Donald Trump is Bloodied But Unbowed in Failed Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet, causing his ear to bleed, as gunshots were fired at the former President at a rally in Pennsylvania. The Mail has more.
Trump grabbed at the side of his face and blood spattered across his cheek as several popping sounds were heard, sending supporters running for safety.
The former President quickly pumped a fist at the crowd to show he was not severely injured, as Secret Service agents raced to the stage to hurry him away. …
The shooting unfolded as Trump addressed supporters at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon.
Frantic scenes took hold as shots rang out, with Trump supporters streaming out from the stands and away from the event.
Within seconds, Trump was put to the floor by several Secret Service agents as they protected him from the shooter.
Trump stood up shortly after and pumped his fist at the crowd, leading to chants of “USA” and “Make America Great Again”.
Watch the moment of the shooting on X.
Trump’s Communications Director, Steven Cheung, says the former President is “fine”:
President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.
However, Richard Goldinger, the Butler County District Attorney, says that someone in the crowd has been killed and another is in a serious condition. The shooter was killed by secret service snipers.
A Trump supporter said he signalled to police and secret service agents that there was was a man “bear-crawling” on the roof of a building. He said he was pointing to the gunman for “two or three minutes” but authorities did not react until after “five shots rang out”. He told the BBC
He had a rifle. We’re like [telling police he is] ‘right here on the roof, we see him… he’s crawling.’ I’m thinking to myself, why is Trump still speaking?
The Telegraph reports on how it happened:
The location of the shooter was said to be about 130 yards from where Trump was standing in front of a lectern.
Bystanders who were outside the rally said they were signalling to security that a man armed with a rife was crawling on a shed roof.
They wondered why no one was responding to them and then realised it was likely the police couldn’t see the gunman from their positions.
Richard Goldinger, the Butler County District Attorney, has now confirmed the shooter was outside of the security perimeter.
“He was outside of the ground, so to speak,” he told CNN. “So quite frankly, I don’t know how he would have gotten to the location where he was but he was outside the grounds and I think that’s something that we’re gonna have to figure out how he got there.”
He added that the security services had “maybe got a little lackadaisical about it” and thought that “this wouldn’t happen to a president or a former President”.
“Maybe it’s just the state of our current political situation, but yeah, you just wouldn’t even think it would happen, especially in where I live in Butler County.”
In the Times, Tom Newton Dunn, who was at the rally, has given an eye-witness account of what happened:
When the first shots rang out, there was silence. Then, the screaming started.
It was just after ten past six on Saturday evening at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. We and tens of thousands of others had been waiting for hours in the 35-degree heat to hear Donald Trump speak.
When he finally took to the stage, at 6.04pm, the crowd, many of them dressed in red Maga hats, cheered and whooped as he started speaking, about 50 metres from us.
Then a volley of jarring sounds cut through the summer air: high-pitched rattles that sounded like firecrackers. Everyone looked around, and just for a moment, there was a deadly quiet.
Secret Service agents clad in black suits jumped on Trump and pulled him to the ground. An instant later, the crowd of about 30,000 realised what had happened.
Someone near me shouted: “Get down, get down.”
“Oh my god, what the f***,” a man next to me shouted.
A woman close by just repeated over again: “Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, they’ve got him.”
In the Telegraph, Poppy Cockburn says this will help Trump in the forthcoming Presidential contest:
It was the shot heard around the world.
Former President Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in the swing state of Pennsylvania, seemingly narrowly dodged certain death after gunshots sounded, apparently clipping his ear.
Trump was hurried away by Secret Service as the crowd screamed around him.
There were multiple shots – and yet, the presidential hopeful stood defiant. Shouts of horror quickly turned to ecstatic calls of “USA, USA!”.
A picture of the former president covered in blood and holding his fist to the air is bound to define the election cycle, one of the most powerful – regardless on one’s political opinion – of modern times.
We do not yet know the motive or identity of the shooter. But it is still worth considering the extreme polarisation that permeates the United States at the current moment.
