Brit tries to whack Trump?!?

[chilango]

According to the BBC

US election: Arrested Briton 'wanted to shoot Donald Trump' - BBC News

A young British man travelled to Vegas and tried to kill Donald Trump.

 

[Yossarian]

US media doesn't seem particularly excited about this, if he'd been from Mexico instead of the UK they'd be shouting "Illegal Immigrant Tries to Assassinate Trump!"

 

[StoneRoad]

I just caught this on the radio as I came out the shower ...

will have to go and investigate. (ie read the bbc item)

e2a - just read it, not at all sure what to make of the story. But I am surprised that no-one else appears to have had a real attempt at shooting Trump, despite the security and disruptive elements at events.

 

[JimW]

Sorry, my arm wobbled at the last minute.

 

[Yossarian]

According to court papers, the guy's 20 years old, has autism and has previously attempted suicide. Sounds like it might be more suitable to deport him to a British mental hospital than to lock him up in federal prison for many years, though if Trump gets in he'll probably end up at Guantanamo Bay.

 

[bluescreen]

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[Pickman's model]

What is disappointing is that he would have done better if only he'd watched day of the jackal

 

[TomUS]

Fuckin Brit.....tried to deprive Americans of their savior....

 

[pesh]

what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

 

[DaveCinzano]

what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

He had a cunning plan. Steal the policeman's pistol

 

[not-bono-ever]

What a shit so called assassin. We cant even produce half decent murderous bastards these days

 

[JimW]

What a shit so called assassin. We cant even produce half decent murderous bastards these days

We do, but they don't get.their hands dirty, prefer to pilot desks at the foreign office.

 

[Pickman's model]

What a shit so called assassin. We cant even produce half decent murderous bastards these days

Thomas Mair for example

 

[Pickman's model]

In this case for many years

 

[not-bono-ever]

Thomas Mair for example

um

 

[Treacle Toes]

Man 'tried to shoot Donald Trump' in Las Vegas, authorities say

 

[Pickman's model]

um

Our most recent alleged assassin

e2a: or is attempting to kill donald trump just something of a jolly wheeze?

 

[skyscraper101]

He's a nutter

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Incisive.

 

[DotCommunist]

soon as I heard he tried to nick the coppers gun I thought he must be a bit unwell, thats nearly suicide. And if you can't score a black market gun with ease in america then you aren't trying hard enough

 

[weltweit]

Still, now he knows what we are like, I wonder if he will still be coming on the 24th?

 

[Pickman's model]

soon as I heard he tried to nick the coppers gun I thought he must be a bit unwell, thats nearly suicide. And if you can't score a black market gun with ease in america then you aren't trying hard enough

yeh if he'd been planning it for a year he should have come up with a reasonable plan for getting a gun and getting it in.

 

[Pickman's model]

Still, now he knows what we are like, I wonder if he will still be coming on the 24th?

let's hope he flies malaysian

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

yeh if he'd been planning it for a year he should have come up with a reasonable plan for getting a gun and getting it in.

I've always thought that it wouldn't be that difficult. I've noticed that security people are a bit put off by women's purses. If you've got tampons on top, they're outta there!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

soon as I heard he tried to nick the coppers gun I thought he must be a bit unwell, thats nearly suicide. And if you can't score a black market gun with ease in america then you aren't trying hard enough

It was a pretty poor showing.

 

[krtek a houby]

Are all assassins and would be assassins possessed of mental health issues, these days? Or are they just drawn to their targets; ie; someone like Trump being a beacon?

 

[Obediah Marsh]

Is this something to do with the Cox murder? Does he think Trump is egging on the British fash?

 

[spanglechick]

So, I'm pretty sure Trump said the other day, that any nationality that attempts or commits a terrorist act on US soil (or in the countries of any of its allies) would no longer have its citizens welcome in the uk.

So that's the UK out, then.

 

[Supine]

So he planned this for a year but didn't manage to get his own gun in America. Not our finest export.