Following the mass protest rally at the Washington Capitol on January 6th 2021, I wrote an article for American Herald Tribune which I called "the Last Shot at President Trump" - given all the previous attempts to get rid of him during his four years as US President. The illustration I used for the article was a composite of Trump on the stage on January 6th, - behind a sheet of bullet proof glass - and the Capitol's official assassin, he who dramatically ended the life of the all-American Ashli Babbitt. a couple of hours later. Were it not for the attention of one videographer, no-one would have known who fired the shot. Last year I republished that original article here, with revised photo analysis and videos included - explaining all the details and evidence for my conclusions. I could never have imagined how that event - which as I point out was determined and excited but generally peaceful - would be turned by media and politicians into a 'terrorist attack' endangering the survival of the nation, and as something inspired and encouraged by Donald Trump. Following what has just happened to former President Trump, making my title a little ambiguous, I think it useful to copy what I wrote at the time. With a highly contentious election coming up, notwithstanding its result now being fairly certain - barring another shot across the Republican bows, remembering how contested the 2020 election actually was is vital. I wrote: "A few hours before hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered for a rally outside the White House, the result of the long-awaited vote for Georgia’s two senate seats was declared. As predicted by both sides, but for different reasons, voters had handed control of Georgia – and of the senate – to the Democrats, giving Vice President elect Kamala Harris the casting vote in the 'New America'. While Democrat supporters – who now number in the billions around the world – saw this final defeat of the Republicans and of Donald Trump as the coup de grace – enabling unhindered application of their “progressive” agenda, for Democrat opponents this was the very last straw. (note that Alastair Crooke’s perceptive analysis was written just before the “epiphany”). This vital context for the subsequent march to the Capitol and the protestors’ invasion of the hallowed halls of “American Democracy” was completely missing from the mainstream reporting of the event, and the hysterical accusations against President Trump for “inciting a riot”. Also missing from this context was mention of the debate about to take place in the Senate chamber, following a challenge brought by a dozen Republican Senators to the certification of the electoral college vote, and an examination of the many claims of election fraud. Though constantly reported as “baseless claims”, some of them are highly credible. More importantly, these documented cases of fraud, and conspiracy to deprive Trump of crucial votes in swing states are seen as already proven by many millions of ordinary Americans. For them too, the wilful determination of mainstream media and commentators to dismiss and ignore any such claims, and label anyone making them as “far-right” or QAnon conspiracy believers, only makes them more incensed and more polarised, confirming their beliefs that there really is “a conspiracy” to stifle their liberty and livelihoods in a brave new world created by and for the rich and powerful elites. Despite this, and because the vast majority of people who came to Washington to express their ongoing support for Donald Trump were optimistic and peaceful, their march to the Capitol to “stop the steal” was like any other large protest rally. Those that joined the crowd who pushed their way into the building may have been more passionate and more angry, but video recorded by supporters of the rally shows clearly that they were orderly and non-violent, armed only with flags and slogans, and weapons of a different kind – phones and video cameras."
It is now barely 48 hours since the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but unlike what happened on January 6th 2021, we can already be certain that this was a planned covert operation to sabotage his re-election campaign - and in fact to sabotage the whole of American society. As it failed, we can only speculate on the consequences, had it been successful in eliminating the leader that at least half of America wants, and sees as their saviour. In addition, had the assassination been successful - and it failed only by a proverbial 'hair's breadth' - the ensuing mayhem might have meant we never heard from witnesses who saw the shooter, and asked why he wasn't identified and 'taken out' until after he shot at Mr Trump. Unusually amongst terrorist attacks and false flags, multiple videos and witness statements leave no doubt about who was behind this 'coup', or at least on whose behalf it was executed. Consequently it will be hard for the mainstream media to maintain their pretence of a 'loner' with 'unknown motives' - even though they are trying hard. At least they have stopped calling the assassination a 'loud noise' being heard. But how can they - the BBC and CNN and NYT and every other mainstream Western agency - ever admit that there are people closely working with the US government who conspired to commit this extraordinary crime against their most treasured institution - "American Democracy"? In one of the most revealing video clips, which shows two Secret Service snipers on a roof beyond Trump on the platform, the reaction of the snipers to the shooting shows that they saw what was about to happen, yet only shot the shooter once he had shot at Donald Trump. The nearest of the two snipers is looking at the shooter with his gun trained and waiting, but fires immediately the bullet hits Trump - that moment being when Trump raises his hand to his ear. What is more, the sniper doesn't look at Trump before shooting, so would not know if he was hit or not. While it's authenticity may be questioned - this Secret Service sniper has declared that he wanted to 'take out' the shooter but was prevented from doing so until after he had shot at Trump, but then did so against orders - and was reprimanded for disobeying them! Below is a screenshot of this social media post.
This detail of the assassination attempt is clearly of crucial importance, and provides substantial visual evidence. While the failure of numbers of public to alert attention to the shooter on the roof is powerful corroborating testimony it can't be proven. Similarly the claims that no snipers were posted on that roof as it was 'too sloping' is preposterous but not verifiably false. Fortunately the video recording that shows two snipers on a roof beyond Donald Trump on the platform provides definitive evidence of what exactly took place and when. The video extract below is the original, including the soundtrack, while the following one is from an Australian TV news bulletin with an interesting commentary:
While the second video repeats the sequence several times, the critical two or three seconds benefit from close scrutiny to determine the exact moment the sniper reacts to the sound and shoots to kill the assassin. A slowed up sequence of these three seconds makes it clear:
A frame from this video shows that the sniper puts his eye to the scope and fires just a moment before Trump’s hand rises up to touch his wounded ear; the sniper is reacting to the sight and sound of the shooter without having seen where the bullet hit, or knowing that it missed the evident target. Whether he knew why he wasn’t to open fire seems doubtful, but by doing so may have spoilt the plan to kill Trump with a second concealed sniper.
As the consequences of the - failed - assassination plot play out in the following days, with the Republican Convention completely rewritten as a result, there is relative mayhem in Europe as the prospect of a Trump presidency threatens the whole NATO-Ukraine project. This crisis was today illustrated by the gathering of European and NATO leaders at Blenheim Palace for a meeting of the new post-Brexit European Political Community, where Vladimir Zelensky was guest of honour - before being afforded the special privilege of attending a meeting of the new UK cabinet at No 10 Downing Street. New PM Keir Starmer cemented the ugly marriage of the UK and UKraine with a lifetime pledge of honour - 'as long as it takes' - which may not be very long at all, depending on one's definition of the goal. The confirmation seems unlikely to wait until Donald J Trump ascends to the throne of American Duty on November 5th - a fitting date for such a conflagration!
DM 17 July 2024