If, you are a Democrat, the tendency will be to underplay the importance. Republicans will do the opposite. The truth is in between, but advantage Trump.
Powerful Contrast
That is a very powerful set of contrasting images. Trump appears strong, poised, defiant, and confident.
His political instinct was amazing and he was lucky that the press captured a perfect image.
You are sure to see that image in numerous ad campaigns, right next to a feeble image of Biden.
Republican Unity
Republicans, divided by the Haley faction, have rallied around Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reports Nikki Haley now plans to speak at the GOP convention. She wasn’t included in the original program. The image of Haley at the convention intensify calls for unity.
It would behoove Trump to grab this idea and run with it. He still needs a good VP and avoid the abortion trap as much as possible.
Sympathy Vote
Those deciding between Trump and Kennedy have a reason, or at least an excuse to go with Trump.
Those deciding between Biden and Kennedy may find a reason to go for Kennedy.
The Secret Service handing of this has been terrible. Biden picked the Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle, in 2022.
In a close election little things matters.
Elon Musk
Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in Milwaukee at 12:45 PM Central. Security will be high.
Emotions are already strong and images of Trump holding up his fist will be on huge display.
Typically the Vice President candidate gives a speech on on Wednesday and the President on Thursday (the last day), but we still do not know who that is. I suspect it’s between Florida Senator Marco Rubio and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
The other two names on Trump’s Short list are South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Of that lot, I think Rubio is the best choice and Vance the worst.
Trump is likely to get a boost from the assassination and another one from the convention. And it’s likely we have not yet seen the entire boost from the debate because there have not been many polls.
Democrat Chaos
Whereas Republicans have a good opportunity to unite, the Democrats are in a state of confused panic.
Forbes reports 20 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to step aside. That was two days ago.
Four days ago, NBC reported ‘It’s already disastrous’: Biden campaign fundraising takes a major hit
Nate Silver comments “The early indications are that the White House will use this as another excuse to deflect the question and hope to run out the clock. But the White House is pretty clearly interested in what’s best for Biden’s ego and their own sense of self-preservation and not what’s best for the country. If Trump’s position is strengthened by this, even marginally, that’s all the more reason to gamble on an option with higher upside.”
The “option with a higher upside” means dump Biden.
Excuse to Run Out the Clock
Silver commented “Uncertainty tends to freeze people in place, especially when abetted by fear. They sometimes become convinced that they’re trapped in a doom loop from which there’s no escape, even when there’s an exit ramp that they’re too myopic to recognize.“
Sliver linked to the New York Times article Doing Nothing About Biden Is the Riskiest Plan of All
If anything, the Secret Service handing of the assassination attempt is another reason to abandon Biden. But here the Democrats are, hiding their heads, at least until the next major gaffe by Biden. Don’t worry, that won’t be long.
Biden Halts ‘Trump Is Hitler’ Ads After Assassination Attempt
ZeroHedge reports Biden Halts ‘Trump Is Hitler’ Ads After Assassination Attempt
Joe Biden is “pausing all outbound communications and working to pull down our television ads as quickly as possible,” a campaign official told The Wall Street Journal on Sunday morning.
Biden’s anti-Trump claims have rightfully led critics to question whether this heavily partisan rhetoric has incited violence against Trump.
This rhetoric often conflates Trump with dictators, including Adolf Hitler, and suggests he would end “Democracy” if elected.
Betting Odds
Following the assassination, many people on my blog and also on Twitter made comments that Trump is now assured of winning.
This is foolish talk. I think the above chart is in the ballpark. I would guess that’s a tad low, say 75 percent.
But 25 percent, even 15 percent is something, not nothing. Trump has a propensity to put his foot in his mouth. Fortunately, for Trump, Biden’s propensity to do the same is now much higher.
For that reason alone, Democrats should change horses. And they might. I still believe they will. And if they do, take the above odds and throw them out the window.
Yes, I am aware of some polls show Biden doing even better vs Kamala. Throw that thought away too. It may be true, but there’s a strong chance it isn’t. We really will not know unless and until Democrats decide to switch.
