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[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't bulletproof glass woke? Should just have more guns there. Then everyone would be too afraid to shoot him

[–] BootyBuccaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weird that the power of prayer needs physical reinforcements!

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why doesn't he just carry his own gun? Inst that what they think works

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, not enough good guys with guns. They should provide free gun to every attendees just in case.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

People getting covid vaccines and wearing face masks were living in fear. Man standing behind bullet proof glass? Brave. Strong. Manly.

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Don't forget that he's so wealthy he doesn't need to host his rallies in stadiums.

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[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Why? Is there some sort of problem with gunfire in America? I wonder why that might be.

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why not just have more "good" guys with guns?? Isnt that the cure to violent gun crimes they've been preaching?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Now now, don’t confuse them. You know they won’t be able to figure it out.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Aww, is the little piss baby scared?

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, he is the leader of the MAGA religion

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, god. Just imagining the full diaper smell inside that tiny, enclosed space is making me glad I skipped breakfast.

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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The DopeMobile!
or
The OldsMobile

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The CopeMobile

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

lmao they're pope boxing him

[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As would any red blooded conservative who believes that more guns means more safety.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk why he doesn't simply arm himself. All it takes to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, right? I thought Trump was supposed to be the God-Emperor of Mankind, is he not a good guy?

[–] RadicallyBland@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

What a cuck beta sigma soyboy

[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (6 children)
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[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully it is not transparent glass.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I hope it is really a 2 way mirror. He can look at himself and the crowd will see him.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I'd rather the crowd have to look at themselves as he rambles on, clueless to the whole arrangement.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Impossible to be unsafe around so many good guys with guns. Maybe the glass helps him see them better to know how safe he is.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

You mean their solution to violence isn't more guns? Shocked. I can't hold in my surprise.

[–] bquintb@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

I prefer presidents who don't need to cower behind bulletproof glass.....like Harris.

[–] ArugulaZ@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Be thorough! Surround him with bulletproof glass from all angles, and make sure there's no air holes where bullets could get through. He will be completely impervious to both bullets and oxygen!

[–] logorok@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Produce my own oxygen. So true. People call me the best oxygenator ever. Did it and will do it again. So true. Best ever.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At least he can start getting used to being in a cage.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I don’t exactly blame him. That assassination attempt was a massive failure on the organization that should be fail proof.

At the same time, I wonder if this will just be a way to remind people about it. Nobody is talking about it anymore and it was a huge deal for his campaign.

I thought it was interesting that he said he was going to return to the same location in October for a rally. That is a great strategy. So far that is the only thing his campaign has going for it, so might as well lean into it (the strategy…).

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I assume that it is no longer being reported on because Trump's campaign planners could'nt even find halfway credible evidence that the assassin was not a conservative. This can hardly be explained in any other way than that Trump is not very popular with his own violent supporters.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That's a weird way to spell good guy with a gun.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The hilarious part is how security could screen for guns if his 2020 campaign hadn’t run up debts with unpaid bills at indoor venues. Having to do outdoor events was an unforced error.

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You forget that he's a "smart businessman"

I think the only people who get paid around him is the secret service (and he probably doesn't pay taxes, so they're not getting paid by him)

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Completely reasonable. The dude was shot

[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Is he going to ride around in a PopeMobile now too?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Get him a car with a buble around it. We can call it the turdmobile.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

fuck folgers, they're in the bag for the GOP already. 97% of their donations go to the right.

[–] Southern_Yankee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He lacks the depth and warmth.

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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That may be necessary because firearms are still allowed at his events (part of the idiotic MAGA ideology, after all), but tennis balls, for example, are not. Maybe Trump can get a good deal on the bulletproof Pope-mobile. What a moron.

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