On Sunday, Donald Trump became the first presidential candidate in a half century to survive two back-to-back assassination attempts. Both of these assassination attempts involved significant failures by the Secret Service. And they raise the question of whether Donald Trump, who’s currently the leading candidate for president of the United States, will survive until Election Day. That is the current state of American democracy, thanks to the self-described protectors of democracy.
We know why this is happening. Donald Trump, more so than any other candidate since Nixon, is openly antagonistic to the most entrenched interests in Washington — in particular the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies. And he’s difficult to control. Donald Trump is not an easily replaceable actor like Kamala Harris, who’s only capable of reciting canned soundbites. Whether you like Donald Trump or not, everyone knows that’s true. And now that lawfare has failed, his enemies believe that they’re out of options. Assassinating Donald Trump would change the trajectory of this country forever. Assassinating any other politician would not.
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