When former President Trump gets shot and rises with a fist in the air, you realize where he falls on the fight or flight spectrum.
Even people who were not necessarily fans of Trump are acknowledging that his chances of becoming the next President of the United States have increased due to Saturday’s assassination attempt on his life.
DailyMail.com stated that Trump’s odds of winning the election in November “skyrocketed” after the former president was shot in the ear during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Here is more of what DailyMail.com reported:
An hour before the shooting, Trump’s odds was 59 cents on the dollar to win the presidency on PredictIt, a New Zealand based online prediction market.
Shortly after the attack his chances jumped to 66 cents to the dollar and have remained there while Biden’s sunk to 22 cents.
‘From memory, Reagan went up 22 points in the polls after his assassination attempt. The election is likely to be a landslide. This probably reduces uncertainty,’ Nick Ferres, chief investment officer at Vantage Point Asset Management told Reuters.
On Polymarket, a platform that allows users to make cryptocurrency bets, Trump’s odds of winning increased to 70 percent.
While the price of bitcoin rose to nearly $60,000 per bitcoin on Saturday, according to Fortune.
Biden’s odds are at just 16 percent of winning on Polymarket.
The 78-year-old was dragged off stage by Secret Service with blood covering his face and then pumped his fist and shouted ‘fight, fight, fight’ after the gunfire rang out in front of thousands of MAGA fans.
The gunman and a member of the crowd were killed and two others were taken to hospital in a critical condition after the shooting.
The suspect fired at least eight shots from the roof where his body and an AR-style rifle were later recovered.
Trump confirmed he was hit in a statement from hospital hours after the terrifying scene unfolded.
Images of a defiant Trump have rallied the GOP base and lead to major endorsements from Elon Musk and Bill Ackman.
‘I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,’ Musk said on X.
‘Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.’
Images of a defiant Trump have rallied the GOP base and lead to major endorsements from Elon Musk and Bill Ackman.
‘I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,’ Musk said on X.
‘Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.’