forkintheroad7
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This author mentions the similarity between the iconic photo of Trump after the assassination attempt, with the flag behind him, and the image of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima--a comparison I myself had made, but didn't want to bring up, figuring that maybe both R and D would pounce on me...(You're comparing Trump to the US Marines! etc...).
But yeh, I kind of am.. No, scratch the "Kind of"
The writer says:
"[The] attempted assassination.. changed everything.
The world saw our 45th president bloodied from a wound by a bullet, which would have taken his life, but for Heaven’s timely turning his head, causing the bullet to pierce his ear rather than his skull that had been in the line of fire a fraction of a second before.
Trump’s image was instantly elevated in the U.S. and globally with photographs of him with blood on his face and fist in the air showing resilience and a superhuman fighting spirit to defend the American flag in the background.
Choreographed by God, that iconic Trump photograph reminded everyone of America’s most famous World War II image — that of six U.S. Marines victoriously planting the U.S. flag during the Battle of Iwo-Jima......"