Republicans Focused, Democrats Not
For now, Republicans are focused. Democrats are busy pulling ads.
Biden has to deal with this: The Secret Service Failed its Only Mission. Biden Should Fire the Director
The ramifications of a disastrous debate are still not tallied but the initial results are not good if you are a Democrat.
For discussion, please see Post-Debate USA Today-Suffolk Poll Has Grim News for President Biden
I created some charts from a new post-debate poll that shows Biden is weakening fast.
Rising Unemployment
The Unemployment Rate Bottomed a Year Ago, Who’s Impacted the Most?
The unemployment rate may be low at 4.1 percent but it’s up 0.7 percentage points from the low and headed in the wrong direction.
What About Recession?
Finally, Biden has to deal with an economy that is cooling fast.
For discussion, please see Weak Data Says a Recession Has Already Started, Let’s Now Discuss When
I’ve seen enough. A recession has started. Let’s discuss starting with a very good indicator that has few false positives and no false negatives.
As for who’s most impacted by the rising unemployment rate, it’s young voters and blacks. They are abandoning Biden in droves.
Things look increasingly good for Trump, but it’s not over until it’s over.
NO political party or person will EVER fix our unconstitutional government! We the people are required to fix it! It’s our government to fix! The 9th and 10th amendments were but into OUR bill of rights for this exact reason! SEE 10th AMENDMENT CENTER!
Biden sucks at the job. Plus he’s a vegetable. And now this. The Dems are toast in 2024. Good luck in the wilderness. You did this to yourselves.
Clooney isn’t helping…. he’s making you look worse than you did before, which was tough to do.
Since you don’t like JD Vance, I’ll take him. Nobody care about Bergrum or Marco. I’ve met Tulsi when she came to Montana to campaign for Tim Sheehy against Tester and was impressed
After “they” tried to Tupac Trump, Trumps numbers only increase among black voters. Joe will still be in denial after the election, commenting that he was doing great, a great record, he was winning, “Till a landslide brought me down”. For the old fogies on the comments.
Many of us are excited about the prospect of Tulsi Gabbard rounding out the ticket ….she brings the best balance, a woman, a woman of color, and as hated as she is by the far left she will bring Trump some life insurance…..
…and a socialist Bernie supporter. What more could we ask?
She is a Major in the National Guard and went to Iraq. Yeah she is a real socialist. Tulsi liked Bernie over Clinton- is that a big problem? That was the whole issue with 2016 is everybody liked Bernie over Clinton- and she cheated her way into nomination.
And, since you and I (who agree) cannot possibly think like Party Politicians, those reasons will be ignored. When all else fails, Party Leadership ALWAYS fails, too!
Would focus a bit on the people aspect of this issue.
Anecdotal but also relevant.
Hot this weekend so went to an County Ocean Barrier Beach to just take a breather.
It was very very busy. Never have seen it so busy.
In spite of that people were just downright pleasant and quite courteous.
Absence of agendas.
Woman were looking like woman can look in a good bathing suit. Guys had their surfboards, bogie boards and played with their children.
One rescue at some distance from us brought out the Lifeguards 4 wheeler. Few sirens as the ambulance came from mainland.
Return of normalcy.
What do people want? People want a return to normalcy. They are done with the Lies, done with the concerted effort to redefine Society.
I would venture done with DEI as well.
They are done with any Politician who does not understand that people just want to live their lives with a sense of peace and quite. Getting along with their neighbors and not having to look over their shoulder just because they have to go to a store.
Whichever party can deliver those basics will be in the White House and have a majority in Congress.
And it’s truly sad that this event will be turned by both parties into just another opportunity to get votes.
Meanwhile the hate and divisivesness will continue to fester throughout the country, as will the political games played by the politicians “for life” who no longer care about their constituents ie. their employers and bosses – us!
In my day to day life, like RichardF’s, there isn’t that much hate or divisiveness. What I do see comes mainly from the media – tiny minorities on all fringes get horribly amplified by the current media establishments. Reality is people go to work, go to stores, raise their kids and generally are ok.
“Reality is people go to work, go to stores, raise their kids and generally are ok.”
