What I don't get are the people who want Trump to get killed. If Trump is assassinated, it only proves his point that Democrats are violent. The Democrats have two options in such an event:
- Bite their tongues, do the polite "we disagreed but he was our president" death revisionism like our country does for every president, condemn political violence, and eat all the shit served to them by GOP politicians and pundits about enabling the assassination; or
- Go full mask off and gravedance, which will push away independents and any remaining moderates.
Assassinating Trump would galvanize Republicans and they would, for the rest of the fucking century, use Trump's death as a political tool. Vance would become President and he is a far more capable politician than Trump: he has more political experience, he's better liked, he doesn't rant on social media at 3 in the morning, and he laughs off insults instead of taking everything personally. All the ways that Democrats fuck with Trump would not work on Vance.
Do I like Xi Xinping? No, I think he's a snake, a tyrant, and a threat to the US. Would I be happy if he's assassinated? No, I would be very concerned about the fallout for both China and the rest of the world. It's very telling about Donald Trump's critics that they genuinely believe violence will solve all their problems.