DJ Barry Hammond

Anyone else strangely chilled, relaxed, almost confident?

The problem with having Kane on the bench is he’d then end up coming on. At least this way you have exciting options up front from the bench.

If it is indeed a setup - the extra flourish added to it by getting a bullet to hit the hydraulics of the tractor holding a load of speakers so it can spew a fountain of fluid is a lovely additional touch in the planning.

I’ll say one thing on this, that I’ve not seen anyone really mention. That is the positioning of the Snippers - that suggests they knew they had a security weaknesses in that direction. From what I’ve seen, they were only ever setup and pointing in that direction.

Not only that, it seems pretty clear that the ‘neighbouring’ units (AGR International according to Google Maps) are just that - they’re not part of the same land (Butler Farm). That means any security on that land requires additional organisation with that property owner, plus additional man-power - and given that plot has two viable entrances this would equate to quite a considerable cost (especially if you forcibly close the business). Butler itself appears to be a relatively small city, 50 miles away from Pittsburgh - so I can’t imagine the local police force they would be using here would be plentiful in number or that well experienced in protecting this type and level of event either. It’s the sort of situation that in hindsight people can easily criticise and say you should have had “X, Y, Z” in place - but to do that you have the numbers to do it and be willing to pay for it.

Trump’s cheap remember - it would be him / The Republicans that are largely paying for additional security outside of what the state would provide for a former President.

That could depend on whether he can muster a 2/3rd’s majority and repeal the 22nd Amendment?

It could do the opposite. If the Democrats don’t think they can win now regardless, they may just carry on regardless with Biden.

Different angle I’m very surprised there hasn’t been more cameraphone footage posted so far.

😂

I find it unlikely that this person could be credibly called deranged for a few factors. Key to this is the planning aspect to find what was a unbelievable vantage point for what was attempted. But more - the fact the shots missed (and indeed on the pull side) suggest to me the shooter knew the magnitude of what they were doing and that it impacted them in the moment.

He’s just secured one of the most iconic political pictures of all time, one that will be on every publication on every newsstand - an image that exudes strength, which is the antipathy to the current image of his opponent. It’s exactly the sort of image and projection that will appeal to American floating voters.

Well this has certainly given a strange start to England winning the Euro’s day hasn’t it.

You couldn’t want for a better campaign photo could you - and he’s had a few!

It’s fine, plenty have jumped to the same conclusion elsewhere.

I guess the Democrats don’t need to worry about replacing Biden now - given, assuming no other Secret Service failings, there’s absolutely no chance Trump is not winning the election now.

He’s registered as a Republican - but that really means nothing. You know, if you’re planning something like this, registering as one will likely get you some information that you’ll need - like dates and locations of rallies.

Hmmmm…

I don’t think we can sell them Soumaré for a number of reasons, but nice try.

No, me neither - but there are some quality tweets flying around tonight!

PaddyPower are just so good at this!