Tried to kill Mr Trump?
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Tried to kill Mr Trump?
I think the term 'nutty' is right. He apparently planned it for a year, travelled cross-country and acquired tickets to several events in the hope that he could steal a weapon from a police officer and use it to shoot Trump.
I'm glad they're reporting on it in the UK because there's been precious little mention of it in the US.
I can't shake the feeling that this might not be the last attempt on the life of a major party candidate in 2016 given the levels of vitriol and division in the race.
Never even heard about it. So sad.
There was a piece on CNN about it. They don't say what his beef was, although they did say he was in the country illegally.
I didn't click on the links, but what I saw, made me think it was an American Teenager.
You know the good ol' BBC....!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
It hasn't had much publicity in the US.... Your media ain't all that, then!
Well, he's an illegal alien and Donald Trump was his target, which doesn't serve the preferred narrative. If it had been an American citizen targeting Secretary Clinton or Senator Sanders, now that would be news.Quote:
Originally Posted by IshbelRobertson
I guess that wall is going to have to stretch along our eastern border as well since apparently england is sending us their rapists and murderers. Just like mexico. I wonder if he'll make england pay for that part of it.
Interestingly, it appears he is on the spectrum and his parents claim to have telephoned the US embassy in London to tell them about their son. The response was to decline to do anything as he was an adult.
You couldn't make it up!