My immediate reaction on today’s shooting of Donald J Trump.

My immediate reaction, with very incomplete information, on today’s shooting of Donald J Trump.

When I was Trump’s speechwriter, I once was asked to look up JFK’s quotes about the machine inside his own government out to get him. That assignment left a lasting impression on me because there were hints of what we say today even then, 4 years ago, but it was also too hard to me then to fully envision the literal JFK parallels could be so real, let alone imminent. I’ve been saying for months now that I fear the “lone court” more than the “lone gunman,” because it’s cleaner, but the new SCOTUS immunity ruling last week has perhaps made the “lone court” strategy for neutralizing Trump no longer a viable option. Now, for this to happen so soon after that legal immunity ruling, it appears they’re going back to the JFK option.