That’s the excuse you give? If he were president you’d protect him better?” said U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez. “That’s inexcusable.”

The gunman who staked out former President Trump’s West Palm Beach golf corse with an SKS rifle was able to exploit a security hole that the Secret Service has known about for years. News photographers — including those hired by The Post — have had no problem repeatedly securing spots around the perimeter of the course to snap pictures of Trump playing golf or driving around in a golf cart.