For the last five years, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have done nothing but exchange harsh words and disagree on just about everything; but that changed on a dime on Saturday, July 13, when a bullet from a rooftop shooter hit Trump in the ear and came within inches from taking his life. After the assassination attempt, both Biden and Trump were finally on the same page for once – with each man calling loudly for “unity.”
In fact, in the days following the attempt to take Trump’s life, that plea for unity has come from just about every corner of society: spouses of candidates, political leaders on both sides of the aisle, Wall Street executives and lots of others from all walks of live as well.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner the day after the assassination attempt, Trump said he plans to take advantage of this historic moment to help bring the highly divided country together. That’s a big change in demeanor from the past decade by the presumptive presidential Republican nominee who said, after the attempt on his life, that he had quite a speech planned meant to cut Biden to the core.
The shooting happened just before the start of the Republican convention at which Trump is scheduled to speak when he accepts the nomination.
Trump told the conservative magazine, “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger. Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches.”
He said that speech was going to be targeted at President Biden and his policies.
“Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now,” Trump said.
Trump also said his speech will instead call for unity of all Americans.
“It is a chance to bring the country together,” Trump stated in that interview. “I was given that chance. This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together. The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago.”
Trump also posted “UNITE AMERICA!” on his Truth Social account after Biden’s call for unity.
Biden phoned Trump hours after the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania and that call was said to be “good, short and respectful.” That was no doubt the first moment of civility between the two men in a very, very long time.
The Biden campaign has also taken down anti-Trump ads for the time being.
In a speech Sunday night, Biden called for Americans to lower the heat of political discourse in this country, listen to one another rather than talk over each other, and take a step back and consider rationally what political opponents are saying – and ask themselves honestly why they believe the way they do.
“Here in America, we need to get out of our silos,” the president said in a nationally televised Sunday evening July 14 speech, “where we only listen to those with whom we agree, where misinformation is rampant, where foreign actors fan the flames of our division to shape the outcomes consistent with their interests, not ours.”
“Let’s remember,” the president added, “here in America, while unity is the most elusive of goals right now, nothing is more – more important for us now than standing together. We can do this.”
Biden also said that, from the start of this country, the founding fathers felt and expressed passion about the best path forward – which is why they created a democracy that “gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force.”
The president added that this has to be a nation that respects the rule of law and a country where everyone is treated with decency.
Biden said dignity and fair play must become the norm.
Even Trump’s wife, Melania, who often chooses to stay out of the limelight, weighed in with a lengthy and emotional call for unity across the country.
“Let us not forget” she posted on social media, “that differing opinions, policy, and political games are inferior to love. Our personal, structural, and life commitment – until death – is at serious risk. Political concepts are simple when compared to us, human beings.”
The former First Lady added that we are all humans, and “fundamentally, instinctively, we want to help one another. American politics are only one vehicle that can uplift our communities. Love, compassion, kindness and empathy are necessities.”
She called for all Americans to join together and fight for a better future rather than fight with each other.
“Dawn is here again,” she posted. “Let us reunite. Now,”
The unity message was the same from Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who told NBC this weekend, “We have political opposition and political opponents, but we’re all American. We have to treat one another with dignity and respect.”
On Monday, July 15, Wall Street moguls like Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink, expressed great distress at the political vitriol that has dominated discourse leading up to the assassination attempt this weekend – and they stated that they’re hoping that the country can move forward in a civil and unified manner.
This may just be an Indian summer of calm political discourse, but those on both sides should enjoy it while it lasts – however long or short that turns out to be.
Except a day after the shooting, Trump retweeted New Mexico congressman’s tweet that said “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat” so there is that.
He is a man that has always spoken out of both sides of his mouth. This is no different.
Give a link to that post. Did you see it yourself? Or did you hear about it?
Provide a link.
It was my mistake. That was a tweet from 2020. I missed the date of the original story.
My apologies.
No Austin, I didn’t lie. I made an honest error and corrected when called out and rechecked my source.
Sounds EXACTLY like the FBLie and the entire demoncrat regime ruling our Nation right now. But not for much longer.
