07-02-2022, 11:45 AM
Not totally relevant, but stemming directly from this subject: how absolutely stupid was Donald Trump as a president and human being?
I get that he was under the impression that the armed protestors were all "his people" and that they weren't there to cause him harm, but how the hell could he be sure enough of that to take the risk of letting them past security?
The MAGA movement had no way of knowing who everyone was in the throng of protestors, and it would be far from impossible for a person who hated the president (and there was no shortage of people that hated him), to dress the part, get a weapon, and work their way into the crowd and get a shot off. Yes, it would be suicide, but the political climate was hostile enough to produce the kind of person that would commit to that sort of action.
This was not an intelligent or rational president.
I get that he was under the impression that the armed protestors were all "his people" and that they weren't there to cause him harm, but how the hell could he be sure enough of that to take the risk of letting them past security?
The MAGA movement had no way of knowing who everyone was in the throng of protestors, and it would be far from impossible for a person who hated the president (and there was no shortage of people that hated him), to dress the part, get a weapon, and work their way into the crowd and get a shot off. Yes, it would be suicide, but the political climate was hostile enough to produce the kind of person that would commit to that sort of action.
This was not an intelligent or rational president.