Whether this was a monumental set of screw-ups or something worse, a truism I long ago learned about politics is that perception is reality. And for that reason, if Trump had suffered more than a flesh wound, it would have legitimated violent response in the eyes of many. This is a reason that the sentiment all too widespread, “Too bad he missed,” is remarkably shortsighted.
People who believe Trump is the problem, and not the symptom of something deeper, are just not getting it.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/29/how-civil-wars-start/