Choose one: Law enforcement at Trump shooting was either incompetent or complicit

Mises Wire ^ | 07/17/2024 | Ryan McMaken

[jmacusa]

I’ve heard it said that a good soldier has to be on guard at all times while his enemy only has to get lucky once.

This kid was damn lucky.

I did a little target shooting and gun safety course when I was a kid.

This kid looks like he had coke bottle glasses and like he may have had eye sight issues.

Like I said, this kid was damn lucky.

Now he’s dead. That’s a good thing.

[antceecee]

Eggs-zactly!

[antceecee]

Agree

[cold start]

You are probably right about this being a systematic failure but the fact that Trump wasn't the sitting President nor the nominee was a completely unique situation for the Secret service. Most past Presidents haven't been out & about like Trump nor were they campaigning this long & hard.The Secret Service would have been in somewhat uncharted territory and with the present political dispensation hostile to Trump, adequate resources were probably not sanctioned. Trump's team should have hired private security ages ago to help secure the gaps.

The failures of security in this case would not have been an isolated occurrence. There is a very high likelihood that this has happened before but without someone testing it like the shooter did in this case.

In most cases, it's the appearance of formidable security apparatus that dissuades somebody from trying their luck. That facade has been shattered. That's never good news.

[antceecee]

I agree with your point of view. The intention to eliminate Trump is quite clear.

[antceecee]

Yes, I saw that footage.

[rrrod]

This is all on the Feds.

[JohnBovenmyer]

> In other words: Dr Jill and Kimberly Cheatle planned the assassination and almost no one else really grasped what was happening.

Not enough brainpower between the two of them to have done that. Look elsewhere. Not sure the two together are smart enough to accurately relay sufficient orders from puppet masters. Jill’s alleged Rasputin, Bernal, is in a plausible position and might have the required brain and morals. But I have zero evidence for that, just morbid curiosity as the guy once attended my Alma Mater.

[wardaddy]

Erik Prince on speed dial would be my resort

[wardaddy]

I trust him and his 20,000 man army more than any of the alphabet agencies when it comes to Trump and safeguarding his life plus his guys work protecting folks who are shot at or bombed regularly

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Well, it’s certainly going to get more interesting and has been already, day by day. I’m NOT talking about you at all, but it’s tedious to endure all of the little minds that spread baseless conjectures and rumors or post crap as “fact”. We’re only seven days in and too many people are becoming Oliver Stone; they’re trained to overthink every damn thing.