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“How a MIRACLE Saved Trump”

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October 24, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where one rally participant was killed, and two others were seriously injured. A bullet grazed his ear due to a slight tilt of his head, which saved his life. His supporters quickly took to the internet, claiming that it was God Himself who saved him, and soon after, videos surfaced of an alleged prophet who had predicted the same scenario four months earlier.

Trump (78) was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — a key state in the November 5 elections — when gunshots rang out, hitting his right ear, and his face was streaked with blood. His campaign team later stated that he was okay.

“That reality is just setting in,” Trump told the Washington Examiner on Sunday. “I rarely take my eyes off the crowd. If I hadn’t done that at that moment, well, we wouldn’t be talking today, would we?”

This is also suggested by many videos that have surfaced online, analyzing his head movements during the gunfire, which may have saved his life. Some believe that it was God Himself who saved him.

One person in the crowd was killed, and two were injured before Secret Service agents fatally shot the suspect.
Both Trump and Biden called for peace and unity on Sunday.
Trump is set to formally accept his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention with a speech on Thursday. He punched the air several times as he descended the stairs from his plane upon arriving in Milwaukee.
“This is a chance to bring the whole country together, even the whole world. The speech will be very different, much different than it would have been two days ago,” Trump told the Washington Examiner.

Biden gave a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House on Sunday.
“There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any kind of violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We cannot allow this violence to become normalized,” he said. “The political rhetoric in this country has become very heated. It’s time to cool it down.”

Biden and Trump spoke on Saturday night after the shooting. First Lady Jill Biden also spoke with former First Lady Melania Trump on Sunday afternoon, a White House official said.
According to most public opinion polls, including Reuters/Ipsos, Trump and Biden are locked in a tight electoral race. The Saturday shooting has sparked a discussion about the presidential campaign, which had been focused on whether Biden (81) should step down following the interruption of his debate performance on June 27.

ASSASSIN

The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the suspect and said the shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt.
FBI officials said on Sunday that the shooter acted alone. The agency stated that they have yet to identify an ideology associated with the suspect or any indications of mental health issues, and they have not yet found any threatening messages on social media.

Crooks was a registered Republican, according to state voter records, and donated $15 to the Democratic Political Action Committee when he was 17. At the time of the shooting, he was employed as a dietary aide at a nursing home. The Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bethel Park said that Crooks “performed his job without concern and that his background check was clean.”

The weapon was a 5.56 caliber AR-15 style rifle (the AR-15 is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the design of the Colt AR-15). The firearm was legally purchased, FBI officials said, adding that they believe it was bought by the suspect’s father. Officials also said a “suspicious device” was found in the suspect’s vehicle, which was inspected by bomb technicians and determined to be safe.

The Secret Service dismissed allegations from some Trump supporters that it had denied a campaign request for increased security, saying that it had recently “added protective resources and capabilities to the former president’s security detail.”

Hours after the assassination attempt, the Republican-led Oversight Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives called Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify at a hearing scheduled for July 22.

The agency stated that the shots on Saturday appeared to have come from outside the area secured by the Secret Service.
Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe said that Butler Township officers responded to a call about a suspicious person, but they did not know he was armed. He said one officer helped another officer get a view of the roof. As the officer retreated, he encountered the shooter.
“The shooter either heard or saw him, turned with the rifle, and of course, the guy let go and dropped to the ground,” Slupe said. He added that shortly afterward, the shooter opened fire.

Authorities identified the rally participant killed on Saturday as Corey Compatore, 50, from Sarver, Pennsylvania. He died while trying to protect his family from a hail of bullets, said Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

The two people wounded in the shooting were in stable condition on Sunday. The state of Pennsylvania identified them as David Dutch, 57, from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and James Koppenhaver, 74, from Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

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Shortly after everything, Donald Trump arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee for his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt two days ago.

He had a large bandage on his right ear, which was injured when the attacker opened fire at the political rally.

The leading Republican candidate officially became the party’s nominee earlier today, following the formal delegate count at the convention.

The former president named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate for vice president if he returns to the White House.

Vance was once a critic of Trump but has since become one of the candidate’s most reliable defenders on Capitol Hill and in the media.

Trump also scored a major legal victory earlier today when a Florida judge dismissed the classified documents case against him.

Meanwhile, the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting is still being felt — the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security said that the attacker should never have had a direct line of sight.

MIRACLE?

