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TexasTowelie

(127,854 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 04:49 PM Yesterday

Why the Presumed Trump Assassination Attempt Will Not Improve His Polling Numbers - William Spaniel



Yesterday, a lone suspect charged past the security checkpoint outside of a presidential gala. Shots were fired, but no one died. Today's video examines how this will impact President Trump's popularity, putting the incident in the context of the necessary conditions to generate a rally round the flag effect.
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Why the Presumed Trump Assassination Attempt Will Not Improve His Polling Numbers - William Spaniel (Original Post) TexasTowelie Yesterday OP
Yeah, he's still PEDO trying to Destroy Cha Yesterday #1
Most of the US population JBTaurus83 Yesterday #2
Don't sleep on the cult. Bluetus Yesterday #4
Trump has a "Wolf" problem Bluetus Yesterday #3
I am definitely a doubter of anything tRUMP says or does. It's either everything is due in 'two weeks' or SWBTATTReg Yesterday #5
crying DoBW Yesterday #7
Most people (96%) want it dead dave99 Yesterday #6
Wow.. that's a Lot! PEDO "needs to Cha Yesterday #8
Our local newspaper didn't even have a headline about this farce GenThePerservering 23 hrs ago #9
My first thought when I heard about it Tree Lady 19 hrs ago #10

Cha

(319,900 posts)
1. Yeah, he's still PEDO trying to Destroy
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:00 PM
Yesterday

People's lives, America, and the World.

TY TexasT... I can't watch it right now, but later.

JBTaurus83

(1,579 posts)
2. Most of the US population
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:02 PM
Yesterday

Doesn’t give a shit what happens to him. Other than the die hard cult, I think a majority of citizens have a visceral negative reaction to him.

Bluetus

(2,984 posts)
4. Don't sleep on the cult.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:06 PM
Yesterday

A big part of MAGA world was already in the process of turning on him because of Epstein and Iran, and from what I can see, they have largely already decided this was a stunt.

Bluetus

(2,984 posts)
3. Trump has a "Wolf" problem
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:03 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Sun Apr 26, 2026, 06:13 PM - Edit history (1)

He has played the martyr card often, and it always seems to come when he is in the deepest trouble.

Even if all these supposed "assassination attempts" happened exactly as Trump claims, he lies so much that people are looking upon him like the boy who cried "Wolf".

And Trump's biggest problem is that the biggest doubters are in MAGA world. We progressives like to think we still use critical thinking skills. We look for factual information and try not to jump to conclusions. But the MAGA people have very little in the critical thinking department. From what I can see, a big part of MAGA world is already convinced this was a faked stunt.

Wouldn't it be ironic if this was one of the rare times Trump is actually telling the truth, but none of the MAGA people believed him?

SWBTATTReg

(26,348 posts)
5. I am definitely a doubter of anything tRUMP says or does. It's either everything is due in 'two weeks' or
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:35 PM
Yesterday

something will be coming. tRUMP's mode of operation is lying. Constantly lying and he's starting to conflict/mash/confuse his multiple lies together multiple times nowadays.

Cha

(319,900 posts)
8. Wow.. that's a Lot! PEDO "needs to
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 07:30 PM
Yesterday

STFU with his "rhetoric".

Interesting, though. TY TexasT!

GenThePerservering

(3,570 posts)
9. Our local newspaper didn't even have a headline about this farce
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:54 PM
23 hrs ago

of an 'assassination' - it was a 'small story' sideline (front page).

Tree Lady

(13,350 posts)
10. My first thought when I heard about it
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 12:09 AM
19 hrs ago

Was, what a tease! Why can't someone get it right?

I know people don't want a martyr but just stop this already, every day is like a horror show and Trump is mad at reporter for just reading what shooter said. Because he knows every damn word is the truth! We all know it. It's like the whole country is an abused wife.

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