But reality is also that the only means “people” have to afford that, is Fed handouts.
And, since printing money does not create any wealth; those handouts have to be taken from someone else.
Hence, increasing divisiveness is, by economic/logical necessity, baked in as the central component in what the indoctrinati are told to uncritically worship as “the system”:
You simply can not have a “system” where those who have, have so almost solely due to a central bank handing to them loot stolen from those who then obviously have increasingly not; without the theft beneficiaries and the victims becoming increasingly “divided.”
a party’s function is to mobilize voters, you criticize the thing for doing the thing it was designed to do. you need to turn your focus to the malfunctioning elements of society if you want to understand why the world stopped working.
Sorry to interrupt the discussion of the Staged Trump Story…
Trillions in Hidden Debt Drove China’s Growth. Now It Threatens Its Future.
LIUZHOU, China—Officials were bullish about the future of their factory town in early 2019. The economy was prospering, a new industrial district was on the way and an elevated light-rail system was taking shape.
“The achievements of the past year have not come easily,” Mayor Wu Wei said in a city report at the time. He credited the grit of local party leaders but didn’t mention an ace in the hole.
For years, Liuzhou and scores of other Chinese cities together amassed trillions of dollars in off-the-books debt for economic development projects. The opaque financing was the yeast that helped China rise to the envy of the world.
Today, overgrown construction sites, sparsely used highways and abandoned tourist attractions make much of that debt-fueled growth look illusory and suggests China’s future is far from assured.
Liuzhou, a city in the southern region of Guangxi, raised billions of dollars to build the infrastructure for a new industrial district, where a state-owned financing group acquired land and opened hotels and an amusement park. Other tracts of acquired land sit vacant, and many area streets look practically deserted. Birds flit through the rows of abandoned buildings at an unfinished apartment complex.
“The government is broke,” said one local resident who watched the project falter from her shop across the street.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/trillions-in-hidden-debt-drove-china-s-growth-now-it-threatens-its-future/ar-BB1pXXG4
The clock
Tik Toks
Towards
Collapse
Building something is easy. You only need to follow the steps in the book. Maintaining what is built takes a lot of money. If you can’t do that, the building returns to dust rather quickly as we see now in China.
“Building something is easy.”
Obviously not easy enough for the idiotopians of The homeless; and priced out of competitiveness at anything; West.
Besides: Producers on ANY even remotely free market, invariably produce “more” than what was; in hindsight; strictly “required.” Only sillies gullible enough to fall for “five year planning” believe “throwing away” some eggs, phones, socks, buildings etc. is evidence of some form of every well indoctrinated simpleton’s favorite bogeyman: “Market Failure.”
In fact: Post hoc nominal “overproduction”; followed by price wars, fire sales, rent collapses, liquidations and hence flushing out of the weak and incompetent; is exactly what keeps free market costs lower, hence free markets more efficient and competitive; than ones planned and “overseen” by; and hence for the sole benefit of; deadweight apparatchiks, “investors” and unions.
Man; if only every company and engineer in what was once referred to as Silicon-; and now Realtor-; Valley, could pay no rent. While commuting on brand new, unused freeways etc…. Perhaps America could once again be competitive at something as well…
But instead: Incompetents are a Protected Class here. To such an extent that any potentially competent and productive American, is fleeced to the point where he can no longer compete. All in order to keep the deadweight leeches running this dump; and their favored groupies; in continued, always entirely unearned, splendor.
And hence, predictably, competence has now emigrated to China. Where it, as competence are wont to, builds stuff. As opposed to just sitting there idle as stuff built up by earlier generations, decay.
China is in a deep recession but no one seems to want to talk about it.
The failed assassination attempt isn’t just bad for Biden but for all the Democrat members who used any rhetoric or verbal imagery of targeting Trump, putting a bullseye on Trump or saying that Trump should have had his Secret Service protection withdrawn.
And it won’t just be a message about Trump but about the 3 innocent average Joes that were hit. Images of the dead guy, images of his funeral, images of his grieving family. Perhaps either of the 2 critically wounded will be on air from their hospital beds and looking at the camera and saying YOU did this to me FJB. Think that won’t resonate with those on the fence?