Comments made by sitting President Joe Biden speaking of a “bullseye” on Trump, and tweets about him being a would-be “dictator” will, justified or not, lead to extreme scrutiny of remarks made by the White House prior to this seismic event.
Fundamentally, there is now little to no doubt that Donald Trump will now become the 47th president of the United States of America.
His campaign, already trouncing Joe Biden in a number of key swing states, can only benefit from this public act of bravery in the worst of circumstances.
The American people will not forget the words Trump appeared to utter as he was ushered off the stage: “fight, fight”.
And Tony Diver, the Telegraph’s US Editor, agrees:
The constant threat of violent death is something of an occupational hazard for American commanders-in-chief, and four sitting presidents have succumbed to it.
Nonetheless, there is no denying that this incident will have a significant impact on this year’s presidential race.
Trump has built his campaign on the idea that everyone is out to get him. Federal prosecutors, judges, election officials, rival politicians and journalists have all been accused of trying to bring down his campaign and prevent his return to the White House.
Many of those claims have rightly been contested. But after the incident in Pennsylvania, even Trump’s worst enemies cannot deny that there are some who would rather see him dead than re-elected.
The polls already suggest that Trump is likely to win back the presidency in November, after a torrid few months for his opponent and a criminal conviction that has had little impact on his popularity.
If history tells us anything, the events of Saturday will only increase his support. In the months after Mr Reagan was shot, the newly-elected Republican President saw a poll boost of eight points.
This is a breaking story and we will update it below as more news comes in.
Stop Press: According to the New York Post, the shooter has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20.
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told the Post.
Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh.
Sources said Crooks was planted on a roof of a manufacturing plant more than 130 yards away from the stage at Butler Farm Show grounds.
He was killed by Secret Service snipers. An AR-style rifle was later recovered.
Bethel Park is a village 40 miles south of where the Butler rally was held.
Why Crooks fired on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is unclear.
Stop Press 2: The Associated Press reports that Crooks was a registered Republican in Pennsylvania. However, he gave $15 (£12) to a progressive political action committee on January 20th 2021, the day President Biden was sworn in to office.
Stop Press 3: Tony Diver reports that numerous Republicans are blaming Joe Biden for the assassination attempt on Trump, citing his remarks about putting his rival “in the bullseye”.
Eight Republicans have blamed Mr. Biden directly for the shooting, while a further 21 have blamed critics of Trump more generally.
Steve Scalise, a senior Republican in the House of Representative, said: “For weeks Democrat leaders have been fuelling ludicrous hysteria that Donald Trump winning re-election would be the end of democracy in America. Clearly we’ve seen far Left lunatics act on violent rhetoric in the past. This incendiary rhetoric must stop.”
Wesley Hunt, a Texas Congressman, pointed to remarks by Mr Biden in 2022, when he said Trump was a “threat to the very soul of this country”. “THIS is the rhetoric that leads to political violence,” Mr. Hunt said.
Keith Self, who represents the same state, said: “Every American should be outraged at Joe Biden for inciting violence against Donald J. Trump.”
Rick Scott, a Florida Senator, accused Mr. Biden of saying he “wanted to put Trump in the crosshairs”.
“This isn’t some unfortunate incident. This was an assassination attempt by a madman inspired by the rhetoric of the radical Left,” he said.
J.D. Vance, a Senator who is on the shortlist to be Mr. Trump’s running mate in this year’s Presidential election, said the events at his rally in Pennsylvania were “not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
Tim Scott, a Republican Senator from South Carolina who is one of Trump’s biggest cheerleaders, added: “Let’s be clear: This was an assassination attempt aided and abetted by the radical Left and corporate media incessantly calling Trump a threat to democracy, fascist, or worse.”
Several Republicans pointed to comments by Mr. Biden on a call with donors earlier this week, in which he said Trump should be put in a “bullseye”. “So, we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye,” he reportedly said.
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Shocking news whatever your politics. It is thought a member of the crowd is dead and two others critically injured.
It has become a verbal war between the Parties and the same in Britain instead of being a reasoned debate and agreement to allow differing views.
