Kevin M. Kruse: I can hear the person who wrote this pausing to hit their inhaler

I can hear the person who wrote this pausing to hit their inhaler

Trump's defiant display after the shooting at his rally created a lasting image that instantly started supercharging his 2024 bid for the White House. Read The Big Take ⬇️

Bold and Bloodied Trump Seizes the Moment After Being Shotwww.bloomberg.com The former president’s defiant display after an assassination attempt at his rally made for a lasting image, immediately supercharging his 2024 bid.

The buying in of the news media into the Trump narrative that surviving a shooting makes him even more of a messianic figure chosen by God and that it automatically makes his campaign stronger and better is journalistic malpractice on a multitude of levels

So dangerous when Trump inevitably complains about stolen election (which he is already doing)

Governor Greg Abbot (R-TX) said basically same. By that logic, Adolph Hitler would also be blessed by God for surviving his attempted assassination in 1944.

I mean he said that at the time

The point of the entire stunt. Of course people would die to enable this propaganda.

It's like they totally forgot that Trump's friend, Roger Stone, wanted to assassinate politicians to aid his political agendas. www.cnn.com/videos/polit...

Trump ally caught on audio recording allegedly threatening to assassinate two prominent Democrats | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com US Capitol Police are investigating comments allegedly made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone in the weeks before the 2020 election. In an audio recording, he appears to discuss assassinati...

I would be really surprised if this plays with anyone other than Trump’s already committed base. I think this actually exemplifies exactly the chaos that many swing voters are turned off by.

Was this written by a former Chris Cillizza intern? Or maybe Chris himself?

Man the take-having industry is really churning on this angle apple.news/AehFceSk_TsC...

Trump Just Created One of the Most Iconic Photos in U.S. Historyapple.news Trump may have survived an assassination attempt by a single inch Saturday night. His instant reaction created a photograph that will be remembered forever.

it's a big take, all right

My right wing friend has already shared that accompanied by victory hoots.

Look at this absolute dipshittery (for profit!)

That was fast

Reminiscent of W’s “codpiece moment.”

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Rule 34 told us there would be porn of last night's events, and this headline is proof of it.

hahhahahaahhah

News media who use that angle instead of this one (taken at the exact same moment) are making a choice.

In this photo, he looks just like the effing moron we all know he is.

He literally looks like Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud.

by inhaler, you mean their vape.

Some people are easily impressed

Trump for the Congressional Medal of Honor, America's first 7-star General, Congressional Gold Medal, Nobel Peace Prize, and maybe a new holiday called "The Sovereign's Birthday"

And I’m surprised he can type one handed.

That is exactly why I think the attempt is faked by Trump himself. @The End USA

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I know what he was going for, and what his base will take it for, but all I see is a man flagrantly defying the instructions of the people trying to keep him safe... all to stoke more violence.

I don't have an inhaler, but unfortunately, I think they are probably right. There's a long way to go and all that and obviously anything can happen, but this seems like just the propaganda image to sell the Biden-Too-Old Trump-Strong message. I don't like it, but I don't want to be in denial.

Shirts with this photo are already being sold

www.newsweek.com/trump-shooti...

China selling T-shirts after Donald Trump assassination attemptwww.newsweek.com The former president said a bullet pierced his right ear after the apparent attempt on his life in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Inhaler? Nah, it's more like a bong. A very big one.

"Bold and bloodied"--?? I kept thinking: get out of there, you idiot.

It's a sad day in the mask factory, since everyone is throwing them away...

“The Big Take”! 🙄

More like pausing to Mad Max War Boy themselves up

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