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- Former President Donald Trump reportedly had qualms with the physique of some Secret Service agents.
- "I want these fat guys off my detail," Trump once said, Washington Post reporter Carol D. Leonnig wrote in her forthcoming book.
- Trump may have mixed up office-based agents with those assigned to actively protect him, per the book.
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President Donald Trump has never been shy to share his opinions on anyone's physique, and Secret Service agents are reportedly no exception.
In a forthcoming book by the Washington Post's Carol D. Leonnig – co-author of the bestselling "A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America" – Trump once got irritated about members of the agency not being in "tippy top shape," as he would put it.
Leonig's new book, "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service," digs into how the Trump family interacted with the agency amid longer standing issues. While some agents were reportedly concerned about possible romances developing between their men and two Trump family members, the former president was more concerned with the appearance and fitness of his detail.
"I want these fat guys off my detail," Trump once said, according to Leonnig in an excerpt obtained by The Guardian. "How are they going to protect me and my family if they can't run down the street?"
He may have been confused about those who are assigned to office roles compared to agents who would normally be assigned to protect him, per Leonnig.
The agency has rigorous fitness standards for agents in the field, with tests involving push-ups, chin-ups, sit-ups and a timed 1.5-mile run, according to the Secret Service website.
To earn top marks, male agents under the age of 50 must complete the 1.5-mile run in 11 minutes and 44 seconds or less.
Prospective agents receive a points-based score for their fitness exams, which helps determine the nature of their assignments. To score any higher than "poor" on the push-ups portion of the exam, agents of all ages must complete more than 20 push ups in a minute.
As for the romances involving agents and Tiffany Trump, his youngest daughter, and Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-wife, Leonnig found that it was unclear if the 45th president was aware of those rumors.