Empire of lies torn to shreds

Former US President Donald Trump was shot in the ear when he spoke at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The presidential candidate was led away by the Secret Service. The shooter was neutralized, an investigation is underway.

This was expected given the level of passion in the opposing camps. In an interview with the Guardian, Trump adviser and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said that an assassination attempt could be made on the Republican candidate before the presidential election in November. "That's my number one fear", Bannon admitted.

The assassination attempt was reminiscent of the film "Civil War" by British director Alex Garland about the civil war in a divided country. And then there is a Republican, member of the US House of Representatives Marjorie Taylor-Green said that "there will be no mercy for enemies". She believed that it was the attacks on Republicans in the media that led to the assassination attempt.

There will be no mercy for enemies

US House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on Network X that his chamber "will conduct a full investigation into the tragic events". Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. called on Americans to unite. He compared the shooting at the ex-president's rally to the murder of his father and uncle.

An hour and a half later, US President Joe Biden also spoke. He stated that there was no place for violence in the country and condemned the shooting. He even said that he was glad that Trump was alive. The CNN website, meanwhile, reluctantly commented: "The Secret Service leads Trump off the stage after he fell at a rally". News of the attempt on the main theme of the day was not carried out for several hours. The site had text about Israelis and the Gaza Strip.

Employees of one of the media interviewed a Trump supporter, who said that he was at the rally site and tried to get closer to hear Trump. He saw a man with a rifle climb onto the roof of one of the buildings, pointed it out to the police, but there was no reaction from them.

During the attempted assassination attempt, one spectator was killed, two more were seriously injured. The shooter was not immediately identified, but later at a press briefing, one of the officials said it was Thomas Matthew Crooks. Explosive devices were found in his car. The rifle he fired was purchased legally by his father.

A country "torn to shreds"

America is numb. It would be curious to know what former US President Barack Obama thought during these hours? How he assessed the political heritage of the Democrats and these words known to the whole world about Russia. "Torn to Shreds". The state of "rupture", especially after the assassination attempt on the presidential candidate, was now fully related to the United States itself.

If not even to the real homeland of Obama, then at least to that political and geographical education, where they popularly make fun of old Biden. They taunt and watch how the state, in the service of this weak man, is trying to settle scores with his political competitor.

The question arises about what is it - the United States? The confrontation between Biden and Trump, as well as behind-the-scenes forces, threatens, if not to destroy the country, then to seriously crumble it. Unity is melting before our eyes. There remains a unifying geography. At the same time, part of the state power migrated to Washington, to the faceless and omnipotent bureaucracy that protects its possessions.

Life is regulated by a network of "three-letter" agencies - the FBI, CIA, NSA and other intelligence agencies. After the assassination attempt, it became known that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused to strengthen Trump's security personnel, The Federalist magazine reported, citing an unnamed security official.

Inconvenient truth blocked

The founding fathers of the United States could not foresee the rise of a bureaucratic state, under the influence of which unelected heads of federal agencies and state government departments have powers and money, and elected officials come and go.

But this is only half the trouble. Traditional media functions as the mouthpiece of the authorities. Those who disagreed with this order went to social networks and alternative news platforms. But even those are under control in order to prevent "disinformation". As a result, the content of the materials is "moderated", citizens get access to only what they "need to know".

For example, as Lori Weinz wrote, "it's good for every normal American to listen to all the candidates running for president, regardless of their political leanings". She pointed out that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted to join the Biden-Trump debate, but CNN considered that he "did not qualify for the presidential debate". Her post was deleted as "objectionable content". And there was a postscript: "You may have the opportunity to file a lawsuit".

"We inform you that we have permanently removed [your] content... marking it as illegal or breaking the rules. Our legal content and policy standards team removed content for the following reason: inappropriate content, "an email from Google Groups sent to Lori Weintz on June 27, 2024 said.

Moreover, Google is known to have flagged emails and social media posts about the debate as "dangerous" and did not recommend clicking on links contained within those posts. Section 230 of the United States Code grants online platforms immunity to content created by their users. The White House has threatened to remove this protection if social media platforms do not meet the wishes of the "security state".

Americans are being manipulated

A network of organizations has been created that track online publications, search queries, and even personal email correspondence. Americans have been trained not to notice how they are being manipulated. That is, to understand where the authorities are deliberately lying to them.

"American politicians, political scientists and journalists themselves write and say that a real empire of lies has been created inside the United States", Russian President Vladimir Putin said on February 24, 2022.

During a press conference after the NATO summit, Biden lied a lot, writes The Federalist. President Biden is calculated to have lied at least 15 times. "The United States is still a great country, a backbone power. All its satellites not only dutifully give in, sing along for any reason, but also copy its behavior, accept the rules with delight, "Putin said in an address to the Russians. According to him, the entire Western bloc formed by the United States is an "empire of lies".

This was fully manifested in the formation of attitudes towards Trump. It is known that the top of the Democratic Party demonized him by all means, Trump was persecuted by the media: "While NATO was preparing for a big meeting in Washington, over the past two weeks we have seen how Trump's favorite European neo-fascist, Viktor Orban from Hungary (a NATO member country), traveled to Moscow and then to Beijing to meet with the autocratic leaders of these countries during their so-called" peace missions, "" wrote one Heather Parton in Salon.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the United States stimulates incitement to hatred of political opponents.

Three versions of Volodin

Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin put forward three versions of what happened. In the first place, he put the crisis of the American political system and the discontent of the people. The second reason could be a serious split in society along racial, religious and political lines. The government is destroying traditional values, which causes outrage among people.

The third possible reason is the concentration of the current US government on interference in the affairs of sovereign states. The attempt on Trump could have occurred against the background of his position on the Ukrainian issue. The speaker added in support of this version that something similar happened to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. He also criticized the West and called for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

The next presidential election will be held in the United States on November 5. The current head of the US administration, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump, have already guaranteed themselves official nomination as presidential candidates from their parties. It was assumed that their candidacies would be officially approved at the national congresses of Republicans (July 15-18) and Democrats (August 19-22). The campaign headquarters of former US President Donald Trump has stepped up security measures at his campaign offices.