You are referring to an event on May 28, 2020 by a former New Mexico County Commissioner, Couy Griffin. While I don’t support this type of language, but it is incumbent on all of us to at least tell the truth. You are either intentionally misrepresenting the truth or have bad sources.
You are correct. My mistake. Thank you for the correction. Hate to be a provider of misinformation.
Uh-huh
Is that what the liberals call misinformation? Where are the Rhino fact checkers lol.
Lol, we should all play the role of fact checker. Key is admitting when you are wrong or made a mistake.
Austin will call it a lie but that is because he has an agenda and doesn’t want to ever actually consider other fact-based points of view that doesn’t fit his narrative.
Real men admit their mistakes, grow and move on. Conservatives deny deny deny regardless of the facts, data, or opinions of others. At least that is true for Trump, Alan, and Austin. The 3 angry little men.
We shall see. After viewing 8 years of Democrat stunts, I don’t think the leopard will lose his spots any time soon.
After 8 years of ranting, insulting, encouraging violence, lying, and defaming (as proven in court), I KNOW Trump isn’t going to change.
To recap:
1. Building complex roof top used by shooter about a 150 meter direct line of site from Trump. Really.
2. Complex was outside of “security perimeter” and not part of secret service advance team threat assessment. Really. That short of a distance with clear line of site was not threat enough to be included in security perimeter. Really.
3. Guy with rifle climbs on roof via ladder and not one security asset witnessess event. Really.
4. While guy is crawling for “minutes” towards shooting position, bystanders are providing verbal and physical (pointing) directional cues to security detail and not one counter-sniper asset gets eyes on the guy…even when he is more exposed in the shooting position. Really.
5. Only after the guy shoots do the counter sniper agents engage him. Really. BTW, do the secret service rules of egagement state engagement of lethal threat can occur only after the threat acts? Really. Go pull a gun on Biden at close range but dont pull trigger and see what happens. Makes zero difference if threat is 1 meter of 150 meters out. Really.
6. The ONLY thing that saved Trump was his fortuitous head movement to his right after the first shot and a low skilled shooter who did not account for the slight wind per weather at the time that would have altered round trajectory at that distance. Really.
The Democrats have lied too much to turn things around. It’s not that they can’t, they won’t. Hey Chuck, who is sewing the whirlwind now?
Democrats lied more than Trump?
Trump does nothing but lie. It’s his superpower.
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YOU are calling Trump a liar..???
You lie in these columns every day – and only admit to your misinformation AFTER you’ve been challenged.
The propagation of misinformation is your modus operandi.
You try to mislead and deceive – because you are a Leftist.
I have made a mistake i think 3 times in the 4 or 5 years I have been a regular commenter here. And owned up to those mistakes like a real man. Unlike con man Austin that wouldn’t event admit he was wrong when he claimed the word hate couldn’t be a noun AND a verb. LOL
But only Austin could claim one person is NOT a liar because another person owned up to misrepresenting the timing of an event in error.
Really, I guess you have enough money that this super inflation cost doesn’t bother you? During President Trumps time as POTUS gas was $1.59 now $3.59. Groceries are at an all-time high. This effects the working class and the people who are having to choose between food rent or medication. I voted for a savvy businessman not a dirty politician.
The inflation was a global problem triggered largely by covid supply chains restrictin supply (supply down prices up is econ 101) and war in Europe impacting crical agriculture (fertilizer and wheat production). Sure, overspending by Trump and Biden with covid relef didn’t’ help but was not the main cause.
So, Biden inherited a Covid economy in free fall and landed us without a recession. So yup. he did a great job. To blame inflation that kicked up in early 2020 on Biden’s policies just as he was even getting settled into office is silly. The time for policy changes to have impact on the economy can take many months at a min and years at times. Key is patience. Which the Bidden administration showed and did a great job landing our economy after Covid wrecked the global economy. Not just the US.
So yes, the impact of that global inflation is still impacting most Americans, but it is steadily improving as result of Biden’s administration. But as with all things economic, it takes time. You can turn things on a dime except for negative shocks to the economy unfortunately.
