Why the U.S. President Is Almost Impossible to Kill

Feb 5, 2026
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Who are the people protecting the President? How do they prepare for the unthinkable, and what happens when everything is on the line?

This video is largely based on these books:
Carol Leonnig - Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service (2022)
https://www.randomhousebooks.com/book...
Ronald Kessler - In The President’s Secret Service (2009)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p...

Music list:

Artlist:
Roman Soto - Gradation - Creative Cut - Percussion
Adam Dib - Laser Focus
Semo - Countdown
Semo - Mindwipe
Ziv Moran - Under a Weary Moon
Tom Meira Armony - Don’t Look Back - Instrumental version
Roie Shpigler - No Trust - Short version b
Evgeny Bardyuzha - Beneath the Sand
Sebastian Borromeo - A Slient Killer
idokay - It’s Too Late
CK Martin - Underworld
Borden Lulu - Wrath of Ruth
Videmar - Desert Pulse
IamDayLight - The Wild West
Naski - Hunt
Will Van De Crommert - Meditations
Ian Post - Rapid Motion - Drums Version
Tom Meira Armony - EYE

Epidemic Sound:
The Underground Squad - Christian Andersen
Conclusion - Max Anson
Cave Streams - Jon Bjork
Stimuli - Alec Slayne
Make Way for Hearses - Christian Andersen
Not a Game - Michael Rothery
Question Mark - Dream Cave
Enter the Facility - Eden Avery
The Storm Will Come - Dream Cave
Meridian - Luba Hilman
Bulletin World - Out To The World
Augmented Waves - Blue Saga
The Receding - Luba Hilman
Godforsaken - Bonnie Grace
Tracker - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Fragments - Elin Piel
Chasing the Truth - Dream Cave
Unburned Fuel - Hampus Naeselius

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