Prominent figures such as Franklin Graham and Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Sunshine echoed these sentiments, attributing his survival to a higher power.

Moreover, Trump campaign spokeswoman Caroline Sunshine credited Trump’s survival to “divine intervention,” calling the left “godless.”

Matthew Sutton, a historian at the University of Washington, stated that the assassination attempt confirms to Trump’s supporters that he is God’s chosen one who will bring salvation to the United States and the world.

The attempted killing, which occurred just days before Trump’s unanimous nomination, has heightened the sense of destiny among his supporters.

Some experts, such as former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, believe the incident could give a “massive” boost to Trump’s campaign, though it’s too early to assess its impact on the polls.

Trump, who has rarely been openly religious, has increasingly mentioned God since the attack. On his platform, Truth Social, he called the incident a “miracle” and credited his survival to divine intervention. His family and close associates echoed these sentiments, sharing religious images and messages of gratitude for his protection.

After the shooting, Christian users and pastors online also quoted Scripture as proof that God spared Trump.

STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES

According to his alleged predictions, dark times are ahead, especially for America, which is supposedly facing a major economic collapse, and Biden will allegedly lose the election.

People Saw the Attacker Before the Secret Service

A new video shows that some attendees at Trump’s rally noticed the attacker on the roof at least one minute before the shooting. The video shows at least one police officer walking around the building. A spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service told CNN that the agency did not personally search the building from where the would-be assassin shot at former President Donald Trump, but instead relied on local police for security at that location.

According to reports from The Washington Post, police were alerted to a possible assassin as much as 86 seconds before the actual shooting.

Almost immediately after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, some in the crowd told reporters they had tried to warn the police that a suspicious man was on a nearby roof. The video you saw also serves as evidence that these claims are true, and that some people were trying to alert the police.

The strange circumstances do not stop there. CBS reports, according to their source, that the sniper spotted the attacker before he fired, more precisely: “The sniper took a picture of the attacker at Trump’s rally, saw him using a rangefinder before the assassination attempt, the source says.”

A sniper from the local tactical team, deployed to assist the U.S. Secret Service at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday, photographed the attacker and saw him looking through a rangefinder several minutes before he attempted to kill the former president, a local police officer directly informed about the events told CBS News.

The sniper was one of three snipers, members of local tactical teams, who were stationed inside the building the attacker used during the attack, the officer said. The operational plan involved stationing them inside the building, looking through windows toward the rally, and scanning the crowd. Details about the three snipers were first reported by the local news portal BeaverCountian.com.

One sniper inside the building noticed the attacker, Thomas Matthew Crooks, outside looking towards the roof, observing the building and disappearing, according to the officer who spoke to CBS News. The sniper watched as Crooks returned to the building, sat down, and looked at his phone. At that moment, one of the local snipers photographed Crooks.

The local sniper then saw Crooks looking through a rangefinder, an instrument routinely used to measure the distance to a target, and immediately alerted the command center via radio, according to the local police officer. The local sniper also tried to send a photo of the attacker to higher command levels.

According to multiple police officials, the command center served as the central hub for directing communication between the U.S. Secret Service and local officials from nearby state and county police forces. It is unclear whether the command center received the alert.

Officials then lost track of Crooks, who disappeared, but he soon returned for a third time with a backpack. The local sniper team requested reinforcements, informing the command center that the attacker was carrying a backpack and moving toward the back of the building.

When other local officers responded to the request for reinforcements, the attacker had already climbed the building, positioning himself above and behind the local snipers inside the building, according to the officer.

Two other city police officers who heard the call for reinforcements attempted to climb the roof. Butler County Sheriff Michael Sloupe told CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA that an armed officer from Butler Township was lifted by another officer onto the roof of the building where the attacker had taken a position. Crooks aimed his rifle at that officer, who eventually rolled off and fell from the roof. Moments later, the attacker began firing into the crowd.

After all this information, the entire case seems so twisted, as do all the recent events, sometimes feeling like one big show program.

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Hawley to GOP Senate: Let Trump Assemble His Cabinet That Reflects His Agenda

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November 21, 2024

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Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley is calling on all Republicans to work with President-elect Donald Trump and get his Cabinet in place.

During an interview on Fox News with host Jesse Watters, Hawley said that it is critical for the U.S. Senate, which will be controlled by Republicans in January, to allow Trump to assemble his Cabinet that “reflects his agenda.”

