The Butler aftermath keeps shredding Trump’s aura of invincibility
The Trump campaign spent July 29 still living inside the fallout from the Pennsylvania rally shooting, with the basic question unchanged: how did a protectee at a major campaign event end up exposed to a gunman in the first place? The more official accounts and post-event scrutiny pile up, the more the episode looks less like bad luck than a preventable failure with real political and institutional consequences.
First recorded Jul 29, 2024·Meaningfully updated Jul 29, 2024
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The Butler aftermath keeps shredding Trump’s aura of invincibility
The Trump campaign spent July 29 still living inside the fallout from the Pennsylvania rally shooting, with the basic question unchanged: how did a protectee at a major campaign event end up exposed to a gunman in the first place? The more official accounts and post-event scrutiny pile up, the more the episode looks less like bad luck than a preventable failure with real political and institutional consequences.
The Trump campaign spent July 29 still living inside the fallout from the Pennsylvania rally shooting, with the basic question unchanged: how did a protectee at a major campaign event end up exposed to a gunman in the first place? The more official accounts and post-event scrutiny pile up, the more the episode looks less like bad luck than a preventable failure with real political and institutional consequences.
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