General News Thread

[davieG]

[st albans fox]

6 minutes ago, davieG said:

Or he had gas ……

[Md9]

He will probably never speak about it again after this week like the last person who attempted to shoot him has never been talked about. 
Considering how much he holds a grudge you think the guy who attempted to kill him would be all he talks about 

[Jattdogg]

3 hours ago, MPH said:

 

yes, and in fairness he did shoot an officer but they were wearing a bullet proof vest, I believe…

 

 

 

holding this kind of event at a location the public can attend is foolishness of the highest order, however it  unfortunately does add credibility to Trumps desire to build that expensive ballroom

 

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

That lack of overall actual threat is all the more reason to suspect something, then. 

Sounds shady. Wouldn't put it past twump but same time people are willing to do this because of how much a cvnt he is.  I dont agree worh political assassination at all though unless we are talking about people like Hitler etc.

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Jattdogg said:

 

Sounds shady. Wouldn't put it past twump but same time people are willing to do this because of how much a cvnt he is.  I dont agree worh political assassination at all though unless we are talking about people like Hitler etc.

 

yeah, it’s likely just someone who trump has alienated and marginalized. And I’m sure it’s not a coincidence that he was  staying at the hotel.

 

 

the part that sounds fishy to me is… who  thought it was a smart idea to hold an event, where all of Trumps top people, including himself, were in a hotel with members of the public they were not able to vet/ check? And why was someone with so many guns on him able to get anywhere near the ballroom?

 

there’s too many would-be assassins getting too close to Trump.

 

if people want tin hat, how’s this for you;

 

there’s either foreign enemy agents posing online as Billy Bob Jr saying “ yeah solidarity mate, let me help you plan this one! I know his movements..” or his planning and logistics committee has been infiltrated  (its mind blowing the lapse in common sense to hold the event at such a location) and either (or as well as) a member of the secret service because,  there’s too many lapses in security in allowing people to get so close to him.. 

Edited 26 April by MPH

[fox_up_north]

As above...the options are either it was staged, the person had inside help or security were rubbish.

 

All are absolutely terrible. This is unlikely to be the last one, as well. 

[Wymsey]

9 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

As above...the options are either it was staged, the person had inside help or security were rubbish.

 

All are absolutely terrible. This is unlikely to be the last one, as well. 

Why would it be staged?

 

Even Donald himself would never think of considering such a thing.

[Trav Le Bleu]

41 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Why would it be staged?

 

Even Donald himself would never think of considering such a thing.

 Because it worked last time.

[Wymsey]

10 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

 Because it worked last time.

Which incident, then?

[Md9]

all this for his ballroom with a bunker so he can bomb the crap out of someone else and hide away until he dies and never give up being president if his health doesn’t get rid of him before it’s built . Iran war must be going well for him if this is his next stunt after stating it to hide the Epstein files . 

[Lionator]

45 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

 Because it worked last time.

Ok I don’t think the og one was as you could tell Trump was clearly f’d up after it but this one 100% was. 

[Raj]

These people trying to shoot Trump are the equivalent  of Daka at Scoring!!!

[leicsmac]

King Charles state visit to the US going ahead. 

 

Considering he's one of the handful of people that Trump does listen to (probably because he and his position represent everything Trump desperately wants to be) perhaps a few words of advice might be useful this time round too. 

[Sampson]

7 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

King Charles state visit to the US going ahead. 

 

Considering he's one of the handful of people that Trump does listen to (probably because he and his position represent everything Trump desperately wants to be) perhaps a few words of advice might be useful this time round too. 

Eh. You haven’t learnt how this works yet?
 

It’s Reality TV Real Housewives politics. Trump wants a new story of the pendulum swinging every week to keep himself in the news. It will be a few days of “let’s celebrate the great relationship between our countries”, the press will lap it up as “resetting relations”. Then 3 weeks down the road Trump will be attacking the UK again for not helping in the Iran war and saying the Falklands or Greenland belong to the UK and Denmark.

