Donald Trump Jr. sent letter with threats and white powder.

 

Donald Trump Jr. NBC News/AP.

Donald Trump Jr. was sent a letter with death threats and a white powder, leading to a response from a hazmat team. NBC News. Tests were made on the powder and it was not believed to be a deadly substance. Trump Jr. opened the letter himself. He says this is the 2nd time this has happened to him. Threats and attacks on political figures have become more common with attacks against Republican candidates being fairly common this election cycle. 

Donald Trump Jr was sent this letter containing white powder.

The left is doing what the regime propagandists and Biden regime is telling them to. pic.twitter.com/muelL4USE3

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 27, 2024

My Comment:

Thankfully, this incident appears to have been a minor one. Thankfully the powder appears to have been harmless and Trump Jr. was not injured. Though this case appears to have been harmless, it's very possible that this could have been Ricin or some other chemical or biological threat. They haven't determined what the attacker used but it was certainly scary. 

What does surprise me is that Donald Trump Jr. opens his own mail. He's a rich and successful businessman, you would think he would have someone do that for him? Not that the incident would be any less serious if he did have someone open it for him. 

Looking at the note I would suspect that the person that sent this was mentally ill. The note did not make any sense at all, even though the threats were pretty clear. Whoever wrote it apparently thinks that the Soviet Union exists, which seems to imply that they are pretty deep into far left conspiracy thinking. But the letter was hardly coherent. 

It honestly reminded me a bit of the deranged ravings of James Hodgkinson, the man who attacked the Congressional Baseball game back in 2017. He expressed a massive amount of hatred for right wing people just like this did against Trump and his family. It just seems like a person that has had their entire life devolved into raving about politics. 

I do think that these kinds of attacks are getting more common. There have been a lot of these powder hoaxes against both parties since the Obama years, and some of them have involved legit toxic substances. The attackers usually get caught and prosecuted but not always and I do worry that one of these times someone will actually get hurt. I'm old enough to remember the anthrax attacks back in 2001 and there isn't any reason that couldn't happen again. 

Still, this incident was more of a scare than an actual attack. That doesn't mean we should ignore it, but I do think that if this person sends anymore letters it won't be dangerous. But I do worry that with as crazy as things are this year that a real attack could indeed happen...