Trump Under Shadow of Assassination Attempts
Sep 15th
Washington, D.C. – On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, marking his second nonconsecutive term after serving from 2017 to 2021. The indoor Capitol rotunda ceremony, necessitated by harsh weather, drew former presidents, justices, and tech tycoons, celebrating Trump’s pledge for a “new American century.” Yet, the historic moment was overshadowed by two chilling assassination attempts in 2024 that nearly cost him his life.
Trump’s 2024 election victory was decisive, clinching 312 electoral votes against Kamala Harris’s 226, flipping battlegrounds like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. His campaign, however, was marred by violence. On July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired an AR-15 from a rooftop, grazing Trump’s ear and killing spectator Corey Comperatore. Secret Service agents killed Crooks, but a Senate report later exposed “catastrophic” security lapses, prompting Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation.
On September 15, 2024, a second attempt unfolded at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, hid with a rifle for 12 hours, aiming at Trump before being spotted and fleeing. Captured and now on trial, Routh’s plot revealed ongoing Secret Service staffing shortages.
These incidents, part of a grim history where 40% of U.S. presidents faced assassination attempts, heightened security concerns. Trump, now protected by armored glass at events, faces a polarized nation and threats from Iran. Vice President JD Vance condemned political violence, urging unity.
Eight months into his term, Trump’s 202 executive orders target immigration and economic reform, with a 47% approval rating. As he navigates a Republican-led Congress and global tensions, the specter of violence looms large.
With two assassination attempts this past year there is an 80% chance that he will be assassinated before the midterm election according to AI predictions from 4 different models
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric: 20 Quotes Fueling Division and Violence
Sep 15th
Channel 1 Networks News September 15, 2025 – Washington, D.C. Former President Donald Trump’s inflammatory language has left a trail of insults, violent imagery, and demeaning attacks, escalating political tensions and risking real-world harm. Experts warn his rhetoric—calling opponents “vermin” and fantasizing about executions—incites extremism and erodes democracy.
A Channel 1 Networks News review catalogs 20 of Trump’s most dangerous statements, drawn from rallies, posts on X, and interviews, highlighting a pattern of venom that demands scrutiny.2023, Truth Social: Gen. Mark Milley deserves “DEATH” for perceived disloyalty.
2024, Rally: Liz Cheney should face “a rifle with nine barrels shooting at her face.”
2023, Interview: Immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
2016, Rally: “Knock the crap out of” protesters; “I’ll pay legal fees.”
2020, X Post: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
2019, Rally: Suggested shooting migrants in the legs to deter crossings.
2018, Interview: Proposed border moats with snakes or alligators.
2024, Speech: Political opponents are “enemies from within,” worse than foreign threats.
2023, Rally: Called Democrats “radical-left thugs” and “vermin.”
2017, Rally: Praised body-slamming a reporter as “my kind of guy.”
2022, Speech: Vowed “retribution” against political foes.
2016, Debate: Called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.”
2019, X Post: Labeled journalists “enemies of the people.”
2021, Rally: Called critics “losers” and “scum.”
2018, Interview: Mocked a sexual assault survivor as “not credible.”
2020, Rally: Called protesters “low-life scum” and “animals.”
2023, X Post: Judges are “corrupt dogs” undermining justice.
2016, Speech: Suggested “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton.
2024, Interview: Threatened to “lock up” political rivals if elected.
2017, Rally: Mocked disabled reporter’s physical mannerisms.
A Channel 1 Networks News review catalogs 20 of Trump’s most dangerous statements, drawn from rallies, posts on X, and interviews, highlighting a pattern of venom that demands scrutiny.2023, Truth Social: Gen. Mark Milley deserves “DEATH” for perceived disloyalty.2024, Rally: Liz Cheney should face “a rifle with nine barrels shooting at her face.”
2023, Interview: Immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
2016, Rally: “Knock the crap out of” protesters; “I’ll pay legal fees.”