You know Old Joe had to drop out of the 1988 presidential race due to plagiarism. Be careful who you’re calling a liar when your own boy is far worse.
And what do you know, he just faked COVID prior to bowing out of this one.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/alleged-trump-shooter-spotted-by-law-enforcement-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-sources-say/Q6GIK5RP6RBY5PHIMYBNXRTEBI/
Hi Chris you get extra credit for correcting your own post earlier but a lot of these could stand further discussion. Just for your first one I wouldn’t jump to give Biden credit for recovering from covid so much as the virus ran a natural course if changing due to nature regardless of how many extra proteins were introduced into it in Wuhan. But it must be freightening to watch the democrats hopes for 24 just slip away for the myriad of reasons that they should. Going back to last Saturday if Trump had collapsed into a fetal position and cried the liberals would be showing that over and over with glee but what you saw there was an example of strength of conviction and leadership. I wish they would have secured the situation and let him get back up there with a bandage on his head and finish the rally. Now that would have been extraordinary. Time for Joe to check back into the basement
So let’s vote on issues and accomplishments. Not who go shot at the most.
Biden Accomplishments:
Recovered from Covid downturn without recession – Check
Employment Up – Check
Inflation Down – Check
Crime Down – Check
Passed Infrastructure Bill – Check
95% of American’s Have Health Insurance – Check
Real Wages Up – Check
14.8 Million Jobs Added to market in 3 years – Check
Booming Green Spending – Check
Record Equity Markets – Check
Student Debt Reduction – Check
Border Reform – Blocked by Republicans last second
Housing Market – Fail
Countering China with a new alliance between Japan and South Korea – Check
Renewable power is the No. 2 source of electricity in the U.S. – Check
Supported Allies from Unprovoked Invasions – Check
Reduced Deficit Spending but Spending still too high for current Tax Revenue – Fail
Moves Microchip processing home to US from China – Check
US Oil Production at All Time High – Check
So, Biden got conned by conservatives on immigration and challenges in the housing market persist. Trump tax cuts made it impossible to balance budget but at least deficit spending is down. Most metrics points to a positive Presidency.
So, what have conservative accomplished over the last 3 and half years?
Conservative Accomplishments
– Banned abortion to block women’s health rights (Conservative states only as they couldn’t agree on national ban thankfully)
– Blocked immigration reform (because they care about party before country versus what the scream about all the time)
– Banned books (again at State level as national level didn’t really accomplish much of anything)
– Most unproductive congress in modern history
– Voted out Speaker
– Voted to stop from voting out Speaker a second time – Check for a win here
Please add to the list. I am struggling to find much accomplished by conservative other a removing individual rights at the State level. Seems very disorganized and unprepared to run the country from my perspective. Facts don’t lie.
Waders…waders…get your waders here.
I offered for you modern conservatives to add to the lists but THIS is all you got? I guess I must be right. (this time….)
I admit, I am surprised you couldn’t come up with even 1 accomplishment from conservatives over the last 3 years? Huh? But as I said in above comment, when presented with facts, conservative just deny deny deny. Thanks for showing us the perfect example Alan. I knew you wouldn’t let me down.
Let us not forget that Trump didn’t pass any legislation of his own. Trump came in and tried to take all the credit for what Obama has done for the economy. He stands up there and talk about foolishness and never about what he’s going to do for the people.
He did pass a big tax break for himself while increasing taxes on middle class.
He said he would have a replacement plan for Obamacare in two weeks. He said that for over a year?! “Who knew healthcare was so hard?”
LOL
Hi Chris you get extra credit for correcting your own post earlier but a lot of these could stand further discussion. Just for your first one I wouldn’t jump to give Biden credit for recovering from covid so much as the virus ran a natural course if changing due to nature regardless of how many extra proteins were introduced into it in Wuhan. But it must be freightening to watch the democrats hopes for 24 just slip away for the myriad of reasons that they should. Going back to last Saturday if Trump had collapsed into a fetal position and cried the liberals would be showing that over and over with glee but what you saw there was an example of strength of conviction and leadership. I wish they would have secured the situation and let him get back up there with a bandage on his head and finish the rally. Now that would have been extraordinary. Time for Joe to check back into the basement
Sorry, to be clear, I gave credit for the economic recovery from Covid to Biden. Trump gets credit for rushing the vaccine but most of the credit goes to medical professionals putting in the hours at overwhelmed hospitals in the face of conservative calling it the Scamdemic…
I don’t agree that democrats would view a dead Trump as a win for this country. It was a massive failure of our secret service and local police and a massive embarrassment to America and its gun culture from an international perspective.
