Definitely this one. This just killed my hope that he loses again, and you know the Gravy Seals are going to step up their harassment and violence towards people - and that would have been true either way. At least with the other outcome he doesn’t get in.
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ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 months agoit was an incredibly close shot. looks like he coincidentally moved his head the exact moment the shot rang, if he hadn’t he would be gone. factors like windage also play a role. idk which outcome is worse.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
As someone indicated below, he’s now a living martyr. I would place money that he uses this to galvanize his following and it actually benefits him in the polls.
He needed to die in an embarrassing way (lethal dose of ex-lax?) for it to hurt his reputation.
I don’t buy the ‘pave the way for someone worse’ argument. Who would that be? I can’t think of anyone right now, except for maybe De Santis in terms of actually being somewhat competent.
JohnnyH842@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Might not be a politician. He wasn’t before he became president.
zbyte64@awful.systems 2 months ago
A perversion of the word Martyr as it requires one to walk in faith. The appropriating of religious symbols merely as an aesthetic is really on brand…
Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Martyr apparently comes from Greek meaning “one who testifies in court.” The religious connotations came later.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently, eating C-4 causes diarrhoea. Bomb tech recruits would be fed small amounts of C-4 and then chased around with a taser, a shock from which they feared would set it off, while trying not to shit themselves
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
Cruz is competent and evil, ramashwarmy will do anything the likes of miller and bannon come up with, de sanstis as you said… There are worse options, frightingly…
Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Haley isn’t really afraid to say the quiet part loud.
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
him dying would’ve turned him into a martyr and basically solidified him as a saint, if not a god, to the maga crowd. I can imagine the repercussions of that. there’s also the possibility that someone worse replaces him, someone just as fascist and selfish but twice as competent, and that would be disastrous. y’know, the whole “guys I went back in time and killed Hitler” trope/joke.
retrospectology@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He’s already a god to his followers. People literally paint him as the second coming of Jesus Christ. There is no one worse in this moment than Donald Trump.
Atin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sure there are people who are worse. There are people behind their movement that have not stuck their head up and are competent.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Yeah but then he couldnt be in the oval, which is what actually matters lol.
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
others have made a terrifying point that his death could incite another instruction like Jan 6.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Now he’s a living martyr.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
this is true…
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
and basically solidified him as a saint, if not a god, to the maga crowd.
I’m pretty sure that’s already true, but I see your point overall.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
A lot of them already called him “the God Emperor”, so…
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Assuming it was actually the bullet that injured his ear, and not the 10 secret service guys wrestling a 78 year old man to the ground.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
In the video he reacts to something before being tackled, kinda ducking his head a little and grabbing at his ear. He was hit by something, but I’ve heard some conjecture it may have been shrapnel from a shot teleprompter, so seems to either be that or a bullet itself.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No it wasn’t. He has zero injuries. It could even been a shard of glass on the stage. Stages are dirty fucking things that no one cleans once they are up.
ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
what the actual fuck are you talking about? a shard of glass, in the ear?
there are two possibilities. this was a failed assassination attempt or this was an elaborately staged plot to boost his popularity.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
One of the news outlets reported that. But nevermind reading what is actually written.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
If the bullet went through a teleprompter he could’ve been hit by the shards. That would explain all the slashes on his face.
Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
That’s why you aim for the torso, center of mass, smh, frfr
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some still survive injury to the head so if you want to kill someone instantly, try to aim for the heart. Security services know this that’s why persons of interest are advised to wear bulletproof vests. I am guessing Trump is wearing one so had the shooter tried to aim for the torso, that would have been more embarrassing than near-missing Trump to the head.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 months ago
Like a real life Day of the Jackal.
Dagamant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I also don’t know which outcome would be worse but I do know which one I really wanted in that moment.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
MAGA world would collapse from infighting to be the new figure head. So I know which outcome I’d have preferred.
chaogomu@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Both Trump and the Shooter surviving would have been best. If the kid was able to say exactly why he did it, then all the conspiracy would die. An Trump would have some uncomfortable questions about his involvement with Epstein. That second part might still happen. But likely won’t.