# Secret Service vs the President: What if the president wants to do something the Secret Service opposes?

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-vs-the-president-what-if-the-president-wants-to-do-something-the-secret-service-opposes/948492/57 "2022-07-02T17:50:53Z")

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I’ve heard that joke usually in its flagpole form

> [@Is a Sergeant Ever a "Sir"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-sergeant-ever-a-sir/346137/36):
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> There’s a joke, but it pretty well illustrates the difference. At a West Point physics class, the instructor said he’d give them a problm, and ask for oral solutions. He said there was a 25-foot flagpole laying on the ground. It weighed 300 lbs. There was a cement block in the ground with a hole for the base of the pole. As an officer, you have a sergeant and five privates at your disposal. How would you erect the flagpole? Each cadet offered various ideas from block and tackle to a rope wit…

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