“We do not yet know the motive…”🧐
Nope, me neither. I also have no idea what the motive of the shooter could possibly be…🤦♀️🤦🤦♂️
President Trump for the win!💯🎉
Amen!
The left own this owing to their notion that anyone faintly right wing is Hitler and/or a threat to democracy. Lest we forget Democrat lawmakers were trying to remove Trump’s secret service protection to enable this sort of thing.
This is why the whole rhetoric from the left is so dangerous. Alienating people, calling them out as sub-human due to some ‘-ism’, just facilitates the violence. I sincerely hope the democrats wind their necks in, especially the likes of Pelosi, but you know they cant help it. I’m not a religious man, but thank God, The Don is still on his feet. I fear very much that if he goes for the blob as he promises, that this will not be the last attempt.
Incredible incompetence on the part of the Secret Service, not to secure all the nearby rooftops … or an inside job.
Police are appealing to the public to establish the identity and whereabouts of this man.
I agree, the level of incompetence on display is shocking. Some research shows an agency poorly managed and underfunded. DEI is prevalent, a good portion of the agents were women, so this agency is no longer a meritocracy. Details to protect require assistance from local police due to lack of resources. If Biden and the Democrats were involved, it may be they purposely influenced Trump’s security detail towards incompetence. Biden has refused the Presidential Candidate Robert F Kennedy even basic coverage. Biden’s speech’s over the last few months have become increasingly inflammatory against Trump and used to incite some delusional imbalanced person to assassinate him. This action by the Democrat extremists is not far fetched considering their extremist actions against Trump.
Assassination attempt, or warning?
I think the latter.
Either that or Trump is the luckiest guy in the world.
Oh good grief, you’re surely not going with the “he clipped his ear as a warning” line, are you?
Indeed. His right ear and everything…But at least he’s got one left.😳🤭
No but seriously, probably some Antifa nutcase. A professional sniper and he’d be dead, not some poor innocent bystander. It’s chilling to think if the shot had landed a fraction to the side….That man is either James Bond or has an angel watching over him. He’s obviously destined to be rightfully President once again. I wish him all the best.🙏
Huh?
How is the idea that he was given a warning in any a suggestion that he did it to himself?
A It’s obvious that the incident was planned with prior knowledge of where exactly he was going to be and from where he could be hit.
B. If it’s planned, they don’t send up someone who can’t shoot.
C. If they didn’t mean to kill him, then they meant to give him a warning
My theory is that they (the people who actually run things) have found it impossible to stop the man and so are now accepting he’s going to be the next president and are going to give him a chance to do as they say when he is in office.
That’s my theory. Not that he clipped his own ear. What a stupid thought.
I guess it’s possible but quite a few tricky aspects – the shooter ended up dead, managed to kill and injure others, and could easily have “missed” and killed him. I guess all of those eventualities would not have been disasters for anyone evil enough to have planned this, though I would think finding someone who was prepared to risk their life and was a really good shot might be tough. It could have been a useful idiot I suppose, but they can go off at tangents, doesn’t look like the work of a pro.
Not at 130 yards. Easy shot.
I guess I was making an assumption based on not very much knowledge- in Biathlon the targets are 50 metres and I don’t think they are always hitting a bullseye, and they are professionals, albeit puffed out and under time pressure
To be fair though a biathlon target bullseye is only 1.8 inches in diameter (I had to look it up), that’s from prone i.e. lying down.
True – smaller than a head
Do you know that for a fact? What about wind? What about Trump moving in that instant?
As proven by the SS man who returned fire and killed the assassin with one shot.
Has anyone seen a picture of the shooter?
The take down of the shooter?
Anything?
There is video evidence of Trump receiving the shot. But not a single image of anyone taking the shot, running away, getting gunned down. At least not so far.
So maybe the person who fired has been killed like they say, or he hasn’t.
My working hypothesis from the first moment is that this is an official hit job, not aimed at killing Trump but at getting him to step into line. I’ll be happy to change my mind as soon as I see evidence that is inconsistent with that.
