TRUMP BLED, FBI BLINKED — THE MOMENT 2024 WAS DECIDED

They said he was quiet. Smart. A bit odd. Bit of a loner. But they didn’t say “about to climb on a roof and shoot at a former President.”

Because that’s exactly what 20-year-old Thomas Crooks did, with a homemade bomb in the boot, a rifle in his hands, and God knows what going through his head.

This wasn’t just another angry teenager playing soldier. This was a highly intelligent engineering student with no criminal record, no manifesto, and no obvious motive. He spent his spare time baking Christmas cookies with mum, acing exams, and studying bomb chemistry on the side.

And still, nobody noticed.

FBI: See Nothing, Say Nothing.

The FBI say he acted alone. Just another troubled mind gone rogue. No help. No conspiracy. No motive. But here’s the problem, they also say they’ve got no real answers.

He was Googling “Oswald and Kennedy” the week before. He ordered nitromethane, used encrypted emails, and built DIY explosives metres from where his mum watched telly. But apparently, that’s all just quirky behaviour in 2024.
One neighbour has since been accused online of building a secret tunnel to help the shooter. You can’t make it up. But maybe people wouldn’t be dreaming up wild theories if the agencies in charge actually told us something useful.

Trump Bled. And Rose.

It’s easy to forget, in this age of 24-hour outrage and AI-generated waffle, that this lunatic nearly assassinated the President. A real bullet, real blood, and a moment that could have rewritten history.

Instead, Trump emerged, ear bleeding, fist pumping, yelling “FIGHT!” to a crowd that didn’t know whether to cheer or run. If it had been any other politician, they’d have been under a table.

But not Trump. No. He turned an assassination attempt into a campaign poster. And whether you love him or hate him, that was the moment the 2024 election was decided.

Crooks: Nerd with a Death Wish

What’s chilling isn’t just what Crooks did, it’s what he could have done.

He’d been stockpiling materials for months. Bomb parts. Gun accessories. Anonymous email addresses. Multiple people said he was talking to himself. His dad even admitted he was worried.

But no police. No mental health intervention. No warning flags. He was even emailing his college about when his engineering diploma would arrive, days before opening fire. So was he planning an attack or applying for a job at BAE Systems?

Nobody knows. Because nobody stopped him. And now, nobody’s saying much.

If This Happened Here...

Imagine this in the UK. A university student with no friends, building bombs in mum’s spare room, buys gallons of fuel online and registers for a political rally. A week later, he fires into a crowd. The Met would have stormed the house before the kettle boiled.

But in America? It’s just another tragic tale wrapped in red tape and federal silence. The only certainty: Trump survived, the bystander didn’t, and the public still doesn’t know the full story.

And until they do, the internet will keep inventing one.

Lammie’s Bottom Line:

Crooks didn’t just nearly kill Trump, he exposed a system asleep at the wheel. And now that Trump’s back in office, don’t be surprised if this is the moment he keeps pointing to. Not January 6th. Not the courtrooms. Not the polls.

The bullet that missed may be the moment that made him.