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'Trump rushed from White House correspondents' dinner after suspected gunshots heard'

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 01:52

Surely he's not pulling this trick again?

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Eskarina1 · 26/04/2026 11:53

user1484056932 · 26/04/2026 11:19

“Not a violent person” but hopes someone succeeds in killing Trump soon, vile rhetoric from the tolerant left as always. I hate Starmer and Biden but don’t wish them dead.

Do you... do you think Starmer is a leftist?

I'm not a fan of either man but they are not on the extreme end of any spectrum.

For the record, I think Trump is a puppet and his death in an assassination attempt would be a global disaster. I also don't believe in feigning grief or concern for someone I believe is inflicting huge harm on the world for personal profit.

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 11:50

You defended ICE killing Renee Good and Alex Pretti

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

MulberryBrandy · 26/04/2026 11:57

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

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removed because could not read update.

MulberryBrandy · 26/04/2026 12:03

It is wrong to support random people taking it upon themselves to kill Trump. The poster that has caused a lot of fuss said that they would then support JD Vance. The man that thinks it is good to come to Europe and show his unwavering support for the far-right in Germany and Orban in Hungary.

Also, beware of JD's support for his "British sherpa" - James Orr, UK Head of Policy for Reform.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:15

Madarch · 26/04/2026 11:54

More right wing than Trump?! What does that even look like?! The guy locks children in cages and snatches brown people off the streets 😳

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It looks like requiring all asylum seekers to reside in detention centers where 90%+ or cases will be quickly dismissed and they will be sent back home.

Trump is too soft on this.

I take a dim view of leftist activists interfering in ICE enforcement activities, and I don’t think we should have backed off because of the ‘optics’ because that only emboldens these leftists.

So yeah, I’m more hard line than Trump on this. I also know he has a blind spot for certain industries that hire illegal migrants, like agriculture and the hospitality industries, and will overlook their obscene use of illegal labor. It is infuriating (none of this means I’ll suddenly vote Dem tho)

montysmaw · 26/04/2026 12:15

Batties · 26/04/2026 02:58

I cannot stand him Donald Trump and I cannot wait to see the back of him. But political assassination is appalling. It is anti democratic and sets a dangerous precedent that harms all of us, regardless of where we stand. we cannot resort to lawlessness when it suits us because we then lose the legal foundation that protects everyone. Only a fool would think otherwise.

Get back to me on legalities when the middle east escalates to all out war.
The man is deranged and a danger to the whole world. There is apparently no "legal" way to remove him.

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:19

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 11:34

To start with look at how many people here have no problem with murdering people they don’t agree with.

Except for the softball shootings, the BLM murders and the assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family at his home (2022), these are within the last year:

Four assassination attempts on Trump; assassinated Charlie Kirk; attempted assassination on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen during an organized softball game; Hispanic immigrant shot and killed by deranged leftist shooting up ICE facility; ICE agent shot in neck by anti-ICE rioter; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates 40 billion dollars in damage and 20 murders during George Floyd “Summer of Love” riots; throwing home-made bombs at peaceful protesters; vandalizing people’s cars and fire-bombing Tesla dealerships; nurse assaulted elderly man wearing MAGA hat; man intentionally ran over and murdered a teenager wearing a MAGA hat; people dropped concrete blocks off freeway overpass onto cop cars during anti-ICE riots; bricks thrown at police; Left poll worker attacked person wearing MAGA hat; Fox News van firebombed; leftist drove 9 hours to set a church on fire that was holding Charlie Kirk vigil; drive by shooting of an abc studio after they took Kimmel off the air; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates; police arrested a man with hundreds of explosives outside a church shortly before an annual Mass marking the start of the Supreme Court’s new term.

The list is exhaustive but I won’t keep going, you get the hint.

Everything is an existential threat, everything is the end of the world or the end of democracy, everyone is a nazi, everyone is a fascist.