People aren’t voting for Joe. They are voting against Trump. You either love or hate Trump. not much middle ground. That is why his poll numbers have not yet changed after the shooting. But it might help his turnout rate and get him over the hump in the very close race. (not it says a lot about Trump and modern conservative that they are in such a close race with a clearly weak candidate in old Joe.)
Crazy days for America for sure.
The Shadow Government behind Biden:
Orchestrated entry of millions of illegal immigrants into our country. Check.
Increased the national debt by trillions. Check.
Passed disastrous Infrastructure Bill. Check.
Spent trillions of OUR tax money on Ukraine war. Check.
Support of Military Industrial Complex with foreign wars. Check
Booming malicious hoax Green Energy spending. Check.
Unfair student debt forgiveness. Check.
Made China richer with support of solar panels as a renewal energy. Check.
Depleted our oil reserve. Check.
Biden’s Shadow Government’s actions and behavior show contempt for our country. No one voted for a Shadow Government the first time and certainly should not vote a second time. Check.
Well researched TermLimits.
I salute you.
Researched? wow, you must have struggled in HS. He shared now research. Just his opinions. Which is fine as i did little more (except i researched the up-to-date economic figures that TermLimits ignored). But to say well research as like saying I am well written. LOL given i looooove typos.
But you be you.
Thank you for sharing the conservative view, TermLimit. I share below my responses to your points. I am still waiting for some measure of comment(s) on what the Conservatives have accomplished this year in terms of controlling the House. Let me know if you can think of one. I can’t.
I covered immigration. He actually tried to fix the problem but republicans put party before people and blocked the bill so Biden wouldn’t have a win during an election year. Real change requires legislation, not flawed executive orders that get over turned by the courts (14 times for Trump I believe is the number).
Trump increased the debt by more with his unfunded tax cut even before covid. I mentioned this in my list. I suport the idea that we need to restore taxes on the rich and corporations to balance the budget. Oh and block the tax increases on the middle class that Trump passed.
What was disastrous about the infrastructure bill? (funny how conservatives toss about opinions as facts but are never able to back them up with data or any real information). Heck most conservatives bragged about all the infrastructure funds that were assigned to their States. Seemed like they liked it. Not to mention, I believe, Trump tried to pass a similar bill but failed.
I believe we should support tour Allies against tyranny. We will have to agree to disagree on this one as I understand conservatives think Putin is cool because Trump kisses his butt.
Science is very clear (you know educated people) that climate change is a major risk and is predominantly man made. We will have to agree to disagree as I understand education is considered being woke to conservatives.
Student debt relief is an issue I sit on the fence about given I paid for my own kids college out of pocket so they could start a career debt free. (military paid for one of my kid’s degrees)
Biden actually did the opposite and has brought back manufacturing from China. I will need source to better understand your comment on solar panels making China rich…..but conservative have allowed big business to ship jobs offshore to China for decades. Heck, it was the conservative’s idea if a I recall correctly. I will research with data and reply again if interested. But you show me yours first given you brought it up.
He did and now we are producing more oil than ever and gas prices stabilized after Covid / War supply chain disruptions. With oil prices down, US is beginning to restore the reserve. And guess what? Nothing bad has happened yet so not sure the issue?
I will need proof of a shadow government’s harm to the US? Until someone has any real evidence, i will consider at topic for the Tin Hat crowd. Even just some context as I most times ‘shadow government comes up’ I can only think of EPA for example, who protects our environment from big business that has a long and proven track record of harming the environment (and therefore us) in the name of profit. (Duke Power coal ash is a recent example)
See Alan Marshal, real ideas exchanged. We disagree but real information was exchanged, I asked for a few clarifying points and who knows we can learn something from each other. Certainly more intelligent than your waders comment that, as usual, shows your own ignorance and contempt for others who don’t share your opinion.