The shooter was shot dead almost immediately which poses further questions!
I agree we should be sceptical
I am now over four years in what some call the conspiracy camp although I consider myself a realist and firmly of the opinion that these days things are not always as they seem.
Mogwai has found some footage (👍) of an alleged shooter lying prone on a rooftop and lots of background noise, where are the other videos? The shooter appears not to move a muscle. Did anybody witness the retrieval of the body?
The television interview states that the witness saw the shooter’s head being blown off.
Two people confirmed dead. It is all very sad but for now I will default to Neil Oliver’s maxim – it’s not always about what they say it’s about.
The thing I can’t make work is why? The shooter if as reported was 20 years old. This would mean he was 15 when trump left office and only 10 when he took office.
Maybe it’s a Thunberg situation where controlling persons (parents) put the child up to it and indoctrinated him.
Yes, and notice how the shooters are somehow never Angry Third World Invaders, but always young Ethnic European = “white” men, and this one even a Republican!
Even the shooter’s own father expressed exasperation at the lack of any motive for his son’s action.
Not controlling parents, but some kind of mind-controlled patsy in a psy-op?
And why was 130 metres out of range for the security services when some Rifles can kill well over a mile. It is known some Air rifles can kill at that range too, not the ordinary ones but the compressed air type.
Was he a MK-ULTRA plot. Not sure if that organisation is still active but many believe the Kennedy sniper was got at by them.
This is how Off-G are reporting the story. Interesting how CNN report the incident. Apparently The Donald fell.
A couple of short video clips included.
https://off-guardian.org/2024/07/13/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/iVtzRnMHFVU9/
The guy who posted this to Rumble is satisfied that the shooting has been staged and makes a good case.
Definitely worth a watch.
Hey hux, I’m not buying this at all. Watched the video. The guy keeps referring to his job but never actually reveals what his job is/was. His job certainly wasn’t anything to do with healthcare because nobody bleeds out if they cut their ear. Yes, all head wounds bleed a lot because the head is very vascular, but it certainly is nothing like an arterial bleed, so this makes me question further the guy’s credibility. Also, the basis of his argument seems to be the secret service guy firing his shots at the would-be assassin. Well firstly, of course as soon as Trump hears even one shot he’s going to react, any normal person would when self-preservation kicks in. He just assumes he’s under attack and ducks out the way, normal human behaviour. Video guy conveniently makes no mention of the people in crowd that were injured/killed. So if secret service guy was pointing his rifle away from the crowd and firing, who shot the 2 people in the crowd? Well presumably it was the would-be assassin. Regarding video guy’s assumption that the blood on Trump’s ear was placed there and is fake ( see below image ), this seems… Read more »
I’m sharing a different angle of Trump’s ear injury, just to see what people think. I’ve no reason to doubt this isn’t genuine.
https://x.com/AvonandsomerRob/status/1812515226199400628
Thanks Mogs. I defer to you on this one. 👍
There is a New York Times image of a bullet (or something) that’s already passed Trump, so presumably the bullet that killed the crowd member.
Easy to photo-shop a white streak against a blue sky.
No they want him dead I’m afraid.
They want to things done their way is what they really want.
If they can get him doing things their way, then even better for them.
Not even a crack marksman could make a shot like that from over a hundred yards!
To many variables to allow for just to wing an ear! That was a head shot that missed because of those same variables.
When he saw he didn’t go down he opened up in desperation, you dont that if you’ve achieved your warning shot!
Let’s face it, without footage of anyone shooting or running away or anything on the shooter we don’t really know anything about it except what they tell us.
I’ve seen enough for plenty of years to know better than to take what is said without any evidence at face value.
The shooter didnt get away he was shot dead almost immediately.
So they say.
I certainly agree with you there, I’m just going on the footage and evidence as it’s presented, as I said a marksman with true sniper rifle would highly likely not have missed but I doubt this lad had anything like the experience and equipment to do that, my guess would be a 2.2 hunting rifle with scope, but ,we shall see
Something wrong with the thumbs up / down. I have just upticked you and it went negative.