@LesbianNana
I think you have missed some names:

What about Melissa Hortman, a Democratic politician, and her husband killed at their home? Did the leftists do that?

What about Alex Pretti killed by ICE?
What about Renee Nicole Good killed by ICE?
What about Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz and others who died in ICE custody?

Are the leftists responsible for these deaths?

What about people like Charlie Kirk who believe the right to carry arms is more important than protecting innocent people from being shot?

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:19

@LesbianNana
I think you have missed some names:

What about Melissa Hortman, a Democratic politician, and her husband killed at their home? Did the leftists do that?

What about Alex Pretti killed by ICE?
What about Renee Nicole Good killed by ICE?
What about Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz and others who died in ICE custody?

Are the leftists responsible for these deaths?

What about people like Charlie Kirk who believe the right to carry arms is more important than protecting innocent people from being shot?

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:24

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

She didn't interfere and nor did Alex. I suppose if an ICE agent shot dead a child you'd be fine with that too.

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 12:29

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:24

She didn't interfere and nor did Alex. I suppose if an ICE agent shot dead a child you'd be fine with that too.

She defended ICE for using and detaining 5 year old Liam Ramos.

Passingthrough123 · 26/04/2026 12:31

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 12:29

She defended ICE for using and detaining 5 year old Liam Ramos.

I'm not surprised to hear that. Am sickened though.

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:33

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

@RingoJuice BS. The body cam evidence from the agent disproved the claim in the case of Goode. Alex was peacefully protesting against ICE violence.

I never condoned killing of CK. Just stated that he believed the right to carry arms was more important than people not being shot.

To be honest I am really puzzled that you speak so strongly against immigrants. You are an immigrant yourself. First in the UK and now in the Middle East.

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 12:34

PortSalutPlease · 26/04/2026 09:56

I find it more disgusting watching people worship a child rapist, personally.

I concur !

LakieLady · 26/04/2026 13:04

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 08:33

Then maybe you should focus on the UK instead of being distracted by America. Plenty of work to be done there, believe me, I lived there and you REALLY should be focusing on British matters instead of focusing on the American head of state

It's perfectly possible to pay attention to both, and to European politics as well. The UK ditched its approach of splendid isolation over a century ago.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:08

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 12:29

She defended ICE for using and detaining 5 year old Liam Ramos.

They have zero basis to stay in America and a judge recently denied their asylum request anyway. It would have been better for them to understand that their claims wouldn’t fly in the first place instead of drag their fake claims through the courts and prolong this stupidity

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:10

juldan · 26/04/2026 12:33

@RingoJuice BS. The body cam evidence from the agent disproved the claim in the case of Goode. Alex was peacefully protesting against ICE violence.

I never condoned killing of CK. Just stated that he believed the right to carry arms was more important than people not being shot.

To be honest I am really puzzled that you speak so strongly against immigrants. You are an immigrant yourself. First in the UK and now in the Middle East.

Why is that? I have lived in multiple countries and always had a proper visa. I don’t have an automatic right to live wherever I like.

LakieLady · 26/04/2026 13:10

MagpiePi · 26/04/2026 08:44

Equally, don’t engage on sites if you can’t stand hearing that some of us think Trump is a twat.

Even my MIL, who has all the political insight of a caterpillar, can see that Trump is a twat, although she's unsure as to whether he's an idiot, an evil PoS or both.

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 13:11

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 08:33

Then maybe you should focus on the UK instead of being distracted by America. Plenty of work to be done there, believe me, I lived there and you REALLY should be focusing on British matters instead of focusing on the American head of state

Tell that to trump and vance who laughably were lecturing the UK on free speech. Coming from the administration that wants one sided news channels, condemns anyone who asks ANY 'awkward- questions., has enabled the domination of most political social media output and is hell bent on targeting independent journalism...because they cant as yet, stop the truth coming out....and last but not least the UNREDACTED trumpstein 'files'....yeah free speech seems to be a bit of an issue for the entire trumpian administration.

