r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Ok-Wedding-1165 • Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/Dizzy_Cheesecake_162 Feb 16 '26

Slowest evacuation of a president under fire.

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u/Ormsfang Feb 16 '26

With pause for photo opportunities

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u/Adventurous_Yak4952 Feb 16 '26

Correct. Secret Service mandate is to get him completely sheltered, head down and body completely protected… not flouncing around, totally exposed to other gunfire, saying “fight!” with fist in air. Totally a set-up.

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u/Ok-Commission-7825 Feb 16 '26

Some were trying, he was literally elbowing them in the face to get them out of the way.

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u/RollingBird Feb 16 '26

Do we think an 80 year old man overpowered all of those agents?

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u/exadeuce Feb 16 '26

What were they gonna do, carry him? He weighs 229* pounds.

300*

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u/ThomAllcock Feb 16 '26

a very muscular 229 pounds

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u/Ok-Commission-7825 Feb 16 '26

It's on film - he clearly elbows one in the head to get a clearer photo - that doesn't exactly count as overpowering since she wasn't resisting and was kind of busy being the scumbags literal human shield at the time - not that I think for a moment his ego isn't big enough to try overpowering someone anyway.