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Ronald R. Cherry
First of all, I thank God Donald Trump survived the recent assassination attempt on his life. Some credit the Secret Service with coming to the rescue, but I’m not so sure about that. Looking at the video below, three very odd things stand out during the assassination attempt.
- The nearest SS roof sniper suddenly raises his head – and eyes – away from his aiming scope, a second before the assassin fires his first shot. For God’s sake, no, that is exactly what a sniper never does. A legitimate sniper holds his aim by never removing his eye off the threat, by never moving his head and eye away from the aiming scope, and by squeezing off the first shot – killing the assassin – denying the assassin his first shot.
- A split-second before the nearest SS sniper takes his first and only shot, he strangely, with a quick jerking motion, elevated his rifle barrel so as to miss the assassin – shooting over his head, suggesting incompetence or malice. We know this SS sniper missed because the gun battle ensued in earnest after his single shot.
- The second SS roof sniper immediately retreats when the gun battle ensues, no visual clue that he even took a shot, another very strange oddity, suggesting incompetence or malice.
The SS failed to capture or kill the assassin when he first climbed onto the nearby roof. Why wasn’t the SS on that roof themselves? Why didn’t the SS have drones flying overhead to spot the assassin? The SS failed to kill the assassin when they had him in their sights – before the assassin took his unimpeded shots. Both SS roof snipers behaved very oddly, the first taking a fake shot, the second immediately retreating from the gun battle. I believe it is unlikely that all these strange actions, and failed actions, by the SS were just coincidences; that doesn’t happen in real life. If the Secret Service was in on the assassination attempt, nothing would have played out differently. So, at best we see an incompetent Secret Service, at worst an evil Secret Service which set up this attempted assassination. Is the fox guarding the henhouse? God, please help us.
Update 7/22/24:
Timeline for Assassination:
5:10 p.m. Assassin first identified and photographed by police as a person of interest
5:30 p.m. Assassin spotted with a laser rangefinder – useful for rifle targeting
5:52 p.m. Assassin spotted on the roof by SS – 20 minutes before his first shot
6:02 p.m. Donald Trump allowed by SS to take the stage
6:12 p.m. Assassin fires – missing the brain of Donald Trump by an inch
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