Anyone would be rattled by almost being shot in the face. I'm sure he will start using it to his advantage soon enough.
He’s not normal. Yes, anyone would be rattled. But have you known anyone who has been scared of being poisoned for 40 years? Yet is a raging narcissist and sociopath?
No doubt it’ll be a new goddamned thing for the MAGAts and Qanuts
Why do you keep flip flopping on whether Trump is a horrible person with personality flaws that deserve mockery, or whether he's a mentally ill person who deserves sympathy? The first one is correct. He's a neurotypical asshole weenie, he is not struggling through a disability and he doesn't deserve any shred of kindness.
I was going to say that he was remarkably well-composed given the circumstances. I had a very close call when driving once and after I was safe I pulled over and cried for 10 minutes. I don't like him, but he handled himself better than I would have. (Probably better than most people without a military background would have.)
I think everyone would act differently when high on the fumes of thousands of people being obsessed with them. He was probably focused solely on his own image in what could've easily been his final moments. Pretty pathetic honestly, if true
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that Trump was never the assassin's intended target. It was Mr. Comperatore that Corey was after, for some personal grudge, and Trump just happened to get in the way.
They were both from PA. Crooks could easily have known Mr. Comperatore.
In all seriousness, though, all respect to Mr. Comperatore and sympathy for his grieving family. And I don't actually believe this was anything other than what it appears: right-wing violence turned against itself, and both an incompetent shooter, and incompetent Secret Service security. Trump got lucky on both counts: he survived an attack, and has a perfect campaign photo.
I'm not sure Mr. comperatore is worthy of your respect, judging by his social media history.
He gets some positive credit for being a retired fireman, and in any case, having contemptible opinions is not justification for a death sentance.
The guy was a bystander, and an unlucky one. I'm sure he has people who loved and will miss him. It'd have been better if the shooter hadn't missed... several times.
Unless I'm actually accidentally right and Trump wasn't the target, which would be still sad but a little funny, too. Really, it's depressing that Crooks was that terrible a shot.
My favorite conspiracy theory is that Trump was never the assassin's intended target. It was Mr. Comperatore that Corey was after, for some personal grudge, and Trump just happened to get in the way.
I mean, fuck Trumpsac with a rusty pineapple sideways, but: we're all lucky he survived; the Reichlings would've made a martyr of him.
the Reichlings would’ve made a martyr of him.
I highly doubt it - right-wing politics don't really work like that. When Verwoerd (of Apartheid-fame) got assassinated, no such thing happened. It barely happened after Mussolini got offed. It certainly didn't happen when Shinzo Abe bit the bullet.
I'd say that if Trump died it would have done a lot more than simply dent the whole "sturm und drang" bs the far-right has been peddling - it would have been a real setback for them. I think the post is correct - it's got Trump and his high-up wannabe-bootlickers in the GOP rattled. Only time will tell how much, though.
Someone should start selling balloons at his rallies.
New hobby: go to Trump rallies and shortly after he starts speaking, scream "he's got a gun!" and run away. It'll be true because someone –if not most everyone– will have a gun.
Isn't that just a rephrasing of that joke conspiracy about JFK? That his head just like, did that?
At the RNC nomination meeting thing last night Trump looked like he'd spent most of the time since the attack literally ugly-crying in horror. Looking forward to hearing his speech when he formally accepts the nomination, and seeing how his new "uniter" persona plays out
When I take over 100 stress at once in Crusader Kings 3.
