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Jul 2Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Very well written, and spot on!

So now that the Left’s dastardly, underhanded, banana-republic-style lawfare has backfired, they will become even more desperate and vicious, like cornered rats. At least one commentator today has speculated that an assassination attempt on Trump might occur.

If it does, I think a great many Americans will see it as such - even if it’s Soviet-style, as in “what a shame, a tragic accident” - and such an attempt would also benefit Trump (unless, of course, he died). What do you think, Peter - could there be Vegas odds placed on this, or do you see a far more likely need step for the Democrats?

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Assassinating Trump is at this point not an unreasonable scenario.

However, I suspect it would be a better tactic to assassinate Joe Biden.

Trump has baggage, and the media will dogpile on him if given the opportunity. If Biden comes down with a sudden case of death--especially if it can be seen as a political assassination a la Robert Kennedy back in 1968--the Democrats would be free to select anyone they wanted to replace him (meaning Kamala Harris can get pushed aside), that person gets the automatic goodwill and enthusiasm of rank and file Democrats (and probably a good number of independents who just don't like Donald Trump), and they get a flawed candidate whose playbook is likely to be a repeat of 2016.

Assassinate Trump and the Democrats still have Biden, and the GOP gets all the political bonuses just listed rather than the Democrats.

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Jul 3Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Here’s the hot campaign button - or t-shirt - of the summer. Democrats AND Republicans will snap this up:

Biden

Make it look like

An Accident

(Yeah, bad girl, I’ll go sit in my corner now)

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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jul 2Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Intriguing contradistinctions there; I’m prone to agree that if Biden were targeted, it would redound to Dems in a significant way.

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At this point, the only thing we can definitively say about the fall election is that NOTHING is off the table.

This isn't 2020. It's not 1968. Hell, it's not even 1800. The one prediction I feel comfortable making about the fall election is that we're looking at the dirtiest, nastiest, ugliest election in American history.

Given our political history, that's saying something.

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Jul 2Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

You’re the smartest man I know!

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Jul 2Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Outstanding overview as always, Peter 👏🏼

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Jul 2Liked by Peter Nayland Kust

Is it the mouth or the eyes?

I say the slack mouth.

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Take your pick.

There’s so much objective evidence of Biden’s dementia even the corporate media has run out of ways to spin it.

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