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Current and past presidents are prohibited from driving.
you're gonna have to drop a source for that.
because, no, they're not. the Secret Service provides a driver specially trained for the risks a president might face, and very strongly insists, but they're not "prohibited" from driving simply because they're presidents.
to be clear, the secret service cannot prohibit the president from doing anything they really want to do. Even if it's totally stupid for them to do that. (This includes, for example, Trump's routine weekend round of golf at Turd-o-Lardo)
Was Trump lying when he said the SS wouldn't take him back to the capital on Jan 6?
I could definitely see him lying about that so he doesn't look like he abandoned his supporters during the coup, but I could also see the driver being like "I can't endanger you, mr president" and ignoring his requests.
Definitely not. There is no way in hell the secret service would have taken the president to that shit show. Doesn't mean that they would have physically arrested him if he insisted going on his own, however.