For the first time in many years, the BBC did real journalism useful for society. Look at this interview above — Trump’s security is either entirely incompetent, or they were told to stand aside in order to let the shooter take his shots at Trump.
By the way, Kimberly Cheatle, the head of the Secret Service, was appointed by Biden in Sept 2022, and she has refused Trump’s requests for more security. (Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr’s request for Secret Service protection has been entirely denied!)
In addition, the Democrats in Congress have been trying to strip Trump of his Secret Service protection due to his recent criminal conviction. Why? To make it easier to kill him, of course. By the way, since late 2016, Democrat supporters have made many threats against Trump, and no one has ever been charged with incitement to violence.
In our view, the author's conclusion is a bit too optimistic. No US politician at this point, lacking a powerful movement capable of taking on the US oligarchy, can change the direction of the US hegemon. Besides, how could such a politician rise to prominence without his own architecture of power, including mass media outreach?
As a humorous aside — let’s look at this image below. It’s an interesting take on the assassination attempt by French social media users. Vincent Van Gogh died 18 months after suffering his self-induced ear-slicing incident. Trump probably won’t last so long.
Despite his frequent bumbling appearances and horrendous record on America’s bloodiest and most violent foreign policy since the Vietnam War, Biden spent all last week insisting that he would beat the immensely popular Trump, no matter what.
Clearly, Biden had an ace up his sleeve, and we saw it yesterday in Pennsylvania. But it didn’t work. The oligarchs now have no choice but to turn on Biden and throw him overboard. However, that doesn’t mean they’ll hand Trump a victory.
The Republican national convention takes place this week (July 15-18) and we’ll finally learn of Trump’s choice for VP, who in turn will most likely be the next U.S. president. The oligarchs prefer Nikki Haley, who has pledged to continue the imperial wars abroad and ramp up censorship and repression at home.
I suspect that the oligarchs will offer Trump a deal — They’ll promise him and his family safety and security, in return for Haley joining as his VP. (Of course they’ll renege on that deal, probably poison Trump and then Haley will take over the White House and it’s back to business as usual).
Or maybe I am wrong, and there could be a positive outcome this week. Perhaps libertarian Vivek Ramaswamy will get the VP nomination. In that case, it’s a whole new ballgame, and it might be possible to save the United States and the world.