This is not going to go well, is it?
Covered in blood, shouting 'fight! fight!' to his supporters. Couldn't have wished for a better image.
He’s a lucky f****ng man
If avoiding STIs were 'his Vietnam', I wonder he'll say about this?
Wouldn’t put it past him to have staged this for PR purposes. Including fake blood
America heading into an even darker place.
Attempted shot with a sniper rifle apparently…….
Conspiracy theory hyperdrive from this point on in America.
Could be the Russians stirring the pot? Wouldn’t put it past them in the slightest.
Ignoring all the tempting tin-hat stuff about this being a false flag.
Assuming the shooter is found to be an Anti-Trump lefty this is basically the best possible thing that could have happened to Trump's campaign, he looks like a damn hero.
Everything about this is bad.
Trump’s campaign, he looks like a damn hero.
Everything about this is bad.
Completely agree, how depressing
Weird response from Secret Service. Take him to the deck behind the podium for a few seconds, then let him stand up again and stay there in full view for all the bleeding and fist pumping rather than bundling him off to the side. Very odd.
One of the few people whose death would benefit almost the entire world, but I'd rather he stroked out on the toilet, TBH.
johnstell
Full Member
Could be the Russians stirring the pot? Wouldn’t put it past them in the slightest.
If that were the case and it were proven it could almost be a “positive” in regard to Ukraine at least. A dangerous positive mind you, very dangerous.
I don’t think they would be this brazen though, traceably anyway, or could guarantee they wouldn’t kill him and lets have it, Putin doesn’t want Trump dead.
I suspect this will now ensure Trump wins the GE.
Yeah dead on the bog eating cheeezburgrz is preferable, but not overly picky on the method. This particular outcome however is bigly bad.
Poor old Ukraine. This has probably sealed their fate now.
How could a trained sniper miss something that size?
He’ll be all over media tomorrow, swathed in bandages, and dismissing it as ‘just a flesh wound’ ???
That's Trump winning the election then.
Bit like WWE.
https://twitter.com/danbarker/status/1812257452173525110?t=1jgR5scSSFYh8xBzjkfKZg&s=19
Well that's Ukraine fuct then
Weird response from Secret Service. Take him to the deck behind the podium for a few seconds, then let him stand up again and stay there in full view for all the bleeding and fist pumping rather than bundling him off to the side. Very odd.
Considering the sheer number of armed security in that venue the shooter was probably dead within seconds, hence why they let him back up.
How could a trained sniper miss something that size?
It can't have been a sniper in the professional/traditional sense, there were quite a few shots fired in quick succesion by the sound on the clip, they don't operate like that, you have to re-aim as the recoil would make it impossible to fire that fast and get anywhere near your target on follow up shots.
I would say false flag/staged, but I can't see trump wanting his hair messed up like that in public, so who knows.
He’s obvs better than Abraham Lincoln, JFK and all those other losers who didn’t know how to handle a sniper the way he does
…and where’s Melania?!!! Makes you think
It can’t have been a sniper in the professional/traditional sense, there were quite a few shots fired in quick succesion by the sound on the clip,
I'm. Guessing the other shots were security shooting the shooter
I'm also predicting the politics of the shooter will be complex
But if it was I any doubt Trump has now won the election and Ukraine is stuffed
Considering the sheer number of armed security in that venue the shooter was probably dead within seconds, hence why they let him back up.
Even if they had confirmation that this attacker was dead, assuming that this was the only shooter also seems curious.
Confirmation from the local sheriff's office that the shooter and at least one member of the audience is dead.
You can hear "shooter down!" in the video, so I suspect the identity of the shooter will shed more light on this. There are several gunshots, and its hard to make out what were from the shooter, and what were security/police, shooting the shooter.
This Biden interview in the last week will not play well in retrospect.
“I have one job, and that’s to beat Donald Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that. So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye,” Biden said.
Republican politicians have used bullseye motifs on campaigning materials and rightly faced criticism, he won't get off lightly for this.