The fake Trump assassination is boring…
But it sure does make for a great news cycle… everyone is talking about it
Meanwhile…. let’s take a look at what REALLY MATTERS
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/china-new-home-prices-fall-at-fastest-pace-in-9-years-more-support-needed/ar-BB1pZ5kG
You really should give it a rest.
Good Morning slow Eddy. Just a thought. If I was a son of the fireman who got his head blown off and is now “officially dead” I might just hunt your sorry ass down and blow your brains out pal.
But maybe I just need to go to decaf.
“Fast”… lol!
The silicone from your fake boobs has leaked out, and gotten into your bloodstream.
You have problems. Go get some mental health before you become the next shooter.
Shouldn’t some of the higher profile names calling for this get some Jan 6 style legal treatment?
The Secret Service reputation changed for the worse. Secret Service is now more contemptible than FBI and Black Lives Matter.
The SS is nothing more than a DEI hiring hole. There is a reason there are no female SEAL’s, and for proof just watch the video with the 3 gals with the pistols beside the car after the shooting. The female head of the SS (appointed by Biden) was in the corporate security department of Pepsi before her DEI hiring. Her objective is not to provide the greatest security in the world, but to make sure that 30% of the SS force is female. F’ng disgusting what the country has descended into.
It’s politically an strategically idiotic not to pick Gabbard, and arguably she’s the best pick without those considerations.
People care about the top of the ticket, not the VP.
People also care who will take the reins in 4 years and Trumps VP pick will be that person
With candidates being so old there is a good chance the VP will take over in less than 4 years. Trump could die in office.
Especially if the rhetoric stays inflamed and motivates more assassination attempts…
just wondering what the odds are that “they” take out Biden soon and blame it on Trump supporters? Yesterday was not a one off event. There will be many things in the next 4 months that will have you wondering if you are in a nightmare or if it’s real.
Oooohh that would be some real 4D chess. I don’t think the dems are that clever. But then again, they are completely desperate and are always doubling down.
Tick-tock…tick-tock: TIT FOR TAT.
Trump could also drop out of the race. I think his wife wants that.
About as much chance of that happening as there is of Kennedy winning the election.
Trump is an Alpha, he makes the decisions in the family.
Biden is a Beta, Jill makes the decisions in the family.
Trump would never drop out because his wife wants him to. That quality is what makes him a leader.
Denninger and Scott Adams – epic fails today. “NO TIN!!! / Banhammer!”
Never be so self-assured that you have the win locked in – that’s hubris and is how many a battle has been lost throughout history. Stay vigilant. I hope the momentum can be sustained until November – I’m hoping to not be seeing any blue on inauguration day.
After the failed assassination, liberals lost one of the only two genuine hopes they had of winning the election. Now they just hope they can get away with election fraud again like they did in 2020.
The US Post Office can get Bezo trucks to help on the Long Island to PA route that night. Biden exempted USPS from vax as hush deal for services rendered.
Heard from a buddy today he’s getting the ax because of the buddy system. After being the interim replacement for months and told he would be moved into the role, new vp did a 180 and hired a buddy from Google who hasn’t switched companies since 2004. Another case of the buddy system rather than meritocracy. Fortunately the company is headed in the toilet because of the buddy system. The new CEO will run it in into ground so it is a great short opportunity.
What does this have to do with the article?
More importantly, if this is a great short opportunity why not tell us which company?
We don’t care
Mish wonders how things will change after Trump was almost murdered? Most people if they were shot in the ear would obviously realize they were only 2 inches from death. That would change most people in multiple ways deeply. Hope Trump does not suffer severely making the adjustment after this massive shock to his system.
I lived two inches from death all my life.
Not really. Any changes are usually temporary, especially if the danger is over in a slit second.
NO to Nicki Haley. She attended the WEF and is a globalist and a RINO. This is a horrible idea, I’m sorry. Actions matter, and someone selected for the VP position must have the same America First and be anti-one-world tyrannical rule for the United States to survive. We’re hanging on by a thread now, due to Democrat destruction and RINO inaction. Voting Republican won’t cause more damage, but voting Democrat will.
