Staff Reports
In a dramatic turn of events, President Joe Biden has decided to weigh in on the safety of former President Donald Trump following a second assassination attempt in just two months. Apparently, Biden thinks the Secret Service is in dire need of reinforcements, and he’s calling on Congress to step up—because why not make it a bipartisan affair when the stakes are this high?
In a moment of apparent concern for Trump’s well-being, Biden made it a point to express relief that the former president emerged unscathed from this latest attack. It’s a curious thing, this sudden concern for a man he consistently disagrees with, but one must admit that Trump, for all his controversies, deserves to feel secure. After all, an ex-presidential life should include more than just a cushy retirement in Mar-a-Lago.
JUST IN: Pres. Biden says the Secret Service "needs more help" in the wake of the second attempted assassination on former Pres. Trump.
"They need to decide whether they need more personnel or not." https://t.co/jsqCI09mwE pic.twitter.com/uvQWdo8Xuu
— ABC News (@ABC) September 16, 2024
Biden’s announcement on this matter has an unmistakable air of irony. Just a few years back, his party was more inclined to promote protests that could, on occasion, spiral into violence. Yet today, he’s playing the champion of peace while calling for increased funding further to bolster the protective services around his political rival. One can only wonder what prompted this newfound protector of civility.
Despite his public declarations against political violence, some might see this as a transparent attempt to curry favor among a group that has mostly turned their backs on him—namely, the conservative base. After all, it’s politically advantageous to appear magnanimous when your own security forces are left with a tough job: protecting the person many leftist audiences love to vilify.
As the investigation into the recent events unfolds, questions about personal safety and political discourse loom larger than ever. For all the talk of bipartisanship and security, the reality is that Biden might just be capitalizing on an opportunity to seem presidential—an interesting strategy when your approval ratings are floundering. At the very least, it’s a lesson in ironies—the current leader of the free world awkwardly worrying about the welfare of someone who represents the antithesis of his own political ethos.
