President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening that he had nominated Sean Curran, the long-time head of his personal Secret Service detail, to serve as the director of the U.S. Secret Service, drawing a rather ominous response from conservative media mogul and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino.

Curran was among the quick-thinking agents who rushed to protect Trump during an attempted assassination on July 13. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Curran’s appointment an “honor.”

“Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service,” the president wrote. “He is brilliant leader, who is capable of directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex Special Security Events in the History of our Country, and the World.

“He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania. I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before,” Trump added.

Shortly after the announcement, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, now a conservative media mogul, posted an ominous tweet on X. “Don’t blame me. I tried,” Bongino wrote without further explanation.

Don’t blame me. I tried.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 23, 2025

Many users on the platform assumed that Bongino was upset over the pick or that perhaps he did not fully trust Curran, though some were giving Trump the benefit of the doubt while others wanted Bongino in the role.

“Curran has a very good reputation among most agents and in the broader Secret Service community as a whole, though some have expressed concern that he lacks managerial experience and will need to have to switch gears and change his personality from a shift agent and team leader to a much more forceful presence to truly shake up the agency, clean house, and bring about the reforms that so many current and former agents believe the agency desperately needs,” Real Clear Politics reported.

“Considering the two assassination attempts against Trump in the final months of the campaign, the president-elect’s choice for Secret Service director is one the most personal and significant decisions for the incoming administration,” the outlet continued.

“One of the most powerful points working in Curran’s favor for his selection is his role in repeatedly requesting more security assets for Donald Trump’s campaign, despite hitting a brick wall on most of those requests from the Secret Service’s leadership over the course of more than two years,” the report said.