The deep state is rigging voting on the DS…:-)
Definitely. They have got to us.
Keep your ears pinned!
Evidently an expert marksman to fire a ‘warning’ shot in the nano-second he suddenly turned his head, only to clip his ear which otherwise likely would have been fatal.
Call nurse to get some of those little pills.
The irony is that this will further boost Trump’s popularity.
If it was Biden being shot at it would be Far Right Threat on steroids. Biden is more of a fixed target unless he sees a little girl with hair to sniff.
Of course the deep state will try to kill Drumpf and then blame it on a white-nationalist-nazi-far right extremist.
Or is this Cook a tranny-libtard-atheist?
Or is he just a patsy for the CIA DoD?
Or was this just a warning by the CIA-DoD to the Drumpf?
Likely a totally inadequate socialist as he couldn’t make an easy shot.
But why were there no drones? You’d think that given the fact they’re tasked with protecting the man who’s the biggest threat to the Left and who couldn’t have a larger target on his back if he tried, his security team would have sent at least one drone up to scout the perimeter rooftops for potential threats.
Excellent point – drones are everywhere and really not that expensive.
See my likely explanation above
I believe they use drones for a early reconnaissance tool to check for dangers up and till the president/etc takes the podium then they are all grounded, this is because a perp could use their own drone under cover of security drones during the speech, if all drones are automatically grounded, then any drone flying is regarded as enemy and that’s what the Snipers are for!
Thanks – I suppose that makes sense and the perfect security arrangement doesn’t exist, though I would think they could manage to have some kind of aerial surveillance capability
One item I heard said that ‘after’ he’s announced as the official candidate, the convention I believe kicks off this week, he will get increased security. This level of security is the same as any other living ex-president receives.
Also the guy the BBC keep interviewing about seeing the gunman he said he tells what our American friends call the local LEO’s (that is policemen) not a secret service agent.
So it wouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility that such a report would have to go up the LEO command structure, then down the corresponding command structure in the SS by which time it was too late to take any action, and had to wait for a reaction to the shots being fired instead.
The most suspicious thing of all is that red neck that the BBC produced saying he saw the shooter and tried to warn the police. He was with more people apparently.
Now tell me this. In this day of mobile phones with cameras, what do you think are the chances that the group of people see a shooter on a rooftop taking aim at Trump and none of them whip their phones out to film it? And then keep filming to see what happens to the shooter after?
Maybe they did.
This is mobile phone footage of the shooter, apparently;
”Footage of Donald Trump’s shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks opening fire and then getting killed seconds later surfaces.”
https://x.com/KKMediaTingz/status/1812334959866347578
The footage doesn’t convince me. That prone ‘body’ didn’t move an inch.
Yeah I can’t comment on how authentic it is. However the top image is a still and the below video the person is blurred out, so it’s impossible to say, really. But it would be a bit of an awkward angle to capture on your mobile if you’re on the ground, to be honest. That’s why the lack of drones and aerial footage is a bit suss…
This appears to be the same man ( going by clothing and hair ) after he was killed. Again, it’s Twitter, so take everything with a pinch of salt, but people whipping out their mobile phones at the first hint of drama do come in handy now and again.
https://x.com/CarlyThomp51377/status/1812393072807813488
Another here;
https://x.com/whdog71/status/1812414983986151508
This is a continuation of the video posted by Mogs and appears to show the dead shooter.
https://x.com/NascarLisa22/status/1812267696857456643?t=W1OueHC3p81Pim794HKdfA&s=19
Yes that appears to lend credibility to the photo ( now a meme, it seems ) I shared above. That’s a better distance and angle so provides more clarity. And if it’s the guy with the same identity as what’s being circulated then he’s no pro sniper. Doesn’t rule out the fact it was an inside job but it makes it look more unlikely, in my opinion. But the security team were still an epic failure. They should’ve opened fire on the guy before he had the chance to squeeze off one shot. Hell, how long did he even lie in wait, firearm at the ready, before he fired at all? It surely all could’ve been dealt with quickly and efficiently, the threat eliminated before anyone got hurt, but now an innocent member of the public is dead all because these idiots failed to do their jobs properly.
