THIRD TIME WAS NOT THE CHARM, FORTUNATELY FOR AMERICA
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MoNDAY APRIL 27, 2026) — Fortunately for Donald Trump and America, third time was NOT the charm. Heavily armed Cole Allen, a teacher at a testing institute in California, made like Usain Bolt, sprinted his way past the check in desk, and got off two shots before security subdued him. One of the shots hit a police officer, who fortunately had on a flak jacket and did not die.
As Allen’s manifesto makes clear, he was after Trump, VP Vance, Marco Rubio, and on down, as far as he could get. Great work by security teams made sure he didn’t get into the ballroom, which was about to begin with the White House correspondent’s dinner.
What strikes THE PLANET about all this? First, how “routine” this type of political violence has become. The extremes of left and right have taken over what passes for discourse, and for too many, the “dialog” consists of guns and violence as much as protest signs. Second, moments after Trump and Melania were hustled off by Secret Service, the president gave an impromptu news conference. He showed remarkable cool and spoke in measured tones about the event, praising security, describing the dangers of being high profile in the public arena, and — so unlike other presidents, who never engage in improv with the press — took question after question.
Trump looked every bit a Leader, 100% presidential, a rock of stability in the after-moments of chaos. Love hi or hate him, you have to give him that.
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From the wires:
The attack marks the latest in a string of security threats against Trump since 2024 and is likely to intensify scrutiny over security protocols at major public events involving the president. It is also likely to renew conversations about rising political violence in the U.S.
Trump was asked whether he knew that Allen’s brother had notified New London Police Department about the alleged manifesto he had sent to his family members prior to the incident. Trump said he “heard” about it and wished “they would have told us about it a little bit.”
The manifesto allegedly written by the suspect called himself a “Friendly Federal Assassin” and that he was targeted Trump administration officials “prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest,” according to a report.
The manifesto was obtained by the New York Post. Two federal sources confirmed to The London Times that the document was being investigated by the FBI.
The Post quoted portions of the manifesto.
“Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial,” it said. “I’m not a schoolkid blown up, or a child starved, or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration. Turning the other cheek when *someone else* is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.”
“I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” the document said.
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French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident “unacceptable,” writing that “violence has no place in a democracy” while expressing “full support” for Trump.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni echoed that sentiment, warning against political extremism.
“No political hatred can find space in our democracies,” she said, adding that democratic nations must not allow “fanaticism to poison the places of free debate and information.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “relieved” Trump, the first lady and Vice President JD Vance were safe, stressing that violence “must be unequivocally condemned.”
Leaders across Europe struck a similar tone. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “shocked by the scenes,” calling the attack one that must be “condemned in the strongest possible terms,” particularly given it targeted a high-profile democratic event.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said she was “appalled,” adding that democracies must “stand together against political violence.”
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte framed the incident as a broader threat to democratic systems, calling it “an attack on our free and open societies” and reaffirming solidarity with the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the incident as an “attempted assassination,” though U.S. authorities have not publicly characterized it as such, saying he and his wife were “shocked” while praising U.S. security forces for their “swift and decisive action.” He also wished a speedy recovery to a police officer who was shot in a bullet-resistant vest during the confrontation.
The political climate in America has tipped the balance between security and freedom in favor of the former. As Trump pointed out, however, there’s no amount of security that can prevent a person bent on terror from pursuing it. THE PLANET can only join with others who condemn the actions of idiots like Cole Allen.
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‘Bullets over ballets? Bollocks!” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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Lot’s of concern expressed across the Atlantic. Not a word across the aisle.
Whatever do you mean? We sent thoughts and prayers.
The nature of which.
By past tense “sent”, you state that you sent someone thoughts of some nature (peace? Hate?) and prayers (for the safety of the President? For the reporters, but not the President? Or a demonic prayer for slaughter?) directed for something, and now you’re back to whatever you do before.
You don’t believe in God and you’re an empty headed, liberal loon. Your thoughts and prayers are meaningless.
Care to comment on the SLPC scandal, or are you to busy doing activist work to “help better the country?”
You idiots had to pay hate groups to manufacture hate.
True dat, CHAZ. Great observation.
Political Violence:
Wipe out Iran’s entire civilization….On April 7, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a viral and highly controversial warning on social media, stating that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”.
A Family Tragedy:
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025, allegedly at the hands of their said to be psychotic adult son Nick.
Donald Trump responded by stating that Rob Reiner died “reportedly due to the anger he caused” by his opposition to the Trump presidency;
As well as stating that Rob Reiner had “Trump Derangement Syndrome”: Donald Trump described Rob Reiner as having an “incurable affliction” and stated he was “not a fan” of the filmmaker;
As well as Donald Trump “Doubling Down”: Donald Trump later stood by his remarks in the Oval Office, calling Rob Reiner a “deranged person” who was “bad for our country”.
A Career Public Servant:
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller passed away on March 20, 2026, at the age of 81.
Donald Trump wrote: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
Anti-Hillary Clinton and Anti-Liz Cheney:
Donald Trump once suggested “Second Amendment people” could act against Hillary Clinton’s judicial picks and recently mused about Liz Cheney being in the line of fire.
Anti-Nancy Pelosi:
Donald Trump has faced backlash for mocking the 2022 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In Conclusion:
Donald Trump lives by the sword with Political Violence, but he doesn’t want to die by the sword with Political Violence.
When a U.S. President such as Donald Trump uses Political Violence, then he is sending out a message to extremists to act on their fringe and violent beliefs in politics.
