Up until Kennedy, we had a president assassinated about once every two decades. In olden times, Reagan would have died. He/we were very lucky on that one.
We were due in 2000 for the next attempt, and are about 36 years overdue right now.
Trump/we are not safe even after he has been elected.
The man has been so demonized that some evil and or sick person may actually try to kill him.
He will need the absolute top notch protection our SS can give him.
If they let him slip through their fingers, I’m going to be one livid citizen.
I guess no one knows for sure where Flight 93 was headed on 9/11 but either Congress or the White House are usually listed as targets.
And Bush wasn't there -- but that's probably luck as much as anything. Imagine the president being hit by a jetliner shortly after the 2000 election. The whole "election year ending in zero" curse would have been a big topic. But I guess Reagan's survival ended the curse.
Kennedy and Reagan stood against many powerful interests. I guess it takes 20 years or so for someone with a spine to stand against them again.
You won’t be the only livid citizen
William Henry Harrison, who defeated Tecumseh's people at the battle of Tippecanoe, was the first President to die in office. From then until Reagan's survived the assassination attempt, every President elected in a year ending in zero died in office (not necessarily from an assassination).
1840: William Henry Harrison, 1841
1860: Abraham Lincoln, 1865
1880: James A. Garfield, 1881
1900: William McKinley, 1901
1920: Warren G. Harding, 1923
1940: Franklin Roosevelt, 1945
1960: John F. Kennedy, 1963