That’s the part I’m questioning – that Crooks was trying to shoot Trump specifically, as opposed to just whatever targets presented themselves. I’m not questioning that Trump was in the firing line, just I don’t believe he was “the” target. From what I’m seeing, there’s still no clear motive and the investigations are still ongoing, but I find it hard to consider that as an assassination attempt. I don’t think Crooks was trying to be an assassin, but I do think he might have been trying to be an acceleration – trying to throw fuel on the “coming storm” bs narrative.
Oh, no, of course not! I do think Trump tried to milk the incident for status with his supporters, though. (And seeing the fools wearing bandages on their own ears after he appeared in public with one, I think it worked at least to some degree.)
And unfortunately I’ve seen exactly that in more than a few places, including idiots with pictures of Trump idiotically standing with his hands raised like he won a prize fight afterwards. I really hate to nitpick over specific wording like that, but it looks like calling it an assassination attempt leaves too much “street cred” for him.
