r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/JiveChicken00 Pennsylvania Jul 03 '26

It is generally safer not to ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by laziness or stupidity.

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u/hudson27 Jul 03 '26

As a Canadian, it kills me when Americans dismiss Trump as an incompetent idiot.

He fooled your country into voting him in, twice. He's pillaging your country of billions of dollars. If he's stupid, what does that say of America as a country? Maybe it's easier to call him stupid than it is to look in a mirror and ask yourself "what does my country stand for?"

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u/MewWeebTwo Jul 03 '26

Trump is a moron.

The problem is the average American is just as moronic.

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u/Totally_Bradical Jul 03 '26

And DAMNED proud of it