I just noticed the typo and fixed it in my original post, “it” should be “is” in that parenthetical.
Why am I not suggesting Musk and Trump stand closer than is safe to a massive explosion? Several reasons.
First, and most obvious, is that wishing people to die generally is not cool. This is especially true when one is a political candidate under the protection of the Secret Service: I have no desire to be interviewed by them.
Second, if they’re close enough to the blast to be injured and possibly die, they can’t be interviewed about their experience and how it made them feel. Since we’re talking about explosions, consider the Mythbusters.
I’ve seen interviews where Adam Savage talked about the cement truck explosion or where Kari Byron and Tory Belleci talked about the creamer cannon (not technically an explosion, more a fireball, but still impressive and scary as hell.) Seeing the expressions on their faces as they share how terrified they were made me feel the explosions were more real in some sense.
Do I think Musk or Trump would admit to being scared? Not in words. But watching a video of them reacting to the explosion should show their followers that “Holy shit, this is real!” and “Maybe dropping a bomb between a thousand and a million times more powerful than that really isn’t a good idea.” even if Musk and Trump verbally say “Nah, no big deal.”
