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 What do you think would happen during the election if trump actually died? 
 I suspect lots of people would become very disillusioned and the election would probably have the lowest voter turnout of all time. The establishment would try to go on as if everything was normal, but we would probably be a lot closer to an unofficial (or official) break up of the country.

If, on the other hand, Trump is elected it may unfortunately keep more people hopeful & engaged than might otherwise be the case. The right is stupid, but not actually unhinged, the way the left has demonstrated they are...

Shit... They're probably going to shoot Biden next. 
 Hmm I didn’t consider that his death would lead to a low voter turnout. I thought they’d rally toward the next republican for sure. If it did cause disillusion, that would be bad for the entire political system and the legitimacy of government. Who do you think did this? Random act of violence or someone with power? 
 My guess is some alphabet agency sponsored moron. They usually pick crazy people. 
 I thought about that a lot but I can’t wrap my head around the logic of it. They’ve done similar things before but what do they have to gain from this? I don’t think they’d get someone who would miss that many shots if they really wanted him dead. They also had two shooters which is crazy. 
 I think incompetence & luck are far more prevalent than people successfully playing some sort of 4d chess.

Corp media already being weird...? Seems to be suppressed on fbook

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 Isn’t this exactly how we’d expect them to react though? 
 Nah don’t think many would rally toward the next republican. Trump in a league of his own to a lot of his supporters 
 So you think that majority of people would vote Biden if trump died? You don’t think people would just vote republican out of anger? 
 If Trump had been killed today, I’m fearful we wouldn’t be worried about what the voting would look like in November.

And I take no pleasure in saying that. Dark times. 
 The more I think about it, the more it seems like your theory was correct. The fed doesn’t care who the president is, but they care about the president’s stance on bitcoin. If trump went to the Bitcoin conference, it would rally the price and hurt the dollar.  It could’ve been an actual attempt to kill or just a warning. If trump still ends up going, then this theory is probably wrong. 
 If he still goes, it means they didn’t succeed in killing him 🫡 
 Hard to say man. There is no replacing Trump right now though 
 Weird to think how close we are to a totally different alternate timeline. 
 I think these are important questions. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the outcome which happens is the one the most powerful planned for.