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How about this: Trump was on the square stage in front of the the stands at the end of the walkway and was facing toward the gunman at the time. The person who was killed was reported as being behind Trump, but I don't know whether that means the stand directly behind the stage or more likely the angled stand lower down. Here's another view the day after:

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Or more likely just add a line: " And send the ba****ds home once more"

Trump also has a sentencing hearing coming up in September unless he squirms out of it again. But bad timing for him if it goes ahead. He shouldn't have appealed it and just got it out of the way. His supporters don't care about it, but now it will just focus negative attention on him again much closer to the the election. Harris seems to have got off to a good start, and win or lose, will be a lot more effective than Joe could have been.

If nothing else they are now in with a decent chance of giving Trump a run for his money. With Joe they had no chance. I think the Democrats may invite challengers to her nomination but there won’t be any takers. If she picks a running mate from one of the key states it could be a good combination. If she challenges Trump to weekly debates like he bragged he would with Joe it could get interesting. Trump couldn’t handle risking losing a debate to a much younger woman of colour.

The question is who else will throw their hat in the ring. Gretchen Whitmer has said she won’t challenge.

Joe has finally seen the writing on the wall and decided to pull out and endorse Kamala. The question is whether she or anyone else can make much difference.

Good marketing. He'll probably still be wearing it in November.

First year engineering. Nobody turned up to lectures.

That's what he claimed, but you can see in the video clips that he was looking in that direction well before the bullet clipped his ear. Lucky for him the shooter was just off target enough to boost his election chances with the evangelicals, who now need no further proof of divine intervention.

Sniper's response: "I did!".

Not if Trump gets his way - his aim will be emperor for life.

Trump's campaign has got a big boost from this assassination attempt and his wounded hero photo, so where does that leave Joe and the Democrats? Now they can't even criticise Trump as a threat to Democracy and would-be dictator as they did before without being accused of inciting violence, especially if Trump changes his tune and starts preaching about the need for unity as he seems to be planning for his Convention speech. Joe's job suddenly got a lot harder, and whether or not he steps aside for Kamala Harris or someone else probably won't make much difference at this point. Still, with four months to go, a lot could happen.

His luck seems never ending. The judge in the Documents case who was supposed to put him on trial decided to put the special prosecutor, Jack Smith on trial instead and found him guilty of being unqualified to bring any charges against Trump.

Image means everything to Trump. It's all he's ever had to try and cover up his deeply flawed character.

Ironic that the would-be assassin was a registered Republican. That’s a bit inconvenient.

The wounded, patriotic but ever-defiant hero! Never misses an opportunity for a bit of self-promotion. No doubt he'll give away signed copies to everyone who donates $1,000 towards his bandages now.

His head will be buzzing, not from his sore ear, but by what a great marketing opportunity this is and how he can capitalise on it. Nevertheless, it’s a sad event that should not have happened and in addition to Trump’s near miss has resulted in innocent bystanders being killed and injured.

To have the best chance of beating Trump they have to get Joe’s age and competency off the table and make it an issue for Trump instead. That means Joe stepping aside for a younger person. To do that they really need to convince Jill that it’s time for Joe to call time. Hopefully some senior Dems are working on that behind the scenes, but unfortunately she’s as pig headed as he is.

No winners then.

Apart from a couple of cringeworthy gaffes, Joe's post-NATO press conference seems to have gone well enough to keep the wolves at bay, at least until his next public performance. If he can keep up the pace he may even get across the line at the election, but it will be touch and go.

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So do I. Just wish I could remember them.

Noisy too.

Not to mention scrambling around for two months trying to find new people to replace an entire administration. At least with our system of shadow ministers, the incoming team can take over pretty easily.