That’s a generous description of the footage.
Am I alone in wondering why these presidential assassin’s always seem to have three names.
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Thomas Marthew Crooks
I suppose there is a good reason why the FBI had Crooks’s DNA on a national database so that, although only 20, he could be infallibly identified, with home address, voting and donation record within a few hours? Do you think our own DNA is equally accessible to the authorities?
That was my first thought as the interview started.
It reminds me of the school shooting a few years ago when the Police just stood back and let the gunman go rampage on the school kids.
Cue a massive rush of conspiracy theories. Meanwhile let us spare a thought for the person who was killed and the other one who was injured.
Amen utterly dreadful.
History rhymes.
There’s one thing that puzzles me about this and that is when Donald Trump said afterwards that the bullet “whizzed”. Anyone who has been under fire knows that the noise a passing bullet makes is a loud cracking sound. Doubtless further and better particulars will emerge over the next few days.
What he heard was the bullet passing through part of his ear. Do you have any reports of how that is supposed to sound?
Technical note: the cracking noise is likely the sound of the bullet as it exceeds the speed of sound – a mini sonic boom.
If you have a look at interviews with soldiers during the Falklands war they all describe passing bullets as a ‘whizzing sound’ and they all said you don’t hear the shot ring out till seconds later
The cracking sound only occurs at the end of the barrel as the bullet quickly goes way past the speed of sound, being so small it no longer has the surface area to create a sonic boom from that point onwards
Well, akshually…
There are two “cracks” – one from the muzzle, due to residual barrel pressure, and the second from the supersonic bullet. Given that 5.56mm rounds (as probably used in this instance) can go at almost three times the speed of sound (depending on the type of ammo, barrel length, pressure, temperature and wind speed), this means the “crack” from the bullet is heard downrange first, then the second crack (travelling at merely the speed of sound) is heard after a delay. This can be used to estimate the distance to the shooter and also give you the azimuth (in systems like Boomerang).
By the way, you can distinctly hear the two cracks from each of the three rounds fired at Trump in the video. (I know some people say it was five or seven shots — but this usually happens because they think one crack = one bullet).
This is what the shockwave of a bullet (I think a 7.62x39mm) looks like:
P.S. This is why subsonic ammo (mostly for sneaky-beaky stuff) is a thing.
Ian, there is a problem with the voting system.
Could you drop me an email about that? Or send one to info@dailysceptic.org.
Oh wait, I think huxley might be joking…
I dont doubt your explanation but I sure the Falklands lads weren’t lying?
Oh, I’m not disputing the “whizzing” sound at all. I’ve heard that loads of times from credible sources, and I think one could probably trace those kinds of reports back a long way. The sound has sometimes been likened to an angry bee. I could be wrong, but I think the bullet probably has to pass pretty close to the ear – like maybe within a few feet – for people to hear that sound. Obviously in this case the bullet was very, very close.
One of the soldiers said it past between his legs as he moved for better cover, ripping the stitching in his crotch! Grief, now that’s close, and maybe likely it was a bigger caliber than in this trumps case?
It would probably have been 7.62x51mm NATO (the Argies were also using the FN FAL rifle, and their LMGs were also chambered in 7.62 NATO). Yes, a bigger projectile and therefore would displace more air, hence more noise.
Of course, a similar-ish kind of sound can be heard from artillery shells at a much larger distance.
Gotch yer 👍 nice to get some proper info so we can form a more unbiased veiw, I’m sure we’re going to get a shed load of lefty conspiracies about it being a set up job! If it was, the 78 year old Trump is one hell of an actor, It looked like genuine reaction to me
Thanks. And yeah, the conspiracy theorists are out in force already, it seems. As far as Trump’s reaction goes, it seemed both sensible (getting into cover/concealment, when he realised the threat) and courageous/defiant. Gotta give him credit for that.
