American Amateurism

'Washington in shock after Trump press gala shooting' blare the headlines today.  Shock at what, exactly?  The fact that this is the third (alleged) attempt on Trump's life?  Or that the US, a nation renowned for its gun nuts, who have been brought up to shoot from the moment they can walk, has produced so many bad shots and just downright incompetent would-be assassins?  It's like a metaphor for the whole Trump administration: professionalism is constantly side-lined in favour of amateurism.  I mean, just look at the state of their diplomacy: where once they had an entire State Department full of trained diplomats and negotiators to resolve international crises, the US now relies upon sending out inept real estate dealer Steve Witless and Trump's creepy son-in-law, Jared Kushner.  With a marked lack of success.  In fact, Witless is so intent upon living up to his name that I'm amazed that during recent negotiations with Iran, he didn't turn up in, say, Tajikistan rather than Pakistan, because both countries have names ending in '-stan' and are therefore easily confused.  Which brings us back to these (alleged) assassination attempts which all seem to be carried out by utter and complete amateurs.  In the latest case, the idiot is so amateur that he couldn't even get past reception.  You'd really think that a nation of psychopaths like the US could come up with at least one efficient crazed killer?  

It's clearly the influence of the Trump regime, dumbing down even would-be assassins.  After all, just look to history - John Wilkes Boothe and Lee Harvey Oswald both took out their presidential targets.  Even John Hinkley managed to actually hit and seriously wound Ronald Reagan, even though he was so dumb that he was infatuated with a lesbian.  But nowadays - the best we get is some dude supposedly shooting Trump in the ear, (a wound which has, astoundingly, left no apparent scar).  I've said it before and I'll say it again: what we need are professionals on the job.  The rest of the world needs to club together and put a bounty on Trump's head, thereby ensuring that every professional assassin mercenary and bounty hunter in the world will be trying to get the fat bastard in their sights, (which shouldn't be difficult, bearing in mind that we're talking about a giant ambulatory tub of lard here - the failure to hit him where it hurts is another testament to the amateurism of these clowns).  The only alternative to the idea that the US can no longer muster anything but incompetent amateurs to try and assassinate the president is simply that all of the so-called attempts on his life have been staged.  Whilst I'm not a conspiracy theorist (quite the opposite, in fact), just looking at these incidents, it is tempting to think that they are all publicity stunts, designed to bolster Trump's standing, or enable his extremist policies, with those killed or injured in the process seen as collateral damage.  This latest attempt though, was the most pathetic yet - the alleged would be assassin wasn't even on the same floor of the building as Trump when he started shooting. Yet the incident is being used as an argument as to just why Trump needs that secure White House ballroom to ensure his safety at such events.  Utter bullshit.  Anyway, right now I'm pinning my hopes on the idea that King Charles has been set up as human bomb during his state visit to the US and is prepared to sacrifice himself for the good of the world by exploding while addressing that joint session of Congress.  He could take out the whole bloody lot of 'em in one go, that way.  God Save the King!