 

Already seen a BBC article about how this will “revitalise UK-US relations”. Didn’t we already read all this last year when Trump came to the UK? It did, for about a week… then everyone forgot about it again. People have such short memories these days.

Edited 27 April by Sampson

[leicsmac]

8 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Eh. You haven’t learnt how this works yet?
 

It’s Reality TV Real Housewives politics. Trump wants a new story of the pendulum swinging every week to keep himself in the news. It will be a few days of “let’s celebrate the great relationship between our countries”, the press will lap it up as “resetting relations”. Then 3 weeks down the road Trump will be attacking the UK again for not helping in the Iran war and saying the Falklands or Greenland belong to the UK and Denmark.

 

Already seen a BBC article about how this will “revitalise UK-US relations”. Didn’t we already read all this last year when Trump came to the UK? It did, for about a week… then everyone forgot about it again. People have such short memories these days.

That's probably the most likely outcome, yes. 

 

Guess we'll have to wait until the Trump sentiment is neutralised another way before it harms us all much more, then. 

[OntarioFox]

Is this Trump shooting thing really still top story across news outlets? Must have been one hell of a slow news weekend, what more is there to discuss?

 

The BBC in particular love, LOVE keeping stuff like this in the news cycle, even if the public lose interest. Still front page and centre of the website, but the top articles list tells you another story. Front pages are always on there, which means nobody is even reading their 24/7 coverage. He's alive and his administration are going to continue f***ing things up for the world, so what? Wake me up when he loses the midterms.

 

Edited 27 April by OntarioFox

[davieG]

6 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

Is this Trump shooting thing really still top story across news outlets? Must have been one hell of a slow news weekend, what more is there to discuss?

 

The BBC in particular love, LOVE keeping stuff like this in the news cycle, even if the public lose interest. Still front page and centre of the website, but the top articles list tells you another story. Front pages are always on there, which means nobody is even reading their 24/7 coverage. He's alive and his administration are going to continue f***ing things up for the world, so what? Wake me up when he loses the midterms.

 

Some people are saying he had no reason to be worried his only concern was if it didn't turn out as he and his zealots had planned 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

King Charles state visit to the US going ahead. 

 

Considering he's one of the handful of people that Trump does listen to (probably because he and his position represent everything Trump desperately wants to be) perhaps a few words of advice might be useful this time round too. 

Yup, looks on him as his "equal".

[Jon the Hat]

On 25/04/2026 at 16:53, leicsmac said:

I think there's at least some who compass that way in the UK who are fully aware of how damaging Trump is to their "brand" and the world at large and so want nothing to do with him, but yes, some more noise from them would be very much appreciated.

The only commendable thing Starmer has done recently is stand up to the nonsense Trump is coming out with.  He should continue to do so.  

[The Bear]

"I'm perfectly calm dude..... Calmer than you are" 

 

 

Edited 27 April by The Bear

[OntarioFox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Some people are saying he had no reason to be worried his only concern was if it didn't turn out as he and his zealots had planned 

On further reflection I guess 'man does not get shot' is big news in the USA.

[Jattdogg]

4 hours ago, leicsmac said:

King Charles state visit to the US going ahead. 

 

Considering he's one of the handful of people that Trump does listen to (probably because he and his position represent everything Trump desperately wants to be) perhaps a few words of advice might be useful this time round too. 

Waste of money trip IMO.

 

Does nothing to repair relationships. Trump doesn't care about relationships. He wants to fuk Canada and Mexico deeply and we are his direct neighbours. Like he gives two shits. He does what he wants,  when he wants.

 

Trump needs a distraction,  this will do more than ever right now. Good timing it worked out for trump.

 

Real shame the King can't drop Andy boy off to face the music for being a sicko.

[davieG]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Some people are saying he had no reason to be worried his only concern was if it didn't turn out as he and his zealots had planned 

[st albans fox]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

Too many loose ends there 

primary one being leavitt saying that - I mean you just wouldn’t 

gunman was staying at the hotel - do American hotels have metal detectors on flyers? 
Any reason why didn’t he attend the dinner last spring? 

[davieG]