There is absolutely no excuse for Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle and her agents not clearing the rooftops before Trump’s speech.
When Napoleon was picking his top generals, he is reputed to always ask the person recommending the general to him, “I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?”
Donald Trump is a very lucky man and we should all be thankful for it.
By now most of us have seen the video of the attempted assassination of former president Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. He had his face pointed at a chart he was speaking from when about five shots were fired, one hitting him in the right ear before Secret Service agents leaned over him. Trump clutched his right ear without having moved his head suddenly before the shot as some reports contend.
There were several other shots fired a second or three later which were probably fired at the would-be assassin and by Secret Service counter-snipers.
The man who attempted to kill Trump was killed before he could fire more shots at the former president.
From the speed at which the first shots were fired, it is obvious that a semi-automatic rifle was used by the would-be assassin, possibly an AR-15 style weapon. The attempted assassin placed himself on a rooftop about 130 yards from where Trump was speaking. He did kill a man standing behind Trump who was reportedly shielding his wife and daughter from the gunfire.
