The Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump

National Review ^ | 7/13/2024 | The Editors

[jeannineinsd]

The nation escaped an unspeakable tragedy that would have been profoundly destabilizing for the country by perhaps a few centimeters.

As it is, what happened in Butler, Pa., is godawful enough. A gunman tried to assassinate former president Donald Trump and grazed his ear with a bullet, while killing one rally-goer and seriously injuring others. This was a heinous act of violence and an attack on American democracy.

Trump’s reaction was truly extraordinary and will long be remembered. After Secret Service officers threw themselves on the former president and then picked him up to begin to take him to safety, he insisted on pausing on the stage, with blood streaming down his face, and pumping his fist to the crowd and repeatedly mouthing the word, “fight!”

The video and photographs of the episode will long be symbols of the current political era and of the Trump phenomenon. Trump’s presence of mind and sense of the moment, after having just been nearly killed and perhaps while still in mortal peril, speak to his natural talents and instincts as a politician and populist symbol.

Many of the condemnations of the shooting have included calls for lowering the temperature of our politics. If that is to mean anything, it should include an end to the fevered insistence that a second Trump term would be the equivalent of the Third Reich, which, if taken seriously, justifies any means of resistance up to and including assassination.

Given the collapse of faith in our institutions and the elevated emotions around this event, the authorities must be completely transparent about what transpired at the rally and be absolutely certain that they are putting out only accurate information. The Secret Service officers who jumped on Trump performed ably, but there will inevitably be questions about how, according to early reports, the would-be assassin was able to climb a nearby roof with a rifle undetected by security while bystanders pointed him out.

If the bullet that wounded Trump had traveled a slightly different path, we would have witnessed earlier this evening one of the most horrifying events in American history. It would have deepened the sense of crisis gripping our country and would have had unforeseeable consequences, none of them good. Sometimes the course of history depends on margins just that small.

[Dr. Sivana]

Because it wasn’t inches, it was fractions of an inch.

Then it likely was "centimeters" either, unless it was more than 4/5's of an inch and less than one inch away.

How about using "fractions of an inch", or "hair's breadth"?

[Mark was here]

Thanks, I needed that.

[Albion Wilde]

I have held a grudge against the National Review for eight years, since their terrible "Against Trump" issue in 2016. I do, however, appreciate this editorial

Long before that, they covered the entire previous presidential contests with Obama as if he were their chosen candidate, running his picture on nearly every cover, which is when I quit them. As for this belated piece of common decency, it's much too little and years too late; and they can stuff it up their poo chutes.

National Review Squanders Its Legacy; Disdains Founder Bill Buckley's Advice
by Albion Wilde

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“A representative Republic is a type of democracy. Will people look this up?”

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That’s way too advanced for the dummies who always chant “We’re not a democracy” when it comes up. It seems nuance is out of their reach.

[Albion Wilde]

Trump needs to cancel these events since Biden woke SS staff wants Trump dead. People will understand.

Elon Musk will figure out a way to have virtual events for him. He has come out in support of Trump and put his money where his mouth is.

[Albion Wilde]

I always respected National Review as a sober, level-headed magazine staffed by literate, knowledgeable writers.

Open and read the underlined link at post 123 of this thread.

...imagine my surprise when I discovered these journalistic titans were actually deeply influenced by the girly newsgirls on teevee moaning "Trump? He's icky. What's with his hair? So gross. I'm so not done with s**t-posting about him."

Fixed it.

[Albion Wilde]

No fear, no wincing just grabbed the side of his head and had a sort of wtf? kind of look on his face. Then he recognized the situation almost immediately and dropped. I think that qualifies as passing a cognitive test. :)

Excellent observation!

And unlike Sleepy Joe Biden Tse Tung, the first thing Trump did, that same afternoon, was to publicly thank the SS and LEOs, and express condolences for the family of the one who died, and concern for the injured. Heart and class, all the way. He will deal with the SS incompetence and treachery later.

[Albion Wilde]

Maybe PDJT needs to pay for his own team?

He had his own guy when he entered the White House, but it somehow ran afoul of existing law. It's SS or nothing—sort of like installing aftermarket parts in your car nullifies your warranty. No one foresaw the utter jackals we are dealing with now.

[Albion Wilde]

[Albion Wilde]

the authorities must be completely transparent about what transpired at the rally and be absolutely certain that they are putting out only accurate information.

Oh, I'm sure they're going to.

[Albion Wilde]

“Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and thy name is worthy of praise, and glorious for evermore” (Dan. 3: 26). Hallelujah, hallelujah! Amen. 🙏🏻✝️

Amen!

[Albion Wilde]

I remember the lefty heads exploding when Trump sat in Churchill's chair on his first trip to England as POTUS (photo by Sarah Huckabee Sanders):

[Albion Wilde]

“When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

[Albion Wilde]

[Liz]

Trump has to resist being a “nice guy”.......like he did letting Hillary off the hook.

[Albion Wilde]

Sundance posted this incredible diagram from Dan Scavino of a cross section of Trump's head from above, and the angle of the shot if his head had not turned just before the shot:

[Albion Wilde]

Anyone think there’s something to this? https://youtu.be/Ey0qVzG8_vU?t=660

[Liz]

Call Congress: (202) 224-3121 U.S. House switchboard operator.

Message: Subpoena these lawmakers. Taxpayers demand to know who organized this heinous assault on democracy-----exposing candidates to harm and assassination----and the number of tax dollars and tax-subsidized aides and office supplies that were used in this atrocity.

[TigersEye]

Excellent observation! And unlike Sleepy Joe Biden Tse Tung, the first thing Trump did, that same afternoon, was to publicly thank the SS and LEOs, and express condolences for the family of the one who died, and concern for the injured. Heart and class, all the way.

I knew he would. I'm sure you did too before he said anything and thanks for the compliment.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

46:14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOyZJ5wVxI

you’re welcome