Assassination attempt on Donald Trump - threadbans in OP

America is an open air asylum. Should be ashamed of itself.

Is is confirmed Trump was shot by a pellet gun and the teenager responsible was subsequently killed by secret service?

You do know he's a proven rapist, right? He hasn't been dehumanised half enough.

You’d have to say it seems to have been a staged event

An ar-15 so standard school shooter style of weapon. One other person is dead and another is in a serious condition.

great ratings to be fair.

Time for some perspective….

First off, an assassination attempt on a political figure - REGARDLESS of what you may think of him, his politics, behaviour or history - is NEVER acceptable in a democracy or even just a civilised society. Some of the comments overnight on this thread are frankly an embarrassment and those posting such idiocy should take a long, hard look at themselves this morning.

Secondly, despite all the vitriol and whining from some of the regulars posting on this thread and the others, Trump has a legitimate right (barring any further legal actions against him) to run again for office under the American political system. It's up to the American people to decide if he's fit for office, not some hyper-obsessed posters on a small Irish forum and certainly not some extremist with a gun.

Thirdly, the most damaging thing that has occurred in America in the last decade is not the "rise of Trump", but the rise of this divisive, aggressive and polarised style of debate and politics - this simplistic "good/bad", "with us or against us", "if you support this, you must automatically support that" reasoning that has spread not only through that country but to the rest of the Western world thanks to the cancer that is much of social media, and which we here in Ireland have soaked up like a sponge at not only individual levels, but in media and politics here as well - the effects of which have been very evident and damaging on a multitude of key issues facing our own country.

Fourthly, the most worrying aspect of the current situation in America is not which of the two old men being offered is the best choice (in my view NEITHER is fit for office incidentally), but the effect it's having on America itself. We are watching a country which has never really gotten a handle on its internal divisions and social problems slide into an abyss regardless of which "side" wins. I genuinely could see a situation in the coming years where the Union splits or a state of civil war erupts no matter which of them is ultimately elected (and Harris would be no better in preventing that either!)

This is something which we in the West should be extremely concerned about, for we have have already seen how several of America's historical enemies are prepared and indeed moving to take advantage of the instability and paralysis caused by this internal conflict (eg: Putin). We in the West have a naivety, or perhaps more a conceit or arrogance, that everyone else wants to be like us - not so, in many cases they simply want what we have and are prepared to take actions that we are no longer able to decisively respond to (again, Putin). It doesn't have to involve soldiers or tanks either as we've seen with the use of again social media to poison the democratic process or sow dissent among domestic populations. It doesn't even have to be foreign actors doing these things either as we've seen even here in Ireland with the one-sided coverage and "far right" (or far left!) screeching on many key issues we face.

A strong, politically united America is something we need to support our way of life and the ideals we've adopted, yet watching some of the regulars here be short of breaking out the popcorn over an assassination attempt on someone they simply don't like is not only ridiculous, it's INCREDIBLY short-sighted. This isn't reality TV or fantasy entertainment - it's the future of a country and perhaps the future of our own in some respects that hangs in the balance at this stage.

Explain how it's staged? Who would have had to have been in on it? Who would have had to agree to it? How do you stage it?

Or is it easier just to throw out a conspiracy theory and move on?

Sure it was … I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you too.

i ll give you a fiver for it….

…seriously though!

tighter gun control! come on now, that would only make sense!

Some people here are American and/or live there though. Even you aren't, it still has an effect on the world. No one gets as worked up about Irish politics because it's inconsequential on the world stage, sorry to say. But an inordinate amount of Irish people get outraged about things that have nothing to do with them, I agree

If this is a real video it's hard to make what from it, the security sniper would have had the shooter in his scope but waited for him to set up take a shot before acting?

https://x.com/i/status/1812325846386102426

One photo suggests a direct hit to the head just above his right ear but it seems the gun wasn't powerful enough and the gunman was too far away to do proper damage

Trump turned his head literally just before the bullet hit. If he kept his head straight he’d be dead now.