California is your proof. One party rule for years.
No. Nicki is being considered for State, IMO. If the play is to women voters then Tulsi is a better choice as VP. Nicki is her own brand of poison.
I agree that RINOs are a distinct problem and Cali is a disaster (from a Cali refugee).
I agree. I would rather Tulsi were the Pres. Candidate. However, we must quit thinking like normal beings and realize that politicians have hidden (stupid) reasons for choosing Party Members…esp for VP. Tulsi is TOO true to things that matter to US and of course, what matters to use the most are the opposite of what matters to party “Leadership.”
Yes, the Deep State Department …
I up-voted you and now want to correct the record. Haley is MORE likely because: “She attended the WEF and is a globalist and a RINO.”
The RINIs need to be managed not excluded. Trump needs the largest possible coalition to generate a massive landslide victory. If he does that he has possibility of much deeper successes and a serious historical legacy that won’t easily be overturned by next election.
Crisis brings opportunity. This is the opportunity the Dems needed to safely replace Biden/Harris with a new pairing that can roll over Trump. Hopefully, they take advantage of the situation.
“Never waste an opportunity offered by a good crisis”
–Niccolò Machiavelli (16th century)
What new pairing would that be? And how long did it take for you to concoct this fiction?
Machiavelli for Vice President.
“New pairing that can roll over Trump” All dems have the same exact same policies. The average swing voter has finally figured out that it was Biden’s policies that ruined America, not him…emphasis on “not him” because it became obvious to every single voter last week that he’s not even in charge.
Thought that was Rahm Emmanuel’s line
Repeated by Rahm Emanual.
and others.
the only change that matters…
Trump’s odds of winning the election went from 95% up to 100%.
the election is OVER. dems are cooked.
Biden’s portfolio of anti-american policies will soon be reversed.
No the election isn’t over. And even if we assume “Trump wins”, there are vastly different scales of “winning”, in terms of what Trump can accomplish.
Rubio endorsed the Russia lie for 4 years. You opinion is ridiculous.
Rubio is a non starter.
If Rubio, then a deal with NatSec swamp has been reached. May be better for domestic policy (why was foreign policy and state department Susan Rice picked for Domestic Policy Advisor to Biden?), they will wrap up a divided Ukraine, but then shenanigans get serious with CCP.
One of these is not like the others:
Kamala
Vivek
Tulsi
Cruz
Rubio
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/natural_born_citizen#:~:text=Political%20Office%20Requirement&text=To%20become%20the%20President%20or,of%20the%20United%20States%20Constitution.
However I wound not bet on the likes of compromised crap bags Roberts and ACB upholding the law.
This California native can tell you Kamala is a “Progressive” which means communist. Or Socialist or Marxist; pick one, same outcome where the people have NO rights, no property, no freedoms. She quit her Presidential race in 2020 with a 96% disapproval rating in California. We hate her here. She co-authored the “Safe Neighborhoods & Schools” act which lowered the ceiling of shoplifting to $950.00, enabled writing bad checks, enabled receiving stolen property – and more on that bill. For “equity.”
She badmouthed Biden’s 1994 crime bill as racist, yet kept prisoners in jail longer to boost her “tough on crime” record – which isn’t tough at all. Remember that she bailed out rioters in 2020, then lied about it.
Like Biden, like Newsom, Harris is every bit the liar they are.
96% disapproval rating? For a Democrat in California? RIIIGHT.
“Like Biden, like Newsom, Harris is every bit the liar they are.”
Which perfectly qualifies her for VP.
Barrack said she was the best looking AG in the country, so here we are.
But Barrack doesn’t swing that way, so I doubt he meant it..
Nice of Joe to pause the Nazi ads.
Joe wouldn’t know the difference from black and white reruns of Hogan’s Heroes during his ice cream hour.
A) In 5 days this will all be forgotten and B) I dont see how it changes the only people that matter … the independents in the middle who will decide this election. Is Trump now morfed into a Christ-like figure who just managed to avoid getting himself killed by friendly fire? What really changed?