Trumps disciples love that this shooting (real or staged like the last one), distracts from his dominance in the Epstein scandal and his shattering of the world’s economy by attacking Iran and making a ginormous mess out of it by thinking it would be a cakewalk.
Some more information is finally being released as to how badly the US has been battered due to its incompetence. Still holding back on real American casualty numbers though.
Thank you for your attention to this matter and all your generous thumbs up.
You picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
Excellent. And funny reference.
Describes him to a T.
https://youtu.be/lm8fYf53SMg?si=mLWX7id37EcchNCa
Mean
Your TDS is apparently, worsening.
I suggest;
Turn off CNN and tune out,
Explore why you really just implied “Staged”? which a fake news pivot
You the next unhinged nut, to attempt assassination of our President? Seek help please.
You’ve broken from reality, much like latest assassin, who was driven by fake news propaganda, he included in his manifesto.
You missed that part, or deranged enough to believe demonrat hoax’s?
What should concern, every American, is latest lunatic elitist leftist fanatic ,had access to children, he no doubt indoctrinated.
Mean are you a teacher or nurse?
Which appear to be most effected with severe TDS.
Followed by other union members.
Mean ponder this :
If casualty figure was so great , where are outraged loved ones of the hidden fallen soldiers?
Mean , Try to regain, a grip on reality,
Don’t be the next useful idiot, of Demonrat hoax’s.
4/27/25@8:09am
Tom
Sir Chaz wants “concern from across the aisle.”
That’s bold. Not brave. Not insightful. Just… bold.
Because the same aisle you’re pointing at has been begging for concern while kids were bleeding out in classrooms, while families were gunned down in churches, while people were hunted in grocery stores and nightclubs—and your side treated it like background noise.
Now suddenly it matters?
Now suddenly you want unity? Empathy? A chorus of bipartisan hand-holding?
No. You don’t get to flip that switch when it’s politically convenient.
You don’t get to spend years minimizing, deflecting, and outright dismissing gun violence and then act personally offended when the silence you helped cultivate comes back to meet you.
Hypocrisy? No. That’s karma with a better memory than you.
And let’s be very clear so nobody twists this into something it’s not:
Violence is wrong. Every time. Everywhere. No exceptions.
But what’s also wrong is pretending some victims deserve a louder reaction than others.
If your outrage only shows up when it’s someone you care about, it’s not outrage.
It’s branding.
You don’t get to ignore the problem, fuel the problem, defend the problem—and then demand compassion the moment the problem gets close enough to make you uncomfortable.
VAL
“Violence is wrong. Every time. Everywhere. No exceptions.”
Awesome sentence!
Dan, I take exception to this sentence in your post, “this type of political violence has become. The extremes of left and right have taken over what passes for discourse, and for too many, the “dialog”….
I’m curious by what “violence” you site that the far right has been involved in?
I know it’s not an example of the democRAT funded Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC).
You know, groups democRATS paid to manufacture racism (anti-white) and hate, because there just wasn’t enough to stir up the weak minded and gullible.
A few examples of hate groups democRATS paid to manufacture hate and extremism:
*KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
*Aryan Nation
*National Socialist Movement
*American Nazi Party
KanekoaTheGreat on X: “https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svgBREAKING: DOJ charges the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The SPLC secretly funneled $3M+ in donor funds to violent racist extremist groups: -Ku Klux Klan -American Nazi Party -Aryan Nation https://t.co/0hcf2sH9LZ” / X
Dan
Right wing extremism, is demonrat propaganda,
Care to debate, the facts?
Please don’t encourage the spread of TDS inspired hoaxes. Are you trying to keep infecting Meanwhile ?
Even long standing Democrat Alan Dershowitz, has parted with the propaganda party.
Look for more people of actual intelligence, to fracture from the Demonratic fanaticism.
Being their ability to earn, is not tied to demonratic, government jobs programs (teachers, lawyers and union membership)
It is glorious, that the demonrats are reaping what they’ve sown.
Just in time for the midterms.
Perhaps we can also debate Korrupt Kennedy Klans , latest attempt at SPLC hoax wing the “ dignity index “
Knowing the SPLC scandal, was about to become world news, the KKK, needed a new propaganda tool.
Seeing the pattern yet?
Their lack of intelligence, is only outdone by deficit of ingenuity and integrity.
Nothing new, just racist rhetoric hoaxes, spread by fake news propaganda.
They destroyed their credibility, and spawned the alternative media.
Figured out why Fredick Rapesburg purchased the Propaganda Parrot yet?
Poor festering Fred, about to be exposed for jury tampering- lol
4/27/26@8:30am
Tom
The protestors outside the hotel were carrying signs saying, “Kill them all”, and “Murder the Fascist”. They were harassing guests as they entered the hotel by saying, “I hope your dress rips” and other more serious threats. Meanwhile inside the hotel there was a man trying to carry out their agenda. He wanted to kill all of them. How can anyone on the left defend this? Somehow this shooter was indoctrinated. He attended No Kings rallies as you said and used online sites that accuse all Republicans of being Nazis. This is free speech that’s out of control because when these people make threats against others whether in these protests or online, this should be a crime.
Those naive protesters will get to really see what a king looks like and does if they are successful in getting what the ORGANIZERS want to happen from those indoctrinated
clowns.
Yes. PAT, I learned this later, about the harassment and ugly scene as people were entering the hotel. Disgraceful.