Another assassination attempt

A gunman tried to charge into the WHCA dinner where the President (and VP and House Speaker – No 2 and 3 in line of succession) were. He was thankfully stopped by the Secret Service. There’s been so much to analyse from the husbands who protected their wives, to RFK Jr telling his son that he was just hungry, to the guy who just kept eating, the secret service agent that stood in front of Trump to block a bullet etc, a press conference where everyone is in black tie etc.

The saddest was seeing poor Erika Kirk saying she just wants to get home. She must have PTSD from her husband being shot, and to have to go through another shooting would be terrible.

Occam’s razor is that the gunman was after Trump. Little known except he is a California teacher, registered independent, who donated $25 to the Kamala campaign in 2024.

However trying to burst into a heavily protected dinner is a very unlikely way you will get the President, if he is your target. It seems more like a school shooting where you just want to kill as many as possible.

As he was taken alive, we may get answers.

This is around the 9th assassination attempt on Trump (if he was the target). That’s nine too many.

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