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Also that wasn't the first attempt, there have been at least two previous people who tried to kill him
2016 Las Vegas Attempt- On June 18, 2016, a man attempted to steal a police officer's firearm and use it on Trump, during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. 20-year-old Michael Steven Sandford, who was visiting the U.S. from the U.K., was immediately subdued by the officer, and was taken into custody by the Secret Service. Sandford later told officials that his plan had been to kill Trump, who was speaking at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
2017 Forklift Incident- On September 6, 2017, Gregory Lee Leingang stole a forklift from a North Dakota oil refinery, with the intent of driving it into Trump's presidential vehicle while he was en route to a rally. Leingang was stopped before reaching the motorcade after the vehicle got stuck in the refinery. Officials originally thought that Leingang had stolen the forklift for a much less serious reason, and only reevaluated the seriousness after he confessed to trying to kill the then-president by flipping the vehicle.
All the botched Trump assassination attempts really remind me of the short story where the guy has to keep on going back in time to stop the other time travelers that are trying to kill Hitler because as bad as Hitler was, in this timeline, he was necessary.
Honestly, if trump is the necessary evil, I think I'd just rather we not. Like maybe the country needs a hard reset. It could be part punishment part cleansing.
Well he did already have a run at it. Maybe we are getting lucky and he might lose, go away, and just be a skidmark on history instead of a complete shit pants situation. I’m choosing to believe the time travelers who stopped the assassination attempts from succeeding are just making sure we have skid marks instead of shit pants.
I’m from the UK and the first one interested me.
Steven Sandford was sentenced to one year for this, which is shockingly low (not that I’m pro punishment, I believe in a rehabilitation approach).
He was released and deported back home, in 2017, after 5 months in federal prison, but he had been in custody for 11 months in total; assuming whilst awaiting trial.
well, it is a plan. not a good one, but still a plan.
Just think of how hilarious the timeline where he actually managed to flip the vehicle would have been. I'm not sure if it would have been funnier if he flipped the vehicle with Trump in it or some other vehicle in the motorcade.
That thing weighs 9 ton (20000 lb). I think it is more likely he would have flipped the forklift... Considering he is bulletproof, because otherwise I am pretty sure he would be dead long before that.
Yeah, such a scenario would have to involve a comedy of errors leading up to the attempted flip, which would add to the spectacle. Benny Hill playing in the background.
He had concepts of a plan.