“I saw your colleague hold up a sign on the Senate floor with a big zero. Zero Democrats in the Senate voted against any of Biden’s cabinet nominees. Zero. And look what these nominees did in Biden’s cabinet. They wrecked the country, they blew open the border, they spent trillions of dollars. Zero Democrats are against them. Are Republicans comfortable voting against President Trump’s picks?” Watters asked.

“I sure hope not. I mean, listen, I think that the president deserves to have a cabinet that reflects his agenda, that’s going to implement his agenda. And you made this point just a second ago, Jesse. I think the thing that really the press and the establishment hates so much is how broad this coalition is. They can’t believe that people like RFK and Tulsi Gabbard are in this coalition and in this cabinet, and it just reflects the breadth of President Trump’s mandate, the breadth of President Trump’s coalition,” Hawley said.

“This isn’t your typical cabinet and that’s as it should be. It reflects the winning majority coalition Donald Trump put together,” he added.

Watters then asked: “So is the president-elect burning up the phones? Is he making threats? I know some people are threatening primaries against some of these Republican senators if they don’t vote yes.”

“I think the president is absolutely weighing in. That’s my sense as I visited with him, that he’s calling people and saying, ‘Listen, give these people a shot.’ Don’t go out there and say, ‘I’m against him, I’m against her, I will never vote yes.’ Don’t say this stuff. Let them speak. Hear their views. I mean, at least let them go through the process and testify and support Trump. I mean, stand by him as he assembles a cabinet that reflects his agenda and it reflects the mandate that he’s gotten from the American people,” Hawley said.

“Yeah, I mean, these guys are all going to make their own call. I get it. I understand the politics of it. But if they go down in flames, a couple of these guys, as Trump gets inaugurated, you’re going to have the Republican Senate injure the incoming president politically, do damage to him politically, hurt him as he had momentum, and he hasn’t even deregulated the government, hasn’t cut anything, hasn’t even had any legislation passed. They’re just going to kneecap him out of the gate?” Watters asked the Republican lawmaker.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what we cannot afford, Jesse. This is a coalition that is a majority coalition. Let’s not lose sight of the fact. And this is my message to all of my colleagues: Let’s not lose sight of the fact that this is the leader of our party who just won a decisive victory in both the Electoral College and the popular vote. He deserves to have a cabinet that will implement his agenda and will deliver on the promises he made to the American people, and it’s the Senate’s job to help get him that cabinet. So let’s move forward here full steam ahead,” Hawley responded.

Watters concluded by saying: “Okay. Well, these are going to be some feisty hearings, and I think ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ will be here to cover it in a fair way, because that’s all you can ask.”

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Famed Pollster Says Biden Isn’t Competent to Be President, Should Resign

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November 21, 2024

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Election pollster and analyst Nate Silver argued there’s no “particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now” and called for him to resign on Wednesday.

Silver made his remarks after the Washington Post reported that Biden had avoided the press during his trip to Brazil this week for the G20 summit.

“President Joe Biden was in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, unprotected from mosquitoes, fire ants and loud, squawking macaws. But there was another pest he did manage to avoid: the pack of reporters traveling with him,” the Post reported.

“During a six-day foreign trip to Peru and Brazil that wrapped up Monday, the president rarely spoke in public, answering almost no questions despite repeated efforts to engage him. One television producer took to writing messages on a large pad of paper, holding it up as Biden boarded and departed Air Force One,” The Post continued.

Silver commented that the details of the post report were further proof that Biden wasn’t able to lead the country anymore despite having roughly just two months left in office.

Footage from Brazil. Biden, having finished his speech, simply turned around and went into the rainforest 🍌 pic.twitter.com/SdDPAl6CNL
— Katie Liane (@TheKaterPotater) November 18, 2024

“Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It’s a very difficult job. It’s a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months,” Silver wrote on X Wednesday.

Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It's a very difficult job. It's a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months.https://t.co/02huFqQT3W pic.twitter.com/ZLWqcbkAYW
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 20, 2024

Before the election, Silver often suggested the possibility of Biden being replaced by another candidate. In July, he even called for Biden to resign following his poorly received interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC.

“I wimped out in today’s column and deleted a line saying he should formulate a plan to transition the presidency to Harris within 30-60 days, but I’m there now,” Silver said at the time. “Something is clearly wrong here.”

“The most generous way to put it is that he doesn’t seem in command, and that’s an extremely hard sell when you’re Commander in Chief,” Silver concluded — adding that he believes “Democrats will apply incredible amounts of pressure” to make the president resign.

