Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

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Ok so let's see if there are any gun nuts online: an elevated position with a clear line of sight, distance of about 130 metres, seemingly just clipping the target's right ear - should the shooter have done better?
No, it wouldn't have mattered even if he was a seasoned Army Ranger sniper who graduated top of his class at West Point academy and had over 300 confirmed kills, because apparently God whispered in his ear at the exact right moment and he turned his head. 🤦‍♂️
 
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The shooter apparently used one building amongst many buildings, at an open air event, a large distance away from where the stage and from reports he accessed it just before he started shooting.

To prevent that in the way the speculation claims would require multiple cops or agents at every one of those buildings prior to and during the event, just doing that (ie not watching the crowd or responding to requests). That is potentially an awful lot of cops, probably many more than were available.

I’d say that an attempt like this is almost unstoppable at open air events in built up areas; the guy is always going to get a few seconds before the counter-sniper teams get him.
I doubt the post mortem goes down that way, though. Anyone responsible for operational planning and decision-making is toast. The individual in charge on the scene is toast. Whoever put them in charge is probably toast. That person's superior may be toast. The bloodletting probably stops there, though the head of the Secret Service may also be forced out for a critical failure on their watch.

The foot soldiers should be fine, and whoever bagged the shooter will come up smelling like roses. That was swift and decisive action.
 
I doubt the post mortem goes down that way, though. Anyone responsible for operational planning and decision-making is toast. The individual in charge on the scene is toast. Whoever put them in charge is probably toast. That person's superior may be toast. The bloodletting probably stops there, though the head of the Secret Service may also be forced out for a critical failure on their watch.

The foot soldiers should be fine, and whoever bagged the shooter will come up smelling like roses. That was swift and decisive action.

The fault lies with whoever wanted an outdoor rally like this, though. It’s as close to impossible as one can get to prevent someone getting a chance to shoot.
 
The fault lies with whoever wanted an outdoor rally like this, though. It’s as close to impossible as one can get to prevent someone getting a chance to shoot.
Sure, but that's not how bureaucratic politics work. Someone has to take the blame, that everyone else might be absolved and return to business as usual.
 
Would have solved so many problems. :-(
Actually think it would have made things MUCH worse. The country will be better off with him dead, but it needs to be his age/diet/fitness catching up with him. Even then I’m not sure his supporters would believe natural causes took him out. Openly assassinating him like this would have probably set off all sorts of politically motivated violence. Someone even attempting it may end up doing so.
 
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