Trump's Killer Shot
Two inches to the right and he’d have been dead. It was the first shot from the sniper’s rifle, nicking Trump’s ear. There is no question of random shooting into a crowd; not initially. Seconds later the rooftop gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, having killed one rallygoer and injured others, was himself dead.
The incident will have some on the Left running backwards. BBC Radio 4’s David Aaronovitch incautiously tweeted this a fortnight ago:
… and has now deleted it and donned the cloak of potential vctim:
Of course it was mere foolishness: we Brits are not used to the hairtrigger violence common in other societies. Though underneath DA’s ‘satire’ is a typically Left element of visceral hatred. There can be no debate with Satan. ‘Ding, dong, the warlock’s dead,’ as he nearly was.
But he didn’t die, and this shot is iconic, up there with the Iwo Jima flag-raising:
The guards’ reactions were professionally fast, like those of the Democrat-supporting media which said at first that Trump had ‘fallen’, then that it was an ‘incident’, then a ‘possible’ assassination attempt.
Not as fast as Trump’s, though. ‘Wait, wait, wait’…
None of us here is a blasphemous Trumpolater like some of those across the Atlantic; but his ability to seize the moment and turn it to advantage shows the mental acuity and ballsiness that Americans want to see in a Chief Executive.
In a visual age, this killer shot may be one of those hinges on which history turns.
This incident will be debated for years. So many variables. We have a failed protection plan, a dead shooter and a heated election.
One thing for sure. Trump is one lucky guy. It was probably the distance away from the shooter. They say it was over 200 yards. That is a long way in shooting. So many variables in wind and gravity. However, if there were people shouting to the police about the shooter, they probably rattled him enough to at least twitch.
Well, let's see what the aftermath brings. Trump came across as strong and determined. Getting ready for his convention this week. Meanwhile Biden talks of going to bed early and waking up late.
Strewth - that Aaronovich 'recanting' tweet is priceless! So he 'didn't really mean' what he said in his first tweet: why, as a journalist, is he unable to actually write what he means? So 'it was satire' - the usual excuse from any Lefty when being told he overstepped the bounds of civil discourse. And finally: 'look at meeee - I'm the victim here, people are mean to me now' ... oh dear, how sad ...
The same people in the meejah who analyse even a sneeze of a political opponent for nefarious political thoughts hide behind 'it wasn't me, and if it was, I didn't mean it, I'm the victim'.
It's their double standards which are so sickening.