LOTS of people everywhere (ie around the whole world) believe in fate/destiny (witness the countless books/movies etc where this is the central theme).
Who knows how many people on the fence suddenly view Trump winning as fate/destiny or even just feel sorry for him and decide to vote for him. He needs maybe 1/2 of 1% to make a difference in swing states (doesn’t matter at all in California)
Read up, would ya: CHRIST DIED.
No mention of Tulsi Gabbard as possible VP pick? I’m disappointed.
Before yesterday, I thought Turncoat Tulsi was a worthwhile gamble for Trump, because she could draw in some needed independents. But today, he is such a shoe-in that I think he can probably safely pick fellow firebrand Vivek and still win.
No on Vivek. He’s a swamp rat and would be Obama 2.0.
https://scientificprogress.substack.com/p/the-real-vivek-ramaswampy?publication_id=695291&post_id=135678475&isFreemail=true
She attended the WEF also, then denied it. Red flag.
Just because a Democrat says the right thing, it doesn’t mean they’re a Republican. I applaud RFK Jr. for speaking out about the vaccines, but like a drowning man in the middle of the ocean – he, like Gabbard, like Vivek – represent a life preserver thrown out in hopes we grab on. HARD PASS.
there has to be a growing dissatisfaction, if unspoken, occurring for every American who’s not completely beholden to either party. between Ezra Klein’s recent reporting that a number of high-level Democrats know that Donald Trump is not a would-be dictator, and the outright sham of media coverage regarding biden’s declining cognitive functioning over these past years, my hope is that you see voting that isn’t necessarily in support of djt, but is against this disgusting machine.
The media is so incredibly complicit with regard to their dangerous narratives. Purposefully massaging the public’s opinion of J6 into something that it wasn’t and labeling him a threat to democracy every five minutes was sure to drive some already insane folks completely over the edge. Assuming this guy wasn’t some Oswald, which we’ll probably never know.
As I said, I’d rather have half a Biden than a proto-Hitler, and Trump must go to bed every night absolutely amazed at what the dumb American public lets him get away with. I mean, why not be dictator? Americans love the UK royal family. Maybe we really deserve to have someone tell us what to do all day long ….
The royal family doesn’t make laws in the UK
“Legally” I think they do. Over the decades the Prime Minister became the head of the government, but the PM still bows to the King (the American president doesnt bow to anyone). So its a distinction with a difference.
Legally they still sign.
But they can’t propose anything. All they can do is sign what goes in front of them. They have zero power.
Because the public demands it .. there is no “constitution” in the UK
American President doesn’t bow to anyone? Really you have to be kidding
Cept for obama
Who’d he bow to?
Legally, you don’t have a clue about the UK.
The Crown is the ultimate law of the land. The King’s word is law, he can still have you killed legally, this tends to motivate people to bringing forward laws sympathetic to the Crown.
Because the Rothschilds don’t sit on the throne, does that prevent them from bringing matters before the Crown likely to be viewed favorably?
Because the CIA doesn’t hold a single seat in the congress does that stop them from making laws?
Were you not loved as a child
Your snarky comments waste everyones time
Was a serious question. Obviously you aren’t hearing Biden who asked to turn the volume down with your heartless posts. I don’t have the problem.
Im sure at some point you had an original thought, but became too scared to voice your opinion. Give it a try.
Turn off the TV. You have no proof of this at all, other than what you’ve been brainwashed into believing. I’m not a fan of Trump, but actions matter and he did quite a bit for Americans.
ICYMI, the Democrats are the party of the KKK and Nazi-like rule, currently. Censorship, high taxes, dehumanizing people, (including the unborn), hatred for those who disagree, violence, genocide (remember Covid?), and open borders.
And you have every right to those opinions.
What gives you the idea that Americans love the royal family? To us they are just some well-dressed Brits who spend their time cutting ribbons in public and fornicating in private. Good for a laugh but that’s it.
So if cadaver joe “wins” WI, MI, PA, and VA, does that make heels up harris the next president ??
ie does trump/can trump win one of these four states ??