If trump was just screwing up america that would be America's problem but he is meddling and messing with the world. He talked enough about wanting isolationist politics but went on to try and dominate and dictate to the world supporting other dictators putin, orban ( as was) mbs and netanyahu. The reason some of maga are seeing the light about trump is that he lied about not starting a war, ending wars, the cost of living, reducing the national debt, and sending everybody a cheque...have you received yours?

Tell trump to stay out of other people's business, Greenland, Cuba Venezuela, Mexico, and England but in reality youre so far gone you cant see the wood for the trees.

The final straw for any credibility you may have had was lost when you said you would vote for Vance...I mean what the actual. Are you just trolling. ....dont answer that ...it would just be more nonsense.

CurlewKate · 26/04/2026 13:14

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 12:22

Charlie Kirk was merely speaking to a crowd of people, engaging in dialogue.

Pretti and Goode were interfering in the activities of federal agents, Goode in particular drove towards an agent, she is solely responsible for that. She’d have been alive if she’d not decided to go and drive a huge SUV at someone.

I agree with you about Charlie Kirk. You are entirely wrong about Pretti and Goode. Bodycam footage shows that.

LakieLady · 26/04/2026 13:19

HelpMeGetThrough · 26/04/2026 08:50

I expect Charlie’s thinking “Bollocks, means I have to go after all”.

He's probably got one of his staff on the phone to one of Yvette Cooper's team, discussing whether this is a good enough excuse to cancel.

That's certainly what I'd be doing in his shoes!😂

juldan · 26/04/2026 13:24

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:10

Why is that? I have lived in multiple countries and always had a proper visa. I don’t have an automatic right to live wherever I like.

@RingoJuice

And yet you have no problem with ICE. They have detained multiple American citizens including indigenous people as well as people with American visas.

I suppose you would have no problem if the local equivalent of ICE detained you “by mistake “ , treated you inhumanly and then revoked your right to stay there without any reason.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:24

The final straw for any credibility you may have had was lost when you said you would vote for Vance...I mean what the actual. Are you just trolling. ....dont answer that ...it would just be more nonsense

I actually think Vance would be more focused and effective than Trump.

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 13:24

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:08

They have zero basis to stay in America and a judge recently denied their asylum request anyway. It would have been better for them to understand that their claims wouldn’t fly in the first place instead of drag their fake claims through the courts and prolong this stupidity

You know that is a whole lot of nonsense.

But as you said you are far right with your views.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:34

juldan · 26/04/2026 13:24

@RingoJuice

And yet you have no problem with ICE. They have detained multiple American citizens including indigenous people as well as people with American visas.

I suppose you would have no problem if the local equivalent of ICE detained you “by mistake “ , treated you inhumanly and then revoked your right to stay there without any reason.

I’ve had to go to a paichusuo in China over a visa issue (sorted it, my company’s fault) and have an interview with the police in a second language. Also over some travel that was innocent but seemed suspect to the relevant authorities. It was fine.

I have had friends deported, most for obvious reasons (don’t do drugs in China folks!)

So no, I don’t feel sorry for people that think they can just … cross through several safe countries and squat in my country, using a loophole meant for people persecuted by their governments. It was never meant for economic migrants. Honestly makes me livid.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 13:34

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 10:29

Nobody thinks this instead of insane Democrats, of which to be fair, are most.

That people believe Trump convinced a Kamala Harris supporting black man to sacrifice his life so he could build a ballroom is completely deranged.

Funnily enough so is Trump.

i think it’s an extreme way to get out of making an utter twat of himself trying to make a humorous, self deprecating speech (because it’s not going to land well) and to try to get his ballroom through.

It also distracts from Epstein.

We have had some cunts as PM over the decades but nobody in the past or present compares to the orange swivelled eyed loon. Our PMs don’t have the level of power that Trump has decided he has and because the UK electorate elect a party and the leader of that party is PM, they can be ousted at any time.