Assassination attempt on Donald Trump - threadbans in OP

Wow this could have an interesting effect in the election.

Putin will be spending Sunday in front of the TV with popcorn

I'm amazed he hasn't done so already. Any details known about the guy so far? I'm sure he published some manifesto rant online somewhere

Palpatine becomes the Emperor and his wrath will be strong.

Dictator for a day will become dictator for a lifetime.

Thomas Matthew Crooks

Thank Christ the shooter appears to have been a 'lone gunman' type.

I doubt it.

People living in their media bubble in the States have lost their sense of perspective where common sense, basic humanity and logic is concerned.

I'd compare it to:

" people are saying it's a pity the bullet missed Hitler, I hope there will be repercussions".

Americans have absolutely no idea how much Trump is despised, rejected, feared ( not by us, but for you and your country), ridiculed and loathed. He is the exact opposite of everything that was ever good. Republicans, who for years have always been traditionally the bad guys due to the kind of people representing and attracted to, are so far gone that they have absolutely no idea that they are on the wrong side of history.

I used the word "media" above in its literally sense. Trump sympathisers will see that word, stop reading, and completely focus on it as they think it jabs at Trump. That's how fearfully ridiculous it is.

Donald Trump is a dangerous narcissistic who should not be allowed anywhere near power. Stop protecting a potential dictator.

I'd doubt he even knows who Simon is

Do you think you are living in a media bubble, ever ask yourself that?

Trump will easily win this election. Democrats don't have an answer to Trump.

Future politics is moving to the right in the western world

The mods on Politics.ie are in panic over this.

Trump shot himself seems to be the P.ie party line atm.

Bless, it's been a tough time for them with the narratives they peddle over there beginning to crumble under their feet.

Frankly Trump brought this on himself.

He's the instigator of much of the hate and violence in US politics, and frankly he's getting some of his own medicine.

Reminds me of Paul Murphy complaining about protests outside his home. Another who instigated the personal nature of protests yet didn't like it when it bit back at him.

At least Murphy seems to have understood the connection and has been less personal in his attacks. Trump is likely to double down.

But it wouldn't surprise me if it was staged (joking - this is what far right stupids would say it it was biden who was shot at)

He was president. Perhaps he might have got some training on how to react if he heard shots etc from the SS.

All he did was duck behind the podium.

Not helped by CNN, MSNBC, ABC et al screeching to heavens that Trump is "A threat to our democracy" and harping on about a Think Tank Document (Project 2025) that is not Trump's actual policy.

Also not helped by an incumbent President's Ad campaign that repeatedly calls Trump "A threat to our Democracy" and, again, harping on about Project 2025.

Now Joe is going to pull his ad campaign that mentions all that. Funny how that works.