Admit it, you heard this sentence the day before yesterday.
You may have even said it yourself. Or at least thought it.
Telling you that if we could jump in a time machine and kill Hitler, Stalin and Mao in their cradle, or just before they took power, we would do it in a heartbeat.
For the good of humanity.
VERY BAD NEWS
This reaction is completely understandable.
The fact remains that what happened in Pennsylvania is unacceptable, deplorable and disturbing.
First, because even though he is a grotesque, odious and, yes, dangerous character, Trump is neither Hitler, nor Stalin, nor Mao.
Second, because we live in a democracy, and democracy means respecting the people’s choice, even if we believe the people were wrong.
(After all, isn’t that what Trump is accused of? Accepting the people’s choice only if the people vote for him? Accepting the democratic process only if it brings him to power? Otherwise, contesting the results of the vote and crying theft, conspiracy?)
And thirdly, because this assassination attempt against a former president who, thanks to the senility of his opponent, is heading towards a second victory which risks being even more resounding than the first, does not bode well.
When you are told that the United States has never been so disunited, so divided, so close to a possible civil war, well, that’s it.
It’s exactly that.
Someone takes a gun and shoots a candidate.
Thanks polarization.
Thank you social media, echo chambers and extremism, which pushes, pushes, pushes the melting pot, both left and right.
VICTORY ASSURED
And then there is another element.
Thanks to this assassination attempt, Trump probably just won his election.
He has now joined a small club select which includes JFK, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and Robert Kennedy.
Not to mention Ronald Reagan who also narrowly escaped death.
I am sure that as you read these lines, some cuckoos who “have done their research” are saying that it was Trump himself who organized this staging to ensure his victory.
If he wasn’t the victim of a Deep State conspiracy or a group of pedophile Democrats.
The Big Orange has always presented himself as the Savior. And current events have just proven him right.
What more could he ask for?
He has risen to the rank of victim in a country that has never venerated victims so much!
All this for a little piece of sacrificed ear.
This is what you call a good deal.
THE 60S
This scene is reminiscent of the 1960s, when Americans stood up and wondered who would be shot today.
Even if you hate Trump, this is bad news.
Citizens of a country do not settle their disputes by using weapons.
Those who said “Too bad the shooter missed” are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem.
Democracy is like freedom of speech.
It’s also good for cellars.