Presidential assassinations have become such a yawn now. Nothing like some kiddie porn to spice things up. And why not toss a foreign foe into the mix, while they’re at it.
Twice in two months someone has allegedly tried to knock off former (and potential future) US President Donald Trump. There was barely any time for authorities to give the public info about the first shooter’s background and motives before another one came along. Which must be why they haven’t bothered furnishing the info. In any case, the 'first' shooter is dead now, shot on the rooftop. He managed to fire some bullets at Trump before secret service and local law enforcement officers put down their coffees to deal with him. What’s this guy’s name again? Who even cares. Let’s just move along to the next assassination attempt, shall we? Because, apparently, we now live in a video game where everyone just shrugs them off and carries on.
Next up: Ryan Routh. Player Two is a middle-aged guy who got so worked up over Kiev and Washington’s shared rhetoric about the need to support Ukraine that he took it personally. He went over to Ukraine and tried to go straight to the frontlines himself, but was denied his wish to become cannon fodder. So he just hung around Kiev, turning into such a fixture that he photobombed an Azov propaganda video. He had a GoFundMe for the purchase of drones, had personally spent some time handcrafting some, and told any media outlet that would listen to him how he was recruiting foreign fighters for Kiev from places like Afghanistan. This guy was all up in everyone’s grill, and even headed to Washington DC for media interviews about his efforts,........