How Donald Just Might Trump The Election
It could have been a sight worse
It doesn’t matter what you think of Donald Trump or his attempted assassin, what does matter is that his assailant may just have achieved the opposite of what he intended. Instead of taking Trump out of the election, the misguided kid potentially gifted the election to his intended victim.
I know all manner of conspiracy theories abound at the moment; that the attempt on Trump’s life was the dirty work of the Democrats, that it was all staged by Trump’s camp… And in a way, none of that matters. What matters is that the political kerfuffle can not have hurt Trump in the least. On the contrary, it could well be the ace that wins the game.
Like a bloodied war hero he rose from the floor, blood streaming from his injured ear across his face as he grittily turned back to his idolatry-gripped followers and contorted every sinew of his weather-worn face into an expression of ultra-defiance, waving his clenched fist and rasping “Fight…fight…fight…”
Such high drama could not possibly be diminished in any way by some Shakespearean, rhetoric-laden oration. In terms of the modern vernacular, “Fight…fight…fight…,” at least in effect, is easily a match for King Henry’s or Winston Churchill’s “Once more unto the breach!”
Rousing a crowd is one of the things that Trump can do rather too well, and what makes him so dangerous and everybody else so nervous. One shudders to think what might have happened had the would-be assassin succeeded with his mission. For that reason alone, thank the lord almighty that Trump survived.
As for what the real effect of the attempt on Trump’s life will have on the election, that remains to be seen. Whatever the result, hopefully, the election will pass without any further trouble and what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania will be seen as much ado about nothing.
And, should Trump fail to secure the election, he could do worse than to get in touch with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in the UK and offer to play the lead of Henry V in a new interpretation of the Bard’s classic play.
Alternatively, he could use what is left of his campaign money to produce a Hollywood blockbuster about himself, called ‘How I Dodged Jail And A Bullet.’ I can think of nobody better suited to play the lead than the old man himself.
Hell, the final scene has already been fleshed out and the theatre poster is done! A bloodied-faced warrior pulling himself up off the floor to defiantly shake his clenched fist could not have been better choreographed. If you ask me it’s a slam dunk all day long.
News Flash!
No sooner had I pressed the key to publish my story about how Trump’s dodging a bullet in an attempt on his life may have helped him towards winning the next election, news came in that Joe Biden has decided to step down. On his way out, the President in office chose to endorse Kamala Harris to succeed him, and it will be interesting to see how that plays out.
This news could well signify that Trump will be back for a second term as the President, that is unless Kamala Harris breaks through that political glass ceiling which has proven to be very effective in keeping women away from the reigns of power for far too long.
As for Biden bowing to internal pressure to step down, I am happy he has chosen to not demur, if only for concerns over his well-being. It has been as painful to see Biden stumble both verbally and physically as it has been to see Trump being shot at. Happily, both gentlemen have in their own way survived.