But you be you.
Trump has chosen a strong white man that will makes his campaign exactly what America needs. There is no doubt who is the best one for OUT country. America is going to be strong and healthy again after the election. We now HOPE and JOY for OUR future!!!
How is America not strong and healthy? We are strong…biggest, bad ass military in the world to be exact. Our economy is growing faster than most if not all other countries post Covid. We are healthy, as job market remains strong, markets are at record levels, etc… Just need to fix the housing market and with income growth finally outpacing inflation, the pain of the inflation will fade quickly.
By the way, why call out the race of the person Trump chose for his VP? Are you implying that other races are bad or wouldn’t be as good because of the color of their skin? Just asking as it may expose your real reason for not likely Democrats. Just curious.
Let’s think about your comment, Chris. The choice of a White man was not a DEI choice, but the choice based on strength. Unlike Biden who used race exclusively to pick his supreme court nominee, Trump picked his VP based on the character needed to lead our country. Get used to it, Chris. DEI is on the way out because it has disastrous consequences, like the event we just witnessed in PA. DEI should be looked at for what it is, a process to reward mediocrity. If Trump sincerely wants to make America great again, get rid of DEI. DEI did not make America great in the past and it never will.
Boeing has learned that DEI is disastrous.
It is a lie to say that Biden only used RACE to pick his Supreme court candidate. They also had to be highly qualified. Which they are. The idea of a critical roll as SCOTUS is that the make of the body should represent all of America. It was his choice. That is the perk of the job.
But to say Race was the only qualifier is a lie.
I hear you saying, well why not the BEST candidate for SCOTUS regardless of race. There is no single best person for any role. There are those that MOST qualified. And from that very small list, he used RACE to give that extra credit for he valued a diverse panel so all of America’s life experiences are represented on such a critical body of government.
Now I hear you screaming, it’s NOT fair to use race as a criterion to get over on the other MOST qualified candidates. Sure it is….when hiring, people always use small attributes to make the final selection from the MOST qualified candidate list. Sometimes, its because they like the personality of one candidate over another. Or one candidate is more physically attractive than the other candidates.
That is how ALL hiring works. Once you have the most qualified candidates, you can use whatever criteria you personally want. That is the perk of the being the hiring manager.
Austin, Boeing has learned that profits before safety is disastrous. How in the world does your small little mind come up with ideas that DEI is causing mechanical issues in airplanes? What a crazy lie to tell.
It is well documented that the new management started putting manufacturing costs ahead of quality and it has ruined their reputation. I can provide sources if you like. Of course conservatives say this lie over and over again but just because you are repeating a lie doesn’t mean you are a liar. It just means you are a tool.
Bet you can’t provide any source that has any real analysis linking Boeing DEI to their performance issues. All you have is other conservatives making the same unsubstantiated statement (i.e. a lie). You are such tool, you can even make up your own lies. LOL….
Conservatives believe if enough of them make the same lie over and over again that that makes it true. All it really does is show them as tools of their cult leaders.
Tool-Time-Austin. LOL
The current messaging is a welcome change from the two candidates that most voters do not want. It would be nice indeed if we voters could in fact unite behind one of them, but whether the incident actually changes either of them will probably take some time to ascertain. I do not presume to know what it would take from either of them to change the perceptions of those who dislike them, but I believe it would have to be dramatic, and prolonged, at least until election day. So, all of us will have an opportunity to reconsider former opinions. Regardless, Scott, nice article, and may the movement towards unity and compromise last.
Wow! I see the story and news and announcements really resonated with the Rhino readers. Geez! I truly believe there is no hope. I fear for our future. LAMOs
Sun, you don’t visit the Rhino very often do you? Why did you choose to visit on July 16, 2024?
