{"id":303456,"date":"2024-07-17T01:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-shooting-makes-him-martyr-likely-tips-election-presidential-historian-says"},"modified":"2024-07-17T01:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:08:44","slug":"trump-shooting-makes-him-martyr-likely-tips-election-presidential-historian-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-shooting-makes-him-martyr-likely-tips-election-presidential-historian-says","title":{"rendered":"Trump Capturing Makes Him Martyr &amp; Probably Ideas Election, Presidential Historian Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"43.8148148148\">\n<section id=\"cb-bdd08fb434dfd701d0286a2ff31fdd68\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240716_f402271fe71942b2b49c61a36e491740\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2b1b82a2-3818-404f-a1d1-3601dd746b06\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"biden\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f4\/4by3\/2024\/07\/16\/f402271fe71942b2b49c61a36e491740_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"donald trump joe biden historian main\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bdd08fb434dfd701d0286a2ff31fdd68--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fb910fafd4e49d3a27f86fc8fcdf5c6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1016949153\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> surviving an attempted assassination makes him a martyr in the eyes of millions of Americans &#8212; and shakes up the election too &#8230; so says a presidential historian.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fb910fafd4e49d3a27f86fc8fcdf5c6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f4cd8ac564bc60d3896e681d2b7fa1da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p><strong>Douglas Brinkley<\/strong> &#8212; a professor at Rice University and an expert in all things POTUS history &#8212; tells TMZ &#8230; the shooting gives Trump a chance to ride a wave of momentum to the White House, with DT emerging from the bloody rally looking like a leader and a brave warrior.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f4cd8ac564bc60d3896e681d2b7fa1da--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-24979b9bde075f1b2edeabcc8944e339\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-31e9b6e6-3a7a-4bf6-9634-090c7800f1ef-1070969107-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-31e9b6e6-3a7a-4bf6-9634-090c7800f1ef-1070969107-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Donald Trump\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7f\/16by9\/2024\/07\/13\/7fdb738968b24de599e0b460b67b87e7_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-24979b9bde075f1b2edeabcc8944e339--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a8e4cc7cb00c55b3b4c5932e1a92f038\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>The image of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist is giving his campaign a shot in the arm, Douglas says &#8230; and the shooting will likely be talked about and dissected all summer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a8e4cc7cb00c55b3b4c5932e1a92f038--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-587e9d6d071009260b1faf5bb961cb49\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.2110091743\">\n<p>It&#8217;s the first shooting of a current or former U.S. president since<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ronald-reagan\/\"><strong>Ronald Reagan<\/strong><\/a> in 1981 &#8230; and Douglas says the visuals may give Trump a boost with the TikTok generation, who are glued to their phones even more now.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-587e9d6d071009260b1faf5bb961cb49--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c4c3b0117cfbe5d5643be43215a11d62\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240716_2153a8d4d9c247b9af6f9b4d4bcd5201\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2b1b82a2-3818-404f-a1d1-3601dd746b06\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/21\/4by3\/2024\/07\/16\/2153a8d4d9c247b9af6f9b4d4bcd5201_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Douglas Brinkley\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c4c3b0117cfbe5d5643be43215a11d62--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4dbcca7596ec9e1e95e6ab06e3c9a1c4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>While Douglas says the shooting swings momentum in Trump&#8217;s favor for now &#8212; he notes there&#8217;s still a long way to go until November &#8230; and he says the jury is still out on how much this affects the election when November rolls around.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4dbcca7596ec9e1e95e6ab06e3c9a1c4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-df4a51849c1618efd01a04081f054ee1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.4363636364\">\n<p>BTW, DB says<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><strong>Biden<\/strong><\/a> still has a chance at a comeback &#8230; noting Biden needs to heal the rift within the Democratic party first, use next month&#8217;s DNC to get voters reengaged on kitchen table issues and shift the focus back on the strengths of his presidency if he wants a shot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-df4a51849c1618efd01a04081f054ee1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1f767ffc9132278213e18569a8340d57\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1f767ffc9132278213e18569a8340d57--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e32933d52f317cead8c27f2086851719\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Bottom line for Douglas &#8230; the shooting has Trump on offense and Biden on defense at the moment, but there&#8217;s plenty of time for things to shift.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e32933d52f317cead8c27f2086851719--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5c5535483830f1b4c4933b7408cf8ac8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Stay tuned &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5c5535483830f1b4c4933b7408cf8ac8--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/16\/trump-assassination-attempt-makes-him-martyr-tips-election-presidential-historian\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump surviving an attempted assassination makes him a martyr in the eyes of millions of Americans &#8212; and shakes up the election too &#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}