i had a friend in the drama department in college. he was an idiot. he was one of those guys who got older every year but his girlfriends didn’t. a few years after we all graduated, we all went our ways. word made it through the grapevine one day because we all got google alerts. he’d been arrested by the feds, and not for statutory like we’d all first assumed. nah, he couldn’t get a job after college so he tried to convince an undercover ATF officer to engage in some light terrorism/treason as a way of blowing off steam. funniest thing is, my mom and that ATF officer’s wife go on vacation together like twice a year (they lived in my hometown for fifteen years, we’re friends).
Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I don’t think it’s at all likely. Trump knows he’s hated, and he isn’t about to go and do a parade in a convertible. More importantly, the secret service knows he’s hated and know they screwed up huge in letting someone take a shot at him, so they’ve dialed security up to 11.
Reagan and JFK were shot at a time when they had extremely high approval ratings. It was probably harder for the secret service to stay focused and for everyone to take threats seriously when that was the case.
This isn’t a Hollywood movie where a billionaire can go on the dark web and hire The Jackal or something. If they were to try to place a hit, most of The Jackals out there are probably feds posing as hitmen.
But, let’s say somehow a billionaire could find people willing to make the attempt. Trying to assassinate the US president is a suicide mission. If someone tries to do it as a lone gunman, they’re going up against the entire secret service. They may get the attack in, but they’re almost certainly not going to get away. If it’s a group of attackers, the more people, the more communications, the more communications, the more opportunities for the NSA to spot them.
And, this is one time we don’t have to worry about nation-states attacking the president. The US is punching itself in the dick over and over right now. If you’re someone who wants the US to fail, you just have to stand by and watch. In fact, if an enemy’s surveillance of the US turned up a plan to kill Trump, they’d probably warn the secret service to make sure Trump stays in power as long as possible.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
i’m trying to remember if there was something about my idiot felon friend who i think is stupid enough to get tricked into being a patsy or something about my myopic but wellmeaning fed friend that was relevant. twas one or tother. i’m very tired an [8]. it may take me some time to figure it out.
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
But what happens when you tell trump how GOOD he would look in a convertible in a large parade?
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
He’d know what it would do to his hair, he’d never risk that.
Gieselbrecht@feddit.org 1 week ago
“hair”
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
There’s a reason I didn’t say “hairs”. I believe he has one and it gets wrapped around and around and around and around and around…
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 week ago
No, the secret service did not screw that up. They told the Trump campaign they could not secure the area and the campaign ignored them. Trump is far dumber than Hitler. Hitler had people protecting him and he respected their work. Trump dismisses anything that mildly annoys or inconveniences him. He absolutely will be shot, we just have no idea when or what country will get credit for the kill.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
What country would want him shot? He’s destroying the US more effectively than any enemy could ever hope to do.
alberttcone@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Countries outside the US don’t see it as an enemy, but as a wealthy partner. Having that partner suddenly go insane and lashing out at its friends due to a malignant brain tumour is sad to see. They might well support surgery to remove the tumour in the hope that their former partner can one day recover.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
What world do you live in where you don’t understand that the US has many enemies?
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 week ago
You are assuming it’s an enemy I was referring to. Trump is really hurting our allies and they are in a dangerous place right now because of him. He’s not stopping. He’s making other countries vulnerable. the fastest fix for them is if he dies.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 week ago
The EU, UK, Canada, Mexico + Cartels, Taiwan, Japan…and Ukraine. There are a lot of people endangered by the Trump Regime, and would like this ride to stop.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Hitler, unlike Trump, fought in an actual war. If nothing else, that goes a long way towards respecting the power of violence - both to give and receive it.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 1 week ago
A suicide mission might not be as much of an issue if someone’s entire life is in shambless due to economic collapse, no healthcare and God knows what else is cooking up over there in the US. I mean, you’re prolly very tight that the feds are on top of it, but human life can be pretty squishy, especially for a ca. 80 y.o. man. Someone could leave a carrot on the white house doorstep and he might trip and snap his neck, who knows.
But I’m more curious about the people who lose everything, are getting truly desperate, and have nothing left to fear.
DrFistington@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, people forget that there are entire generations of Americans whose only feasible retirement plans are suicide or homicide
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
Or just, you know, death. 😂 No need to throw a “-cide” of any kind, enough of the time. I had a 50 y/o coworker die from cancer. Sad. Too soon. But he was worried about retirement…now he doesn’t have to. ¯\(°_o)/¯
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Considering how the Trump Regime consistently fires anyone who is competent but DEI or not glazing Trump’s asshole, I think an assassin would have an easier time than usual.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s going to take a while to weed all the competent people out of the secret service.
samus12345@lemm.ee 1 week ago
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