Understanding the US - Again

[Rudradev]

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Since the shooter is described by his fellow students from when he was at Caltech at near-genius level of intelligence (and that is a very high bar at Caltech), one wonders, if POTUS was his target, how he planned to achieve his objective.

[A_Gupta]

^^^ that is why I speculate there is something fishy. Of course, this young man may have developed some mental disease after his academic years.

[Amber G.]

^^^ Also two hours after a man with a shotgun fired shots at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, sixteen of the most prominent MAGA influencers on X all posted the same message.

The message was not "thank God the President is safe."
The message was "this is why we need the White House ballroom."
And this same refrain from POTUS right after ..(" I want the WH Barloom .." "Honored to be among great impactful people (for only those who are target ..." etc)

[Amber G.]

^^^ that is why I speculate there is something fishy. ...

Do the agents typically reach for a person and pull him back up right away immediately after asking him to get closer to the ground?

[vera_k]

IMO, this person demonstrated genius in using the scientific approach to conduct the attack.

In that he went in with no assumptions that the hotel would be locked down and highly secure. Found an opening and exploited it. This attack stands out in its simplicity.

[Amber G.]

"This attack stands out in its simplicity.....to lobby for a Ballroom...!!

[Vayutuvan]

^^^ that is why I speculate there is something fishy. Of course, this young man may have developed some mental disease after his academic years.

Maybe he was bitter that what he thought about his potential did not really translate into anything approaching fame. All the rhetoric that is going on against Trump, he, too is blaming Trump for not achieving the fame he deserved. After all he had been living with his parents even after plunking down huge sums to go to CalTech. Even if he had both need-based and merit-based tuition awards, it is still quite expensive to live in the dorm. Scholarships cover only tuition and such but not room and board (AFAIK).

[Vayutuvan]

IMO, this person demonstrated genius in using the scientific approach to conduct the attack.

In that he went in with no assumptions that the hotel would be locked down and highly secure. Found an opening and exploited it. This attack stands out in its simplicity.

@vera_k ji, no no no.

He found a way to direct his bullets through a Calabi–Yau manifold and use some of the extra spatial dimensions to guide them to the target. Should be fairly easy for a genius-level graduate from CalTech. He might even have found a way to make the bullets travel back in time and hit the POTUS when they are entering the concourse.

[Vayutuvan]

By the way, the gunman's full name is CT Allen, Cole Thomas Allen. That is a dead give away that this is a false flag op by Trump to lobby for the new grand ballroom.

[Vayutuvan]

^^^ that is why I speculate there is something fishy. Of course, this young man may have developed some mental disease after his academic years.

Aah. The insanity defense. I am sure defense attorneys will certainly try for something like that, inspite of finding a manifesto from CT Allen.

[Vayutuvan]

On a serious note, here are results from an opinion poll conducted by Kettering Project/Gallup Democracy For All Project, July 7- August 25, 2025.

Americans' acceptability of political violence

By Age

Age 18 to 29 30%
Age 30 to 44 21%
Age 45 to 59 13%
Age 60 to xx 4%

(under 45 it is 51% - that is pretty high)

By Subgroup Social Media Habits

None/Don't use Daily 8%
Less than 1 hour per day 9%
1 to 2 hours per day 15%
3 to 4 hours per day 21%
5 or more hours per day 22%

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CT Allen is a game developer as well. I am sure FBI would be looking into what kinds of games he was playing and also developing.

[A_Gupta]

The White House Correspondents Dinner cannot be held in a White House ballroom.

For one, that would be like me hosting a party held by you. Second, Trump’s ballroom, monstrosity that it has, is designed to seat 999 people. The Washington Hilton International ballroom seats 2,670 for black-tie events.