Secret Service prepares for President Trump's visit to Chicago suburbs – NBC 5 Chicago

Secret Service prepares for President Trump’s visit to Chicago suburbs  NBC 5 Chicago

The Secret Service is preparing for President Donald Trump's visit to a northwest suburb of Chicago sometime this weekend for a golf tournament. Medinah Country Club is getting ready to host one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world, with President Donald Trump expected to be among the spectators this weekend. Patrick Fazio reports on preparations for the president’s visit. The Secret Service is preparing for President Donald Trump's visit to a northwest suburb of Chicago sometime this weekend for the Presidents Cup golf tournament. The event that expects to bring 30,000 people to Medinah Country Club, located at 6N001 Medinah Road in Medinah, is likely to cause traffic, said Derek Mayer, U.S.

Secret Service special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office. “Obviously, when the president goes anywhere, that adds some security. So, the day the president’s going to be here, traffic will be tight,” Mayer said. Mayer also said the impacts will be felt by people traveling by air. “Whenever the president goes somewhere, there’s, you know, freezes, there’s ground freezes. But it’s going to be no different here than it would be anywhere else in the United States when the president goes somewhere,” he said. The PGA Tour and DuPage authorities are taking security "very seriously" for the event, Mayer said. "There will be a