Hey, ‘kris’: You left out the one comment from the robot you follow: “Time to put Trump in the bullseye'” What inane comments have you for that??? (maybe I’ll need to post Joe’s speech from 2022, denigrating the ‘best President we’ve EVER had”.
(Maybe YOU, RHINO PRESS, can print that speech .. to make up for printing all the nonsensical words of this puppet, Chris, I am very disappointed to have seen your venue being taken over with such rubbish as he’s posted!)
Difference is very clear. Biden, like a real man, admitted that he regrets that comment and that it was inappropriate. While Trump lies or denies accountability regarding anything he says.
Secondly, you found one comment from Biden. We can supply you with almost daily hateful divisive rhetoric from Trump.
Lastly, we have multiple points of connections where Trumps words of hate and divisiveness have led to direct violence such as Jan 6th, Nancy Pelosi’s husbands being attacked, an attempted kidnapping of a Governor, thousands of threats on the lives of poll workers and judges by conservatives.
THAT is the difference!
One or two one offs from Democrats compared to hate and threats of violence being the norm for modern conservatives.
“Chris” is an angry little man* who’s full of “hate”.
He uses these columns to spread misinformation, engage in sophistry, and assuage his intellectual insecurity.
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* I generally avoid ad hominem insults, but just yesterday he referred to me an an angry little man, so I figured turn around is fair play, especially when it’s actually true.
And I’m not even angry, or little.
I only dislike (don’t think we have reached hate yet) you and Alan as you both repeat the lies of modern conservatives as if you are great truth tellers versus the tools / sheep that you really are.
Oh, I do hate Trump and his pushing lies that cause people to threaten the lives poll workers, health providers, kidnap governors, storm capitols buildings, and convince people that America is NOT great even though we have the best post covid economy currently with low employment, record markets etc….
He would destroy America if it could keep him in power. And you repeat the lies to help him do it.
Con man Austin the Tool.
Austin the liar says: “I generally avoid ad hominem insults”. LOL, yet another lie from Austin.
Below are the insults from Austin from just ONE thread of comments under his recent letter:
1) Calls me ‘Chrissy’ in order to insult me,
2) Responds to my comment with nothing other than: “My soles are made of rubber – like your brain”
3) “Leftists are, essentially, mildly mentally ill in that they do not perceive reality correctly.
It’s a form of mental illness.” to insult over a full third of the United States
4) “Because the Left is evil.” to again insult a full third of the United States
5) “You’re pathetic.”
6) “There is a pitiful and deluded Leftist here”
7) “Take a long hard look in the mirror, buddy. If you can bear it.”
And he wonders why I do the same back at him.
I on the other hand am an angry guy and do enjoy insulting Austin in return. I am angry that modern conservatives promote an Anti-science agenda as our climate situation worsens as a result of oversue of carbon fuels. That modern conservative promotes lies that have led to thousands of poll workers, health care professionals having their lives threatened, not to mention attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power after a free and fair election as well a group of conservatives to attempt to kidnap a Governor. And mostly lying to Americans that we are no longer a Great country. So, I am angry and will continue to counter the lies of con man Austin the conservative tool and toss in silly names to amuse myself while I do it. I would in no way be surprised if was the hateful bullying rhetoric of conservatives that turns about to be the motive behind Trump’s failed assassination by a kid that spent his entire life being bullied by people like Austin.
Also, I appreciate anyone who points out any factual errors I make. Because real men admit when they make a mistake.
Insult me all you want Austin. I am not going away. Actually, the more you insult me the more I post. If you were smart (and I know you are not), you would ignore my comments and just keep repeating your lies as if I didn’t exist. Alan has done a pretty good job of that and frankly it has made the Rhino a better place as a result as these exchanges between us are just silly clutter mostly.
Oh gosh. A Rodney King moment.
Reading some of these bitter comments, I am reminded of the numerous passages in the Bible to the effect that “you reap what you sow.” Spin begets spin, just as division begets division. Maybe, if we thought more about the desirability of common ground, we would have a government more focused on the common good…
It will take someone other than Trump, the ranting social media bully that acts no better than Austin and my childish exchanges to fix the division he has driven in this great country.