I’m not getting a strong ‘condemnation of violence’ vibe from this post, but I’ll assume the best.
tragic loss of one life at the hands of a deranged lunatic and it’s a good thing the secret service put him down before he claimed any more victims.
Shooting people is wrong. Killing innocents in a crowd is wrong. The amount of hatred and violence that Trump has spawned in the U.S. was always going to stir up this type of reaction. It honestly surprises me it took so long for someone to try to take him out. Man I would never go anywhere near a US politician in public, talk about making yourself collateral damage to the millions of gun totting nut jobs that call themselves America.
There will be revenge attacks now, from the MAGA loonies, we all know it. My pick is Harris will be their number one target to ensure the a black female can never be President in a stepping in for Biden scenario.
The U.S. created this culture, they worship their right to bear arms under their constitution and the NRA take that to the bank.
It interests me how this will effect Trump mentally. What we know of his mental state, is that he is a psychopath. People who know him claim he is a coward (I dunno about that I personally have no point of reference on that score, what I do know from seeing him is that he is definitely a high grade Psychopath).
Trump because of his Narcissism will be experiencing an existential crisis and a Narcissistic injury. Up until now he has been bullet proof, he has been able to say dangerous and divisive lies at will with no blow back. Today life kicked him hard, and gave him a taste of reality which he has never had to deal with in his life before.
I have been on the wrong end of a gun barrel, been shot at, held hostage, it is not fun. Trump knows those fears now. He knows there are people out there that want to kill him for real. Were it not for his need to use the Presidency to give him legal immunity you could easily imagine him throwing in the towel and running for the hills.
Trump has two choices, either he makes himself safe here, or he doubles down and weaponizes this assassination attempt and holds more Rallies to show he is not beaten.
My sense is, the rat in a corner will come out attacking anything and everything in its path.
Now the gloves are off, Trump will aim his militias at individuals and those people will end up victims of Trumpism. The Psychopath was literally yelling Fight from the Lectern while the secret service were trying to get him off stage. That right there is the wrong type of human being to be leading anyone let alone the most powerful country in the world.