You can hear in this video that he deliberately stops the security team from getting him out so that he can hype the crowd. These people are literally meant to be putting their bodies in harm's way to protect him, so:
a) He didn't care.
b) They went along with it despite them not knowing if they were going to get shot as a result.
Neither of those things are inspiring!
He is nothing if he's not a showman. We have to give him that. If a showman survives a shot to the head - why not say fuck it and give the people a show?
Seems to be an authentic reaction given his character. Maybe he felt that the people needed to know he was ok and that was worth the risk. He turned his head just before the bullet arrived? Horrifyingly close!
Yeah I don't blame him at all!
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What billionaire or world leader shows any type of care for other people though, in honesty? I can’t think of any.
We can all think we would do something in the moment but until that moment comes, we never truly know. Would I stay down or stand up to rally people like a leader? I have no idea until that happens. I suspect he also had no idea and this was a very raw reaction which is quite fascinating.
Someone like Trudeau or Obama wouldn’t have ever done that I think. People like Churchill or Roosevelt seem like they would. Strong men, not cowering weak ones.
Strong people don't put the lives of others needlessly in danger (esp. not for a photo opportunity). I'm pretty sure none of those leaders would have done this, specifically.
Of all the things the Secret Service did here this is honestly the least of my concerns.
I also don't expect Trump to care about the lives of his handlers after he's just been grazed by a bullet.
A compromised state of mind is understandable.
Who's life was more at risk? The agents or another headshot?
It's their job to do their job.
He was there to hype up the crowd and that's exactly what he did.
SS botched this so bad on so many levels it looks purposeful.
But who knows maybe they really are that incompetent or had a very bad day.
If purposeful, then this ego/hype moment is evidence of that.