If you feel as if American politics have taken yet another deep dive into the Trump-show maelstrom, you aren't alone. This past week has been a chaotic whirlwind of lies, false accusations, lurid scandals and even a foiled assassination plot. Even the sleaziest reality show wouldn't have the nerve to script something like this.
The assassination plot that capped off the week took place on Sunday at Trump's Palm Beach golf club, where the Secret Service reportedly spotted a man with a rifle in the bushes at one of the holes and shot at him, setting off a chase which concluded in his arrest. It's still early, but a cursory look at his background appears to show the man's politics were all over the place, from voting for Trump to donating to Democrats, and then begging Nikki Haley to team up with Vivek Ramaswamy to compete for the presidential nomination. At one time, he tried to be involved with recruiting foreign volunteers to fight in Ukraine, but nobody took him seriously.
