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Another assassination attempt on Trump

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25Avalon Sun 15-Sept-24 22:35:47

Breaking news all over the telly.

Oreo Sun 15-Sept-24 22:47:15

Just saw this, another thwarted attempt.😲

Moonwatcher1904 Sun 15-Sept-24 22:57:08

As someone on MN said...Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. I think he's a very dangerous man. God forbid he gets in.

NotSpaghetti Sun 15-Sept-24 23:00:41

Was it though?

Allira Sun 15-Sept-24 23:00:55

His security can't be very efficient.

valdavi Sun 15-Sept-24 23:05:10

Probably was real, if the FBI thinks so, but the previous attempt did give his ratings a boost & it all seems a bit vague.

Hithere Sun 15-Sept-24 23:42:10

What Allira said

He craves attention

Namsnanny Mon 16-Sept-24 00:10:20

Perhaps referring to him as orange Hitler isn't such a good idea. Might be encouraging some to think they have societies blessing.

Namsnanny Mon 16-Sept-24 00:11:05

An assassination attempt has been confirmed, so....

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Sept-24 00:21:34

"Former President Donald Trump is safe following an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course, and a "potential suspect" is in custody, US authorities have confirmed.

Secret Service agents spotted the barrel of a rifle poking through some bushes and opened fire at him, officials said.

The FBI said Trump was 300-500 yards (275 to 455m) away at the time.

An AK47-style firearm and scope, along with two backpacks and a GoPro camera, were later found at the scene.

A witness reported seeing the suspect running from some bushes and jumping into a black Nissan car after the agents had fired at him multiple times"

(I player feed)

Hithere Mon 16-Sept-24 00:50:09

How funny this election is not going as smoothly as the one in 2016 and his life has been in "danger" twice already?

nanna8 Mon 16-Sept-24 01:18:32

I’m glad they caught him, they did a better security job than last time. Whether you support him or not,no one should be subject to this. Too many guns,too many nutjobs in that country.

ronib Mon 16-Sept-24 06:59:02

I am beginning to doubt that Trump can be kept safe. I think he should step down if he wants a longer life and even then, he will still be at risk imo.

BlueBelle Mon 16-Sept-24 07:40:57

Is it real though? Who knows

Cossy Mon 16-Sept-24 07:41:40

I’m in two minds here, Trump is such a deluded human I could well believe this is set up, but then again somebody died in the last attempt.

I’ll be so glad when this flipping election is over and pray that Trump doesn’t become POTUS again!

yggdrasil Mon 16-Sept-24 08:21:50

nanna8

I’m glad they caught him, they did a better security job than last time. Whether you support him or not,no one should be subject to this. Too many guns,too many nutjobs in that country.

The security had no choice, the suspect was filmed by a witness and the car number known. And the suspect did nothing to get them to kill him.
The media is already asking how he knew Trump would be at the golfcourse when it was a 'last minute decision'

NotSpaghetti Mon 16-Sept-24 08:41:02

The FBI are apparently always "one hole ahead" checking the course and environment as he plays. It was also the FBI who caught the suspect.
Just now on the BBC.

BlueBelle Mon 16-Sept-24 09:19:57

Would push his ratings up though ! it did last time didn’t it
Hero again 😳

Oreo Mon 16-Sept-24 09:27:41

Well tbf nobody is saying he’s a hero this time, just an attempt foiled by his security team, FBI.

westendgirl Mon 16-Sept-24 09:28:11

Probably the cats and dogs of Springfield.

Funny how these thins happen when he is not doing well. Lets hope the people of America will take no notice .

MercuryQueen Mon 16-Sept-24 09:43:51

It doesn’t make sense to me. Secret Service are expert marksmen, from what I’ve read. How did the miss shooting a guy in a tree? The report I saw said that there had been at least one shot fired at the suspect

Doesn’t make sense.

And, as in the first incident, white male republican is the suspect.

RosiesMaw2 Mon 16-Sept-24 09:45:37

Another “put-up job”?
Trump crying “Wolf” ?
Security marksmen conveniently missing?
Just asking for a friend

Casdon Mon 16-Sept-24 09:52:09

westendgirl

Probably the cats and dogs of Springfield.

Funny how these thins happen when he is not doing well. Lets hope the people of America will take no notice .

I wonder if Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball were amongst the victims?

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Sept-24 10:10:38

Vance continues to defend the cats and dogs story, and there have been violent incidents in Springfield as a result.

"Over the past several days, right-wing figures including J.D. Vance, Republican representatives in Congress, Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk, and Trump adviser Stephen Miller, among many others, have pushed the baseless conspiracy theory that Haitian migrants are eating people’s pets.

They shared memes of AI-generated animals begging not to be eaten—and Vance even said he didn’t particularly care if the racist conspiracy turned out to be false."

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Sept-24 10:15:23

Meanwhile what is known about the man arrested is that he has a long police record and he tried to recruit foreign fighters to join Ukraine's war effort and had been to Kyiv.