A commentary analyzing a recent assassination attempt on President Trump, questioning the motive behind the incident, suggesting it may be a school-style mass shooting rather than a political targeting, and highlighting the psychological toll on victims and the broader pattern of
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who knows there's all sorts of theories about that one um but the other one uh the and it of course it destroyed by easter weekend um seeing you know uh the kerfuffle at the foreign correspondence dinner because it's a very prestigious event. Trump has never been invited to it before, so this was the first time he was there and this happened. And, you know, I was watching, looking at social media of all the video that came out and after he has skidded off the front stage by a secret serviceman, there was a gap in a curtain about five minutes later. And there was Donald Trump standing there looking at what was going on in front of So, well, it's, you know, I would have thought that if there was an assassination attempt on a president that he would have been whisked away to the safety of the White House or a bunker somewhere not standing around watching what's going on.
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