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[OngBonga]

IDK how people would react. People at the rally might have rioted.

I feel like a riot is the least of the worries, if Trump got killed. And you're right that people are probably more likely to be calm at the actual event, largely through shock but also because these events probably aren't attracting the extremists.

What I'd be more worried about is the aftermath, the political fallout that would engulf the country. I think Trump being assassinated would turn him into a martyr and radicalise a lot of people who currently aren't all that radical. This is an armed country we're talking about, and Trump's supporters tend to also support gun rights and own guns.

[MadMojoMonkey]

What I'd be more worried about is the aftermath, the political fallout that would engulf the country. I think Trump being assassinated would turn him into a martyr and radicalise a lot of people who currently aren't all that radical. This is an armed country we're talking about, and Trump's supporters tend to also support gun rights and own guns.

Yeah, but the politicians who actually support Trump's totalitarian policies are few and relatively lacking in power within the party.
My best guess is that most Republican politicians wouldn't want to turn Trump into a martyr. The few that would want to do so don't seem to hold enough sway with anyone outside their own districts to accomplish anything.

The big names in the Republican leadership have all spoken out against Trump when he was down. They just turn full hypocrite the moment he starts swaying public support again. My gut says they'd really like to distance themselves from him if they could.

And it's not like only the Republican voters have guns, man. My family has lots of guns, and I don't think any one of us would be described as Republican, neither in spirit nor in voting habits.
But also... the ethos of gun ownership equating to a populace itching for a chance to kill other humans is so wrong. Americans are no different than anywhere else when it comes to the bravado to talk big when times are easy, but then not to act quite so brazen when troubles actually arise.

I think it'd be actually hard to galvanize the American people into a civil war. There's nothing so huge as economic nuking being forced on one side. The abolition of slavery was economy-changing. That threatened people's livelihood. That put the stability of food and shelter at risk for half the country - or so it seemed to them at the time. There's no real existential threat like that these days. It's all rhetoric and lies.

I sincerely hope that my fellow countrymen are not so eager to put their own lives at such risk as to engage in insurrection over such false pretenses and narrative boogeymen.