How much ground can Madonna cover at the truck stops and tree stands this fall in MI, PA and WI?
FFS… Trump wins ALL of those states.
this election is OVER. DJT will win more than 335 electoral college votes.
but the Dems will cheat/steal the swing states !!!!
if they try this (again), they will get caught red-handed… and they would lose the election anyway – they can’t cheat their way around a landslide… they’d be foolish to even try it.
It does. A vote for Biden is a vote for President Harris because it is doubtful that Biden will make it another 6 months, let alone 4 years.
This is why all the black politicos and pundits on TV are all circling the wagons around Biden, why they are “ridein’ with Biden”. He has a short expiration date and once he is out of the picture, a DEI woman considered black and favorable to that demographic becomes president.
Proper review by a pro. Secret Service now demonstrably incompetent.
Thanks to the DEI hiring policies guess, **AND or complicit**.
“The Secret Service is supposed to secure all obvious “sniper perches” well before the arrival of a protectee – Meaning, nearby rooftops and buildings are supposed to have a security presence in place along with drone surveillance. In the case of Butler, PA, this was apparently not done. SS snipers were only present on the building right behind the venue stage.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/massive-secret-service-failure-led-nearly-successful-assassination-donald-trump
A retired SS agent reminded us that Trump is no longer president. He gets the same amount of protection as Carter. Or at least he should. Trump aint the top banana for the moment. He’s just another 2nd layer protectee with a big mouth.
The head honchos are always allowed to use personal judgment in rationing out resources. If they can’t see that he is not only the obvious Republican candidate, but also the very likely winner, and adjust resources proportionately and accordingly, then that smacks of very high-level corruption.
All three letter govt orgs are corrupt.
Wait, you mean it’s not smart to put a couple of 5-3″ females on bodyguard duty for a 6′-3″ candidate shaped like a slightly-deflated football?
6’3 who? 6’3 wide maybe.
Grow up.
It was rather disturbing to see the one female secret service not be able to put her gun back in its holster and decided just to keep it in her hand (wise choice). Granted, it was a stressful time but that’s what training is for, for God’s sake. I taught scuba diving and I drilled into my students that if the reflex isn’t there to do things like recover your regulator (mouthpiece) you *will* die eventually. And then the three women lining up outside the SUV they put Trump into seemed to have less than no idea of what to do. It was also sort of a hoot to see the female agents trying to tote Trump off the stage. At 250 lbs, more or less, that’s a heavy lift even for a strong 6+ foot man made of muscles.
Contrast that with the video of Reagan being shot. The millisecond the shots rang out the secret service guy had his machine gun out and was scanning for someone to shoot like Joe Montana looking for someone to pass too once the pocket crumbled.
Affirmative action at work? I don’t doubt it. I got a NASA calendar for my kid today, of the 14 photos of astronomers only two were white men. I worked in astrophysics at NASA. That ain’t anywhere near the demographics of astronomers doing notable work. The agency I work for had an award last week for the ‘best work’ done by a Black person. How condescending. An insult to my black co-workers who do Class A work.
DEI is a total failure. Those 50,000 electric vehicle charging stations? Only 7 built. Why? DEI failed. https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/hotlines/the-mystery-of-bidens-missing-charging-stations-solved/
Not only that they panicked and didn’t know what to do. One couldn’t holster her weapon. One worried about her sunglasses and keeping her shirt straight and one spun around 3 times confused.
There are clear roles for men and women. Secret Service isn’t a job for emotional women.
As an ex-sailor, I was so disappointed to find out that the Navy is now being forced (by the “times”) to allow females on submarine crews. The. Worst. Idea.
That discriminates against gay submariners …
SS could have saved money and bought a couple of cheap Turkish drones which have been marvelous in UKR. Its hard to believe that a guy was on a rooftop 150 yards away w/out being detected. Everyone in management there needs to be fired. If this was not MKUltra2.0, then the vitriol of Biden and the Dems needs to be looked into with a big, fat, unlubed colonoscopy. If it was MKUltra2.0, well …