I assume you’ve also been under fire. Personally, I would describe the sound of the shot leaving the barrel as a cracking or popping noise, dependent on the weapon. I’ve been lucky enough to never experience a bullet passing so closely to my ear, but a couple of friends did with one describing it as a ‘zinging’ noise and the other as a ‘whizzing’ noise, so I don’t think there’s anything particularly odd about the description.
As I say I was puzzled due to my own experience. Never had one pass so close to my ear though, overhead mostly and one lovely occasion where the round went through the web of my left hand. That stung a bit.
I can only imagine mate.
Thank goodness he’s OK!
Strange how all US presidential assassination attempts are always committed by people with three barrel names.
Thomas Matthew Crooks!
Lyndon Baines Johnson?
‘…the idea that everyone is out to get him. Federal prosecutors, judges, election officials, rival politicians and journalists have all been accused of trying to bring down his campaign and prevent his return to the White House.’
So, finally, 4yrs after the big steal, the MSM finally catches up with reality.
The criminalising of Steve Bannon, Rudy Guiliani, Peter Navarro and other Trump supporters has also been suppressed by the globalist, leftist, anti Christian cabal.
Who they can’t crush with media smears or political assassination they use lawfare.
Where was the MSM these last 40 months? Cheering Biden, covering his corrupt, demonic agenda.
Well, get ready for vengeance. It’s coming, from a man with a MAGA hat.
I can’t wait.
It is good that Trump is a vigorous performer. His movement may have saved him.
Now if it was Joe ……….
Are we being set up for a retaliatory strike on Sleepy?
That might be convenient.
If it was Joe, he still wouldn’t have noticed yet.
Well if Biden happens to fall down a flight of steps and breaks his neck before November then at least there will be no conspiracy theories.
Actually, scratch that. I already know what will happen; ”Which psycho put those steps there? Those evil right-wing extremists murdered him!!” 😮
The Democrat leadership (sic) and the international left in all its guises are responsible for this. They came within two inches of their highest hopes. Others have stated the reasons here. If you demonise an opponent to the degree the elite classes and their media friends have done for so long now this is the sort of thing that will happen.
In the UK the belated protection for Nigel Farage must be enhanced immediately.
I with Donald Trump a quick recovery and send sympathy to the family and friends of the murdered member of the croud who was there to use their democratic rights and support a candidate in the face of abuse from the usual suspects.
I share your thoughts on Trump and the other victims but am reluctant to go too far down the road of criticising “demonisation”. Speech is speech, actions are actions. Yes, sometimes speech leads to actions but one man’s “demonisation” is someone else’s justified criticism.
I imagine the shooter will be a ‘right wing extremist’!
Fake News is saying this assassination warning by the deep state is justified – because Drumpf’s campaign is ‘violent’.
No doubt Crooks will be a white – nationalist – aryan brotherhood member, pissed that Drumpf isn’t extremist-racist enough etc etc.
BBC presenter David Aaronovitch is now desperately regretting his extremely stupid and misjudged attempt at ‘satire’ two weeks ago:
“If I was Biden I’d hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America’s security #SCOTUS.”
https://x.com/eastwood8_je/status/1812390216595886234
I watched the video of the shooting and I thought Trump used the F word rather than ‘fight’ – however I’m glad he is alive and its a relief that Zelensky NATO and the EU are off the front pages!
“And the ABC news here in Australia prints this …. “The near assassination of Donald Trump was a seminal moment in US history. Through multiple live streams, map data, and eyewitness videos, here’s how the rally shooting played out over 11 minutes and 9 seconds.”
Where have I heard those figures before???
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Thomas Matthew Crooks
T=20
M=13
C=3
20+13=33
So you get 333, half an antichrist, right there
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thejackalsmark
Jul 14, 2024 7:56 AM
I myself was a sniper in the Marine Corps back in the early 90s. Any trained sniper knows that this setup and the details we’ve heard so far make this an obvious BS story. Roughly 130 yards with an assault rifle. Not an 808. An assault rifle. This 20 year old kid supposedly clipped Trump’s ear at 130 yards with an assault rifle and no spotter. First shot. No need to adjust for windage elevation or any of that. But at least you couldn’t tell Trump had been hit until he came back up from below the podium. There was no blood on his hand yet, when he pulled it away from his ear before ducking down.
https://thenewconservative.co.uk/the-frank-report-lxxx/
Frank Haviland with his views on Kneel’s first week and commentary on the Trump shooting.
