originally posted by: theatreboy
a reply to: Mantiss2021
Yo, the kid didn't miss Trump. The sniper on the water tower did.
Silencing the kid is about all they did right.
The point being, a public assassination, if that is what this was
supposed to have been, would have required far too many opportunities for
premature exposure from possible whistleblowers ("loose lips sink ships"), which would continue to pose a threat even (and especially
after) a
successful "hit".
The revelation of such a plot, instigated by either the Administration, or the Democrat party, would have the potential to literally collapse the
entirety of the Government in the resulting scandal.
Not what the they would want, especially since they are already in power.
Furthermore, assassinating Trump, in so open and publicly a manner, although it would eliminate him as a rival, would (and arguably
has)
elevated him to the status of "Martyr"; which would make his successor all that more appealing to a far wider voter base.
Also a "No Bueno" for Biden (or
His successor) and the Democrats.
A "quiet kill" as I called it, would, on the other hand, not only have eliminated Trump, but done so in such a way as to remove the "halo of
martyrdom" from his legacy; thus minimizing the GOP'S ability to capitalize on his memory. A "win" for the "D's".
And a quiet death would have been much easier to arrange, as well.
Especially since many here seem to be leaning into the idea that the USSS is somehow responsible for the attempt. Remember, as a former President,
Trump is
assigned a SS protection detail, 24/7. If someone in the USSS (or the the Executive Branch) wanted to kill Trump, quietly, it would
take little to assign the assasin to his protection team.
Much "cleaner", and more importantly, much more
operationally secure to have just
one point of contact; especially if the contact is an
agent. No loose ends to tie up. No questions to be asked, or answered.
Yet, even though it would have been so much easier, and likely more successful, to have done the deed quietly via the SS already imbedded with Trump,
he still lives.
That kind of argues
against the idea that the assassination attempt was ordered by Biden, the Democrats, or the USSS.
And, by extension, the certainty that this was, in fact, an
assassination attempt.