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Wouldn’t put it past him to have staged this for PR purposes. Including fake blood"
That aged well.
? You have to admit everything is possible to Trump. Incidental casualties just as likely to be staged or sad collateral in his fight against the system
What if it was an "offical act of the president" ?
Like other I fear this will aid his campain.
Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump minutes after he was rushed from the stage at his rally.
The billionaire wrote: "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery."
He later posted a photograph of Trump with the message: "Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt."
The American hero narrative already being pushed.
Wonder if he’ll defend the shooters right to have a gun
Wonder if he’ll defend the shooters right to have a gun
It is, of course, the official position of the Republican Party, that the people should have the right to bear arms. The fact that the actual position is that a lawful militia should have the right to bear arms, not a lawless rabble conveniently passes them by…
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Any rational person would think this to be perfectly reasonable for protecting one’s family and their rights…
Trump just won the election.
This is the moment Trump won the election...
Barring something absolutely <incredible>, anyway.
This is the picture Americans and history will remember.
If we let ourselves assume it was someone opposed to Trump regaining office that attempted the assassination, their actions have almost definitely caused the opposite to occur.
Yep, this is going to go down as one of those "top 10 moments that defined the 21st Century" or similar isn't it?
crazy-legs
Full Member
Yep, this is going to go down as one of those “top 10 moments that defined the 21st Century” or similar isn’t it?
Definitely. I can almost see a timeline stretching forward into the future from today.
Ukraine is basically buggered now which deepens me sadly and is likely to lead to further conflicts in Europe in the decades to come.
I should qualify things here, I have no wish to see the dick head assassinated but the attempt itself has now almost certainly unleashed another trump presidency onto the world. Right at a time it really, really didn't need it.
In that instant after the shots, when he knew he likely wasn't badly hurt, you could see he almost knew instinctively that this would be the election winner for him.
Let's face it, there is likely to be more blood shed after this. Directly as a result of the attempt and globally given time.
The world just got a little bit more dangerous.
Appears to be footage of counter sniper team returning fire. Several shot within 2 seconds of Trump's hand going to his ear.
Europe and Ukraine are in big trouble. Trump, Congress and Supreme Court will almost certainly now be totally MAGA aligned come November. USA, China and Russia will all likely be Fascist/Authoritarian states within a year. US has a strong isolationist bent which Trump expresses, and a hatred of Zelensky, admiration for Putin. We have already been warned he has little use for NATO. I can see the US leaving and allowing other superpowers their own ‘zone of influence’.
It may be that Europe will see no option but to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. Hard to see Poland and the Baltics simply hoping for the best. This might need to happen before November/January.
Grim!
I think the Secret Service have got some major questions to answer
How could the witness on the BBC see the rifle and gunman, be shouting about it to police, yet no reaction to move Trump off stage?
If, after the shooting, they can identify the gunman quickly enough to shoot him within seconds he must have been very visable so how was he not seen prior to shooting Trump?
Secret Service seem very preoccupied with suits and shades but have come up short here
You got to credit the guy. All the campaign money in the world couldn't buy an image as good as the one of him bloodied, defiant fist held high with American flag flying proud above him
FBI identifies 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania as the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Trump.
NBC News
Lots of comments saying he was a registered Republican, however that twists things if true
Reddit suggesting that the person identified as a gunman was a registered Republican. Although Reddit also suggested that a completely innocent person was responsible for the Boston Bombings, so...
How could the witness on the BBC see the rifle and gunman, be shouting about it to police, yet no reaction to move Trump off stage?
People say all sorts of stuff immediately after a violent event that turns out to be not quite accurate...
Wonder if he’ll defend the shooters right to have a gun
This will be used to go after the Democrats, not gun owners. In the paranoid world of US right wing politics this will be the 'globalists' going after their man, and the fact that's he's a registered Republican will be a false flag.
What bunker for next 5 years?
