2024-07-16 04:28:52
The photo of Donald Trump with a clenched fist and a bloody ear is an important moment of the presidential election. The event is likely to affect the outcome of the November 5 vote.
The investigation showed that the person who wanted to shoot him was not a left-wing activist, a member of the Democratic Party, a Muslim or an immigrant. He is a 20-year-old registered Republican, that is, of Trump’s party.
It is the first assassination attempt on either a president, former president or presidential candidate in the United States since 1981, when an assailant shot Ronald Reagan in Washington. After that, his popularity rose significantly in the polls, but it only lasted for a few months.
Shortly after Saturday’s shooting, some celebrities announced their support for Trump’s candidacy. This was done, for example, by the founder of the company Space X and the car company Tesla, Elon Musk, or the billionaire and owner of hedge funds, Bill Ackman.
“I came to this after careful consideration, rationally,” he announced. At the same time, four years ago, Ackman criticized Trump for the attack by his supporters on the Congress building and called for an apology to all Americans.
US politics expert Rob Casey of the Signum Global Advisors think tank says that surviving the assassination attempt has the potential to increase Trump’s chances of winning the election. “It will motivate his voter base more,” says the analyst.
“The American election will be decided by a group ofindependent’. They tend to be ill-informed people who make decisions based on superficial impressions and emotions. Emotions are short-lived, so Trump would definitely win next week. But the election is not next week. An assassination attempt will not win Trump the election,” political scientist Tomáš Klvaňa from New York University wrote on the X social network.
Some Republican politicians have already begun to claim that Democrats are responsible for the assassination of Trump. “This is a consequence of the Biden campaign, in which Donald Trump is portrayed as a fascist who must not come to power,” wrote on social networks the Republican senator for the state of Ohio James D. Vance, who may be chosen by Trump as his vice president.
House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene echoed the sentiment: “Democrats wanted this to happen. They’ve been wanting to get rid of Trump for years, and they’re willing to do anything to get it done.”
I am going to formally endorse @realDonaldTrump. I came to this decision some time ago as many @X followers have already understood from my supportive posts of Trump and my criticisms of @POTUS Biden.
The reason why I have not yet formally done so is that I want to explain my…
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) July 14, 2024
The Wall Street Journal wrote that the finale of the election campaign will be very ugly, with whiplash and hateful rhetoric. Already on Monday, the convention of the Republican Party is to begin in Wisconsin, where Trump will be confirmed as the presidential candidate.
The convention of the Democratic Party will not take place until August. President Joe Biden is still the candidate, although the party has expressed dissatisfaction with his health and spats in public appearances. In his first reaction, Biden condemned the assassination and announced that he was suspending “all political communications” criticizing Trump.
Video: Shooting at Donald Trump
Shots were fired at Trump’s campaign rally. The ex-president has an injured ear, two people died | Video: Reuters