Another assassination attempt on Trump

Its a piece of the jigsaw in a very dramatic and fraught election, the result will make a difference to the UK in several serious ways. If Trump doesnt win, what will happen?

But to answer your question, it only matters if you are interested.

I wondered if the charges would be full out attempt to assassinate and also to see if and how it will be used/spun politically (as Musk tried to)

So far Routh has only been been charged with two counts, including possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

He's got a long record. the sheriff who arrested him said he greeted them amicably as if "he had come from a walk in the park."

Does it matter what the charges are?
It will be spun one way for Kamala fans and the other for Trump fans, so everyone will be happy.

Judging by the last attempt it will all be forgotten about pretty soon anyway.

The only thing that will be remembered about the election is cats. By both sides.

Funny, the last time there was something about a pussy too, I seem to remember.

What did cats ever do to get embroiled in so much political dirt throwing?

Elon Musk tries to stir it on his own platform,

Elon Musk deleted a post Monday morning that questioned why former President Donald Trump has faced two apparent assassination attempts in recent months while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have not encountered any.

Musk later claimed the post was a joke.

“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔,” Musk wrote in the now-deleted X post.

Musk initially resisted numerous calls throughout Sunday night to delete the post. In one post responding to a demand to take down his remarks, Musk doubled down: “No one has even tried to do so is the point I’m making and no one will.”

But Musk was ultimately persuaded by an X post that said Musk’s “obvious intent” may be misinterpreted.

“Fair enough. I don’t want to do what they have done, even in jest,” Musk responded. He later posted several times that the deleted post had been a joke.

The alleged shooter appears in court this morning but there is no information as yet as to what the charges will be.

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.

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."

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?

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

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.

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 .

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

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

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.

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'

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!

Is it real though? Who knows

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.

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.

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

"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)

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

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

What Allira said

He craves attention

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

His security can't be very efficient.

Was it though?