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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Credit: Evan Vucci/AP
Opinion
Donald Trump: Assassination attempt could now make him unstoppable in return to the White House
Andrew NeilDaily Mail July 15, 2024 2:15PM
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Topics: Donald Trump, Opinion, World Politics
The leaders of Europe woke yesterday morning to a likely prospect most of them find frightening and would rather not contemplate: Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. They must now plan for upheaval regarding American support for Ukraine, backing for NATO, penal tariffs on their exports to the U.S., and whatever surprises the unpredictable Trump has not yet told us about. The election was already going Trump’s way, as a doddery, confused President Biden’s every public appearance merely confirmed what most Americans had already concluded — that he was unfit to run for re-election and that Democrats had no backbone when it came to doing anything about it.
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But Saturday night’s failed assassination attempt at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania makes a victory for The Donald more likely than ever. Many American friends and sources contacted me overnight to say they thought Trump would now win by a landslide. And these were not supporters of him: they were all Democrats or ‘Never Trump’ Republicans.
