• XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This, but also applied to the event itself. We’d be better off without Trump and he certainly incites plenty of violence against his opponents, but I’m genuinely concerned about other implications. General security measures, inciting further violence to get even, or further violence to get ahead.

    I talked to a 75 year old Democrat about it. They were unphased. I was shocked, but they put it into context: they saw JFK, RFK, and MLK get assassinated. They saw Lee Harvey Oswald get shot to death on live TV. They saw the attempt on Reagan. Those events aren’t that long ago. Me? The worst I saw with a US president was someone threw a shoe at Bush. 9/11 was awful and Flight 93 was intended for the White House, but, with all its associated changes, traumas, and threats, that’s still a different class.

    Now for the Faux News style comment: what if this was planned? Did Trump order a fake hit and slap a blood packet on his ear? I don’t know, I’m just asking questions! Because what’s a better boost to a competition than a survival story?

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      5 months ago

      Did Trump order a fake hit and slap a blood packet on his ear?

      Well he is friends with Vince McMahon and is inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. If anyone knows how to stage fake blood cuts(or razor blade cuts) it would be him.

    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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      5 months ago

      The Reagan attempt was 40 years ago. Average US citizen is 38 years old. Half of America was born after these events, let alone remember them