
The attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump has raised major questions about security and political polarization in the United States. According to security expert Ilir Kulla, while the response of the security services was exemplary, the event itself exposes a deeper truth.
Speaking on the show "Të Pashoq" on the "Pamfleti" YouTube channel, Kulla said that the failure lies in the "service of prediction" and prevention of such cases. According to him, the fact that an armed individual managed to position himself so close to the target indicates a failure in the preventive intelligence system. The expert explains that the context of the event is essential to understanding the dynamics of the attack.
Excerpt from the interview:
-Today we will talk about the headline news of these days, what happened in the United States of America, again starring President Donald Trump. Another attempt against him. From a simple research it turns out that from 2016 to the year we are currently in 2026, there have been a total of nine attempts to eliminate the American president. To talk about this, but not only, I believe I have the right person tonight, security expert Ilir Kulla with me. Now, I also said it in the introduction. The first impact, after this event happened, was, really? Is it true? I mean, we are talking about an event where the heads of American state were and security should have been maximum. So, such a huge breach in the security ranks.
Ilir Kulla: Let's clarify things. Yes, the security worked. It was his security team and that of Vice President JD Vance, who reacted in record time and you see the way they take him, even dragging him, Trump falls, so they still get on him, put troops so that there is no blow, take him and pass him. This is the security team, this is the Secret Service they call it, and what we call the guard, so the close protection. What didn't work there? The so-called service of prediction didn't work there. So, prevention. Now why? Because everything has an explanation. First, the subject of the activity is an important hotel in Washington, it is the Hilton Washington, which is a place where events are often held. In '81 there was even an attempt nearby, an attempted assassination of President Reagan. It is in the center of Washington and it is a hotel. Imagine the Sheraton that we had today, Maritim Hotel Albania, below are the activities or where I don't know, the plaza and in the rest is the hotel. People in the hotel enter and exit because they are the hotel's guests. The person in question had left by train from California. California is known as a region that has always been left-wing, democratic, and has always been an opponent of Trump, yes no yes, but of all the Republicans. He did not fly, but moved by train. One of the biggest debates in the US, and it is, not small because it has caused many victims over the years, one of the biggest debates in the US has been and remains the issue of gun ownership, the use of weapons, the possibility of purchasing light weapons and gun ownership.
Madje Presidenti Trump dhe republikanët janë ndër ata që kanë qenë gjithmonë pro kësaj gjëje. Janë me dhjetëra dhe qindra raste ndër vite që ne kemi masakra në shkolla amerikane, në supermarkete, në familje e të tjera, pikërisht si rrjedhojë e armëmbajtjes dhe kjo ishte një demonstrim tjetër i kësaj gjëje. Pra, mjafton të njohësh politikën e brendshme amerikane, mjafton të njohësh shoqërinë amerikane për të kuptuar që kjo është tërësisht e mundshme. Pjesa tjetër është që nuk e ndihmon debatin, në mënyrë të veçantë zotin Trump në vitin elektoral që ka ShBA-ja. Ka të bëjë me faktin që edhe historia e asaj policisë anti-emigracion ICE, që ishte atje, që është një gjë që ka krijuar shumë debat, dhuna, vrasja e një nëne civile, e të tjera, kupton? Edhe debati mbi emigracionin. Ki parasysh që Kalifornia, Kalifornia është rajoni i fundit që i është bashkangjitur ShBA-së pasi ka qenë pjesë e Meksikës. Problemi i emigracionit, problemi i hispanikëve është shumë prezent në në këtë shtet. Ëh, debati aktual i politikës botërore. Një luftë në Gjirin Persik, që ka krijuar probleme jo të vogla në ShBA përsa i përket edhe debatit publik, diskursit publik, katolik, jo katolik, mysliman, jo mysliman, hebrenj, jo hebrenj, luftë, jo luftë, ëh, çmimi i naftës për gallon, apo jo çmimi i naftës, ëh, Meksika, rënia e grushtit të shtetit në Venezuelë. Imagjino që sivjet në Amerikë do të jenë, do të jetë kampionati botëror, në Amerikë, në Meksikë, në Kanada, pra do të jetë dhe një problem sigurie gjithmonë edhe më i madh. Ëh, janë një seri faktorësh të cilët, duam s'duam ne, tregojnë atë që ne kemi ditur gjithmonë, që dobësia e Amerikës nuk është jashtë, në politikën e jashtme. Dobësia reale e Amerikës është brenda. Mjafton të ndjekësh debatin publik të Presidentit Trump në 2016 kur u zgjodh për herë të parë, 2020 kur iku nga nga Shtëpia e Bardhë, ku u luftua në Kongresin Amerikan, harrove?
They clashed with weapons, people were killed, injured, sentenced to life imprisonment and so on. And now this situation, with this public discourse, with this debate, with this presence of the international crisis, with the not-so-arrogant behavior of Trump and his supporters in public inside America, you understand? Uh, bearing in mind that this is an important year for the US, because it is the year of the mid-terms, that is, of the November elections. So we are, we are ready in May, it is May, June, July, August, September, October. In six months there are elections. And America is a country where elections begin, members of Congress are elected, governors are elected, senators are elected. So, it is not an unforeseen thing. Uh, the subject in question, who can be called, Mr. Trump called him a 'lone wolf', because that is what they are called in the language of security. The subject in question is a character that you cannot follow or predict, because he is an engineer, 30 or so years old, normal, without public order problems or anything like that. Of course he could have psychopathic problems, as many do in America. He entered the hotel two days before, got the room, had the weapons in his suitcase and so on, and in reality he never endangered the life of President Trump, with the way he reacted to it, and the vice president, and the First Lady, that is, Mrs. Melania. But with all those weapons, he endangered the lives of civilians, of journalists who were in the room. Because, at a certain moment, that thing could have gotten out of control and they could have, there we could have had a massacre of civilians, of people who were in the room, and of course, as it made news, it would have made more news and it would have been verified.
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