Donald Trump the Megathread part II - threadbans and mod warnings in OP

My guess is a vet, after the Dems publicised what Project2025 plan on cutting in military benefits.

Donie T's sparsely populated rallies might just get even smaller going forwards.

Hes so far down the rabbit hole now he can never get back home. He must really wonder if this political escapade has gone too far when people are actually endangering his life now.

I'd say the diaper came in useful.

It becomes a compelling story for the undecided; I was nearly killed but I kept in it, for you.

I was at a café on the Dingle Peninsula last weekend. FD I'm a US expat. Well, there was a couple there from Texas who overheard us talking and, based on the accents, came over to chat. I'd say both were professional class, some Irish ancestry, loved the place would love to move here, yadda yadda.

Both planning on voting for CFTrump. Among their reasons was he was going to cut the corporate tax rate - no thoughts of course of how that would impact the Ireland they adored. I mentioned CFTrump's plan to make up for the lost revenue with raising tariffs and those were usually pretty bad, and got the 'deer in the headlights' look to them. They just hadn't given it any thought.

So, presumably educated (himself wearing a Texas A&M hat, herself was likely an accountant), professional class (had gotten married in Ireland in 2023, back for the anniversary), and foursquare behind CFTrump. I don't think MAGAts by any means and they live in the Texas bubble. The assassination attempt, imo, will only cement it more for them.

I don't know about that, where would they be running to? I think in the moment I would feel safer in there rather than running out into an open area not knowing who was out there. Plus I would imagine that at those rallys the crowd are told that they do not leave their seats until they're told, and as soon as shots were fired surely all the security would obviously be braced to shoot so you're going to end up running in the direction of guns.

…and of course, the continued advocation of gun ownership, i.e. more good guys with……

20 year old straight out of central casting registered republican

That picture will be on every t-shirt, cap and piece of Delph embossed with the word "fight" that can be mass produced in china as soon as ****ing possible.

Photos of the assassination attempt from certain angles do have uncanny echoes of one image beloved of American patriots…

Are any of ye in here ashamed for the vile abuse you have given this man over the years. He's a human at the end of the day with a family..

Personally, I've only ever commented on his character and rhetoric. I'd also suspect most posters have done as much. Also let's remember all the people he has targeted in terms of both personal attacks and sweeping statements about migrants etc. Even the rumours he spread about Paul Pelosi. Wonder if he feels any shame about any of that...

LOL so him falling victim to the toxicity and division he has foisted on American politics not to mention the gun insanity he supports is something we should feel guilty about?

In fairness he is a convicted rapist, if any other rapist had a near death experience people would be coming out expressing their frustration at a botched job or something. Noone deserves to suffer violence, not least attempted execution , whatever their crimes but it's hard to really care too much about someone so willing to endanger and harm others.

The pearl clutching with a lot of these woodwork accounts is quite something. Here you have a man (Trump) who had no problem with the idea of political violence on Jan 6th, 2021, because he had no problem helping to create and then promote the lie that instigated it, then organised a rally that went to the US Capitol, and then he sat back as the chaos unfolded, only making a statement when it became apparent that the gambit would fail.

It's like this: if any prominent Democratic politician had been shot, fatally or otherwise, you can be quite sure that all the talking heads across the MAGA contingent would be attempting to make it painfully clear that they weren't particularly upset about the development, and/or would use to immediately (and I do mean immediately ) attack the far-left in some way, somehow. They wouldn't even finish saying R.I.P. .

Biden, of course, being attacked for saying to donors that they needed to put a 'bullseye' on Trump, when everyone and their dog knows he meant a more focused targeting of attack ads. Biden's conduct in the wake of this near-miss shooting has been as presidential and conciliatory as anyone might expect. Firstly, it's the classy thing to do. Secondly, he might as well strike a conciliatory tone, because there's no way in hell he's winning that election.