After the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, I’m led to ask a few questions.
If this was a serious attempt, why use an AK-47 (or SKS –there seems to be some confusion here*)? I’m a huge fan of the old Commie rifles, but it’s common knowledge that even scoped, neither is a serious “sniper” rifle. Hell, I wouldn’t use it past 200 yards, and I’m what could charitably called a “practiced” shooter with both the AK and SKS.
Which leads me to the next question.
Was this Routh guy just some deranged asswipe who wanted to kill Trump in principle, but like many nutcases, had little idea of how to accomplish such a thing? (I’m kinda leaning towards this scenario, by the way, because serious shooters never let their gun barrel poke out into plain view.)
Also in my mind: at what point, if ever, is the Secret Service going to get serious about protecting Trump? Supposedly, some eagle-eyed agent spotted Routh’s rifle barrel sticking through the fence, and the SS agent then opened fire on his position (but not hitting him surprise surprise). (Hell, at least this time, unlike in the previous attempt, they didn’t wait for the dickhead to start shooting before trying to suppress him.) Frankly, I’m starting to have serious doubts about their capability to protect Trump — which leads to the final, and most disturbing question.
Is there actually a conspiracy to assassinate Trump? I’m not going to get involved in who might be part of a conspiracy because I don’t know enough about the situation or the people who might be part of it.
Here’s what I do know: if there’s a third assassination attempt on Donald Trump, then it will take a great deal to persuade me, in the words of Auric Goldfinger, that this is not an enemy action. Once again, as to who the enemy is, I have no idea but many suspicions.
Right now, however, I have absolutely no doubt as to what is causing these deranged assholes like Ryan Routh and the late Thomas Crooks to act the way they are, and it can be found in the words of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris along with all their lickspittle colleagues in Congress and the media, words which describe Trump as being “a danger to democracy”, a “dictator”, and so on. (And I’m not the only one who believes this.)
If you keep on watering the ground, in other words, it’s an absolute certainty that some shoots [sic] are going to spring up.
*In terms of details about this business, the “fog of war” is a clear blue sky by comparison. See here for a series of contradictory statements.