2020, X Post: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
2019, Rally: Suggested shooting migrants in the legs to deter crossings.
2018, Interview: Proposed border moats with snakes or alligators.
2024, Speech: Political opponents are “enemies from within,” worse than foreign threats.
2023, Rally: Called Democrats “radical-left thugs” and “vermin.”
2017, Rally: Praised body-slamming a reporter as “my kind of guy.”
2022, Speech: Vowed “retribution” against political foes.
2016, Debate: Called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.”
2019, X Post: Labeled journalists “enemies of the people.”
2021, Rally: Called critics “losers” and “scum.”
2018, Interview: Mocked a sexual assault survivor as “not credible.”
2020, Rally: Called protesters “low-life scum” and “animals.”
2023, X Post: Judges are “corrupt dogs” undermining justice.
2016, Speech: Suggested “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton.
2024, Interview: Threatened to “lock up” political rivals if elected.
2017, Rally: Mocked disabled reporter’s physical mannerisms.
Scholars, like UCLA’s extremism researchers, note Trump’s violent rhetoric spiked across 99 speeches from 2015-2024, correlating with attacks on minorities and officials. “His words ignite violence,” says historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat. As Trump eyes 2028, his unapologetic style—glorifying brutality and dehumanizing foes—threatens democratic norms. Will America reject this rhetoric, or let division fester?
Trump’s Grip Tightens: A Cult-Like Alliance Fuels Fears of Dictatorship
Sep 14th
September 15, 2025 WASHINGTON — Nine months into his second term, President Donald J. Trump’s White House has become a fortress of unyielding loyalty, where dissent is branded treason and truth bends to his will. On Sept. 10, as the nation mourned the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old firebrand who galvanized young conservatives for Trump’s MAGA crusade, the president seized the moment to double down on his narrative of one-sided peril. Responding to critics urging accountability on “both sides” for America’s deepening rifts, Trump thundered: “The problem is on the left. It’s NOT on the right!” He decried “agitators — the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place — that’s the LEFT, NOT the right.”
This outburst, delivered amid Kirk’s funeral preparations, exemplifies Trump’s dangerous alchemy of deception and division. Fact-checkers have tallied over 30,000 false or misleading claims from his first term alone; now, in power again, his lies — from “crushing” inflation that persists to voter fraud fantasies that incited Jan. 6 — erode democratic guardrails. By absolving the right of any blame, Trump not only whitewashes his supporters’ role in violence but paves the way for authoritarian consolidation, stripping protections from foes like former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was no mere ally; he was the architect of Trump’s youth vanguard, mobilizing campuses with misinformation and conspiracy theories.
His death — a gunshot at a Utah rally — has only intensified the fervor, with Trump calling him a “genius” and “little brother” to Don Jr.
Yet Kirk’s machine, now orphaned, feeds a darker symbiosis: the religious right, recast as a perilous cult worshiping Trump as divine vessel. Evangelicals, 72% approving of Trump per Pew,
blend prosperity gospel with end-times paranoia, viewing him as God’s “chosen one” against “globalist” evils.
Project 2025, their blueprint, has birthed over 100 policies — from gutting reproductive rights to mandating “religious liberty” edicts — transforming faith into a weapon for theocracy.
Historians liken this to imperial cults, where national myth supplants scripture.
“It’s not Christianity; it’s Trumpism as religion,” warns theologian Michael Horton, decrying the “cult of Christian Trumpism.” With Kirk’s Turning Point Faith tours framing elections as “spiritual battles,” this alliance risks a ruthless takeover: loyalty oaths over oaths of office, purity tests via executive fiat.
As Trump eyes annexations of Canada and Greenland under “Manifest Destiny” echoes, the cult’s grip — from Kirk’s digital legions to evangelical pulpits — signals peril. America’s republic hangs by a thread, ensnared in a web of lies and zealotry.
