All other incidents aside, the first assassination attempt is the most "Nat 20" situation there is. More like rolling a Nat 20 with disadvantage. Dude had him dead to rights.
Edit: this comment made me realize once again how well they succeeded at memory holing that fiasco.
A combination of it. They are stupid, yet too hopped up on hate and setting up things that MIGHT work in the Stasi era, but doesn't really work so well nowadays.
Trump went through his entire first term, he saw how they act and react to him. Especially as they weren't shy about bragging about it for accolades and clout. He seems pretty good about learning from some of his blunders.
So for a lot of these he has already likely anticipated this and put in work against it, like he did with his daughter's legion of poll watchers and lawyers.
Not to mention that shit has gotten so bad in this country that they likely aren't able to guarantee as much loyalty and obedience even from their own organizations, and their stuff is likely getting leaked through malice of sheer incompetence.
Why does it seem EVERY attempt to spite Trump is backfiring?
Are they too stupid to pull it off, to spiteful to know when to stop or is Trump rolling Nat 20 I each danger roll?
All other incidents aside, the first assassination attempt is the most "Nat 20" situation there is. More like rolling a Nat 20 with disadvantage. Dude had him dead to rights.
Edit: this comment made me realize once again how well they succeeded at memory holing that fiasco.
A combination of it. They are stupid, yet too hopped up on hate and setting up things that MIGHT work in the Stasi era, but doesn't really work so well nowadays.
He has the Mandate of Heaven.
Trump went through his entire first term, he saw how they act and react to him. Especially as they weren't shy about bragging about it for accolades and clout. He seems pretty good about learning from some of his blunders.
So for a lot of these he has already likely anticipated this and put in work against it, like he did with his daughter's legion of poll watchers and lawyers.
Not to mention that shit has gotten so bad in this country that they likely aren't able to guarantee as much loyalty and obedience even from their own organizations, and their stuff is likely getting leaked through malice of sheer incompetence.
The safest comparison is to a cornered, wounded predator.
They know that they're in a losing situation, but they want to go out in one last primal attack; direction it at everything in sight.
It may well be partial stupidity, but I think it's mainly desperation.