Donald J. Trump 2024

[neonzx]

2. Why doesn't trump just give the families money himself?

You're joking, right?

[neonzx]

Republican domestic terrorist

[Mr brolin]

As an aside, no way was that a bullet that grazed his ear.

Round velocity at 200 yards, typical round

5.56 mm 2600fps (typical AR15 ammosexual round)
7.63x39 1800fps (classic AK-47 clone round)
7.62x51 2400fps (bog standard NATO and classic battle rifle or medium game hunter round)

At a range of basically zero inches as the round passed the lump of lard masquerading as a head, at multiples of the speed of sound, a graze would have blown his eardrum out.

As someone who has had his eardrum ruptured (too close to a bad lads boom thing) believe me, Lard Lad wouldn't have been standing and waving his stubby little paw about. It is excruciatingly painful, massively disorientating and balance and orientation is shot.

[bill_g]

[Atticus Finch]

GoFundMe for Trump's medical bills and increase security in 4, 3, 2,.....

[Dr. Ken]

Sorry for being graphic

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[pipistrelle]

Eagerly awaiting details. How many shots? Why didn't at least some in the crowd panic? Was it not clear they were shots? Why did tfg have his shoes off?

Of course, motive.

And how the Secret Service could be that inept.

Several have mentioned this guy wouldn't have been allowed at his then age to contribute to a PAC. It's not an uncommon name, so thinking it could be someone else.

And I do think the problem with being an idealized cult figure is you foment the crazy, which can turn on you if you fail to live up to expectations.

[Foggy]

... the shooter's incompetence is not readily explainable.

Nor is the Secret Service's.

Absolutely.

[bill_g]

[AndyinPA]

Like tfg never called Biden and the Democrats a threat to democracy?

Off Topic

The Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter lived a few miles from me. This shooter lives even closer. I've been on his street countless times.

[sugar magnolia]

The victim has been identified.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics ... index.html

[AndyinPA]

The victim has been identified.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics ... index.html

His face was not covered by blood.

[sugar magnolia]

The victim has been identified.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics ... index.html

His face was not covered by blood.

But "covered in blood" sounds so much more dramatic!

[Slim Cognito]

I know I said it upthread, but I'm so pissed. I'm gonna say it again. Why the fuck didn't the Secret Service have snipers on every one of those fucking buildings?

Considering the math and science prize he won, as noted upthread, the kid was smart enough to know he'd never get out of there alive. As morbid as it is to say, I'm betting it was suicide by Secret Service With the added bonus of becoming famous.

[sugar magnolia]

I know I said it upthread, but I'm so pissed. I'm gonna say it again. Why the fuck didn't the Secret Service have snipers on every one of those fucking buildings?

Considering the math and science prize he won, as noted upthread, the kid was smart enough to know he'd never get out of there alive. As morbid as it is to say, I'm betting it was suicide by Secret Service With the added bonus of becoming famous.

This will piss you off even more, in that case.

One officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder and Crooks quickly took a shot toward former President Donald Trump, and that’s when the U.S. Secret Service counter snipers shot him, said the officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/trum ... e-unknown/

It might also explain why he was wide of the mark.