active in Waters Sports”: The Secret Service Requires Jet Skis to Protect the Trumps

The Secret Service needs special equipment to protect the family.
Ivanka Trump  blows a kiss to the crowd as she leaves the stage with her husband Jared Kushner  and her brother Donald...
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“Water sports” probably aren’t the first words that come to mind when you think of the Trump family, unless you’re thinking of about an alleged tape involving the president, a handful of prostitutes, and bodily fluids. More obvious word associations include “corruption,” “golf,” and “the Beverly Hillbillies.” Apparently, though, aquatic sports play such a major role in the Trump family’s daily life that the Secret Service needs to acquire a pair of Jet Skis to protect them.

Newsweek reports that the federal agency tasked with protecting the president, his wife, and his offspring have requested two Kawaski Jet Skis, water craft that retail from $9,999 to $15,299. According to the Secret Service, such items are necessary due to the family’s propensity for spending much of their time in Mar-a-Lago, in addition to the Hamptons, on the open seas. “President Trump and his family spend several weeks throughout the year in Mara Largo FL and Hamptons NY. The First Family is very active in water sports,” reads the request, first flagged by reporter Scott McFarlane. It adds, “Several family members along with their [guests] participate in open water activities for which USSS Special Agent Rescue Swimmers are responsible. SA’s have rented watercraft with their [own] personal funds to allow them to be near our protectees in various water environments to fulfill the USSS Rescue Swimmer mission.”

Presumably the Jet Skis are being purchased to protect one of Trump’s children, as the president typically likes to expend as little energy as possible, and his only known form of exercise is cheating at golf, a habit that is on track to cost taxpayers more than $340 million. Last month, Politico reported that the Secret Service spent thousands of dollars to accompany Don Jr. on a trip to hunt stone sheep in the Yukon mountains.

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