Author Douglas Murray has reacted to diversity picks at the Secret Service as they aim to have 30 per cent woman recruits by 2030.

“Why does she want 30 per cent women? Why?” Mr Murray told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.

“You don’t need 30 per cent women, you just need 100 per cent the best. That’s all.

“It just sickens me to see these things, the smugness, the stupid lack of questioning of the premises of this – what does it matter what the DEI quota is if you almost had a former president assassinated on live television in front of millions.”