Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. | Getty Trump: I am 'the best thing that's ever happened' to the Secret Service

Donald Trump said he was “the best thing to happen to the Secret Service” during a Thursday morning conference.

Following his lengthy keynote speech on Thursday night, Trump alluded to the Secret Service getting “hit a little bit over the last couple of years,” but maintained they were “unbelievable.”


“First of all, the Secret Service is unbelievable,” the Republican nominee said. “I'm the best thing that's ever happened to the secret service. Because I go around, mark and all these guys, I go around saying how great they are. They are great. These are great, great people.”

In the past, Trump has been swarmed by Secret Service officers during rallies that turned chaotic. After a young man was arrested for attempting to kill him, he praised his security detail.

“I can tell you this: we have tremendous Secret Service and we have tremendous police throughout this country, and I think they did a fantastic job," he said last month.

Trump's "hit a little bit" statement is likely a reference to scandals that have marred the security organization in the past few years. In 2015, a surveillance video caught two agents drunk driving in the White House, and an officer was arrested later that year for breaking into a woman’s home. In 2012, a group of agents were involved in sex scandal after bringing a group of prostitutes to their hotel room in Colombia.