That turned out to be the case. Led by the likes of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and — reports said — former President Barack Obama, Biden eventually agreed to end his reelection campaign, which also followed a disastrous debate with then-former President Donald Trump in June.

Biden, however, quickly endorsed his vice president, essentially leaving the Democratic Party with little choice but to rally behind who many privately believed was one of their worst choices.

“…Biden just hit a new all-time low in approval (37.4%) at 538 yesterday. Dropping out would be a big risk. But there’s some threshold below which continuing to run is a bigger risk. Are we there yet? I don’t know. But it’s more than fair to ask,” Silver wrote over the summer. “What’s clearer IMO is that Democrats would have been better served if Biden had decided a year ago not to seek a second term, which would have allowed them to have some semblance of a primary process and give voters a say among the many popular Democrats across the country.”

Republicans have frequently countered that Biden’s mental status decline was evidence during his 2020 presidential bid and that it had been getting steadily worse ever since. They have also accused Democrat insiders as well as those in the legacy media, of covering for Biden as he continued to decline.

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Trump Gets Historical Approval Rating After Election: Survey

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November 21, 2024

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A sizeable majority of registered voters approve of President-elect Donald Trump’s performance as he prepares for his second term in the White House, according to a new poll.

The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that 54% of respondents approve of Trump’s leadership, while 40% disapprove. The high approval rating is driven by strong support from 91% of Republicans, along with 49% of independents and 22% of Democrats who also expressed approval, The Hill reported this week.

The poll comes as President-elect Donald Trump transitions into office, set to be sworn in on January 20. He has announced several high-profile Cabinet nominations, including Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for Secretary of State and Representative Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for United Nations Ambassador. More controversial picks include former Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for Attorney General and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.

The poll revealed that at least a plurality of respondents approve of Trump’s performance across most age groups, with a majority among those aged 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, and 45 to 54. Among those aged 55 to 64, more approve than disapprove, while a slight majority of respondents aged 65 and older expressed disapproval, the outlet added, citing the results.

Trump’s 54% approval rating as president-elect is 12 points higher than the 42% approval for President Biden, according to the same poll. Biden’s rating has remained consistent in recent months, and for some months before he dropped his reelection bid in July, his approval rating dipped into the upper 30s. Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, consistently polled even lower than Biden.

During his presidency, Trump’s approval rating in Gallup surveys never reached 50%, peaking at 49% on a few occasions. Pollster Mark Penn emphasized the importance of this latest poll for Trump’s ability to govern effectively in his second term.

“It’s a good start. He is above 50 in job approval so far — it will be important for him to stay above that level to govern effectively,” Penn told The Hill.

Approval of the Republican Party saw a slight increase, rising from 46% last month to 49% this month, while approval for the Democratic Party declined from 47% to 44%. Meanwhile, just over a quarter of voters (26%) believe the country is on the right track, marking a 4-point drop from October.

With just 62 days remaining in office, Biden already appears to be winding down his term.

On Monday, the commander-in-chief was notably absent from the traditional group photo at the final Group of 20 (G20) summit of his presidency. Officials attributed the no-show to a timing issue, though it marked a striking omission from the global gathering that took place in Brazil.

The 81-year-old President and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived after the official group photo had already been taken. According to the Associated Press, other world leaders were seen mingling and chatting after posing for the picture, having smiled and exchanged warm gestures during the photo session.

The timing left Chinese President Xi Jinping prominently positioned at the center of the group of leaders, posed against the blue skies and waters of Rio de Janeiro. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, was less conspicuous, standing in the back row.

“A senior Biden administration official, who was not authorized to comment publicly, said Biden and other leaders missed the photo because of ‘logistical issues,’” the AP noted, adding: “Biden had intended to be part of the photo, but it occurred earlier than scheduled.”

Just days earlier, Biden made headlines when he appeared to wander off alone into the Amazon rainforest after delivering a speech on climate change at the COP29 summit in Brazil, Breitbart News reported.

A video of Biden walking away from the podium quickly went viral after being shared on social media. It didn’t take long for Hollywood celebrities—once among his most vocal supporters—to join in ridiculing the seemingly aimless actions of the 81-year-old leader.

Footage from Brazil. Biden, having finished his speech, simply turned around and went into the rainforest 🍌 pic.twitter.com/SdDPAl6CNL
— Katie Liane (@TheKaterPotater) November 18, 2024