You have to pick:

but would you get in trouble?

Could do some pretty serious damage if you land badly but unlikely to actually kill you, unless you fail spectacularly at the landing.

I would expect so.

I suspect that the long term ramifications of slapping the president will be worse than those of falling 3-5 meters.

I assume it's not in the spirit of the option to bring along a parachute?

Too bad, I'm gonna bring one anyway.