I know he’s working with top class material but this really is First Division stuff.
“This week saw the opening of Parliament, and the swearing in of MPs old and new. Freshly-appointed Minister for Jihad, Naz Shah, pledged her allegiance to King Charles III (peas be upon him) via the Koran. Clive Lewis, Minster for Arseholes, whined that the nod to the Monarchy really went against his principles, but not quite enough to refuse the 90-grand stipend. And shadow Minister for Hamas, Jeremy Corbyn, complained that the oath was ‘a load of nonsense’, before screaming “Death to the Jews!”, laying a wreath and singing the Red Flag. Plus ça change, eh? “
Razor Fist on the Trump shooting. As a Metal Head I’ve followed this guy for a while, before he had a large following. He is a connoisseur on Metal bands, Gaming but does good political rants. Bit of a motormouth but entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biiR8RfZcWA
Interesting comments on Infowars:
“False flag. The Antichrist needs to survive an assassination attempt. This is the proof. It’s in Revelations.”
“Trump is a part of the Globalists.”
“Look at who is in his cabinet and admin in 2017…. Globalists. Remember his vaccine program and his Vegas statement about taking the guns first…. He’s a f***ing Globalist.”
“So, out of all this panicked, screaming crowd, the BBC (BBC for goodness sake?) finds this one guy, and just minutes after the incident. Gee, what are the odds?”
“My cousin believes the Hit was allowed.
I tend to agree.”
“You and cousin are morons.”
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As for my own personal view, this was entirely staged by the AntiChrist Drumpf and the Globalists. On cue, he ducked down, security pile-on gave time to apply fake blood, pure Hollywood fist-pump after he rose up again. One photo claiming to show the bullet streaking past him could easily have been photoshopped. Just sayin’. Cue outrage…
“Trump has built his campaign on the idea that everyone is out to get him. Federal prosecutors, judges, election officials, rival politicians and journalists have all been accused… Many of those claims have rightly been contested.“
Gee whizz!
Isn’t it that cast of characters who built his campaign by their actions?
‘Rightly’ contested? Obviously true unless you are a media hack.
At the end of the day, what hasn’t been mentioned anywhere is whether it could affect Trump’s attitude to the Rifle Agency, and others. Maybe there is a built in assumption that nothing will be done in America in an attempt to prevent hazards like this one.
Zero chance that it will change his or anyone else’s mind on the constitutionally protected right to bear arms, which serves as one of the last line of defences against federal tyranny, which the founding fathers were sensibly concerned about.
Life is full of hazards, but the hazards I am most concerned about are the restrictions on freedom and state created poverty created by socialism and enabled by the people that vote for and sustain it.
Drumpf banned bump stocks for guns when he was President, after the Las Vegas massacre.
Trump and the NRA counted on the Supreme Court to keep bump stocks legal (nbcnews.com)
Thanks
I wasn’t aware of that
I still can’t see him doing anything significant with regard to gun control
I’m not sure what I think about this – I mean the right to bear arms is inconsistent with the state having a monopoly on force, intentionally so I think, but should citizens be able to buy for example fully functioning advanced tanks?
The ability to buy a high powered rifle obviously doesn’t imbibe the shooter with the ability to use it correctly. Otherwise Trump would have a hole in his forehead rather than his ear.
Had it been Biden and not Trump that was shot at, the January the 6th debacle would be as nothing. You can only imagine the Democrats over reaction. Perhaps they now have a plan to trump Trump.
Wow…100 comments – it’s got all the DS talking….
I am surprised the ‘Democrats’ have not claimed this to be a Trump publicity stunt. Give them time, cheered on by CNN.