I do believe you've got that one nailed, Cletus. No matter if the real objective was "beatdown-an-innocent-jahnahlist" or an assassination.
Either way, it would have been a BigWinna for the DS. Brand Q and everybody ever heard of him/them/it as criminally violent either way and maybe 187 POTUS as a bonus.
....although that "bonus" depends altogether too much on public acceptance of the MSM/CIA Cover Story (Said the cold-eyed guy who hasn't bought a word either one of those [BLEEP]s have pitched since '66...and taught all the rest of the family to do the same.).
On the brighter side, I've had another validation of the high marks I was giving to Trump's security ever since I saw 'em in action during the 2016 campaign. Don't know if they're his private guys, USSS, Marines or all of the above but I send BRAVO ZULU all around.
:: maybe 187 POTUS ::
To quote Cboldt(?): What are the odds of that? And, slim just left town.
:: “beatdown-an-innocent-jahnahlist” ::
You’ve given me a new word with your spelling-out of a Hahvahd accent: “jourhadi-ist”.
ThanQ.