The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #956

Carl, Beau and Josh discuss the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump.

Reading List

• The Trump Assassination Attempt

  • Full video - ALX - Twitter

  • Bullet visible - Image Source

  • Iconic photo - Tucker Carlson - Twitter

  • Time Cover - Image Source

  • Grateful, defiant Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’ - New York Post

  • The man who died - Tayler USA - Twitter

  • Support For Butler PA Victims - President Trump Authorized - GoFundMe

  • Thomas Matthew Crooks - Image Source

  • 150 yards away - Image Source

  • Suspect had explosives in car - New York Post

  • Criticism of Secret Service leadership - Elon Musk - Twitter

  • Kimberly Cheatle director of the Secret Service - TheRealZNO - Twitter

  • Trump shooting latest: Secret Service denies diverting resources to Jill Biden speech - as Trump gives first interview - Sky News

  • Was in a well known high vulnerability area - Charlie Kirk - Twitter

  • Didn’t shoot the shooter for some reason - Nik Stankovic - Twitter

  • Shooting breakdown - Blake Hall - Twitter

  • Video of the rooftop - BasedBeffJezos - Twitter

  • Ginger guy spotted shooter before secret service - BBC Newsnight - Twitter

  • More witness video pointing out the shooter - Leilani Dowding - Twitter

  • Can’t get into his phone but concluded he acted alone - Columbia Bugle - Twitter

• The Reaction to the Trump Shooting

  • Obama relieved Trump survived - Barack Obama - Twitter

  • AOC wishes a speedy recovery - AOC - Twitter

  • Biden gives speech glad Trump is recovering - YouTube

  • Biden hates Trump - Joe Biden - Twitter

  • Red Speech - maga republicans are danger to country - YouTube

  • Calling Trump a dictator - Joe Biden - Twitter

  • Threat to the soul of the country - Sargon of Akkad - Twitter

  • Put him in a bullseye - Marina Medvin - Twitter

  • Biden gaffe - at the battle box - Maze Moore - Twitter

  • Trump evil compilation - Western Lensman - Twitter

  • Calling Trump Hitler - Real Chris Rufo - Twitter

  • Demonising him for a long time - TArchcast - Twitter

  • Trump falls guys, that’s all - Sargon of Akkad - Twitter

  • Media reaction attempt to downplay - Drew Holden - Twitter

  • New York Times - Elon Musk - Twitter

  • Criticising Trump for saying fight - Real Saavedra - Twitter

  • Will Trump appeal to Black voters - Archive.is

  • Sky News blame Trump - Archive.is

  • Article - Archive.is

  • Blame Trump himself - LBC - Twitter

  • Leftists not understanding why Trump reacted as he did - A to the Z Amber - Twitter

  • Tim Wise the anti-white coward can’t understand it - Archive.is

  • Leftist meltdown that Trump wasn’t killed - Libs of TikTok - Twitter

  • Encouraging this for years - Eudaimonia Esq - Twitter

  • Destiny - RedPillSaiyan - Twitter

  • Cenk Uygur’s reaction - Cenk Uygur - Twitter

  • Everyone is putting on the maga cap - Klaw1991 - Twitter

  • Coming over to Trump - Wildbarestepf - Twitter

  • Musk endorses - Elon Musk - Twitter

  • Billionaires coming over - Elon Musk - Twitter

  • Bill Ackman - hedge fund manager - Bill Ackman - Twitter

  • Trump’s betting odds have spiked - Image Source

  • Trump on Truth Social - Rothmus - Twitter

  • Trump reaction - New York Post

  • ‘Don’t let evil win’: Donald Trump makes plea for unity - The Times - Twitter

  • “We’re fucked” - NBC News

  • Democrats are resigned to lose now - Axios

• The Mind of An Assassin

  • List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots - Wikipedia.com

  • Lammy - Sargon of Akkad - Twitter