American mainstream is unwilling to give up its power built up over many years with a lot of energy and money. However, Donald Trump, learning from the mistakes of his previous presidency, promised that if he wins the election, he will drive them out and plans for major transformations and cleansing, but his opponents would prevent this at any cost – highlighted by László Földi, former intelligence colonel and intelligence expert, to hirado.hu after the attack on Trump.
– Do you think that the team responsible for Trump’s protection made a mistake?
– Since I was not a trained member of the security system, I speculate like everyone else, but this 130-meter distance is within the security zone. The attacker did not solve the hiding because there were security people on other roofs whose job was to continuously scan the area, so it could not go unnoticed that someone was up there, and it didn’t matter whether he had an umbrella or a weapon, the potential attack had to be repelled. An in-depth investigation could clarify whether they made a mistake, and if so, consciously or not. It is still too early to draw conclusions, at this point we can only make hypotheses.
– Two similar attacks happened recently, Robert Fico was shot at, and an attempt was made to kill Donald Trump.
– This leads to the confrontation that politicians are fostering. People like order, understand order, can work in order. They are this is not possible in seemingly civilized countries. They release masses of people from other cultures onto existing culture, create wars in various parts of the world. These processes create a psychological situation in which people, seeking a way out of chaos, may even move towards violence chosen by themselves. Obviously, perpetrators seeking to take human lives are psychologically burdened. In the United States, there have been attacks before, they killed Abraham Lincoln, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Ronald Reagan was injured when shot, but survived the attack. However, back then, regardless of whether they were Democrat or Republican sympathizers, people uniformly rejected violence and treated the victim as a martyr, but currently there are those who whine and whimper because the murder did not succeed.
– After the attack on Fico, some demanded the completion of the assassination attempt on online forums.
– There are two reasons for this. The responsibility of politics is clear because people see that one party or another is capable of anything to gain or maintain power. The other reason is that anonymously on the internet they can call for murder. In the past, what was published in the press was analyzed by editorial offices, it was reviewed, it could not be written randomly, let alone threaten, incite to murder, because there was control over the news. Chaos is also part of the Internet.
– Both the shooters in Slovakia and America were presented as lone perpetrators in the news.
– There is no “lone perpetrator” theory. Those who do not coordinate with anyone can commit a terrorist act, but behind them is the political atmosphere that inflames people, and the psychologically burdened individual inclined to such actions can interpret that they were called upon to act, so they must go and he will wage this battle as a warrior, and then the attacks come.
– Could this be a warning sign to the Hungarian authorities to pay even more attention to security?
– On one hand, there is no one hundred percent protection, because if a real professional chooses to carry out an attack, they will make minimal mistakes, to put it in terms of chess, always has the white piece, he is the initiator. The defense is always at a disadvantage against the attacker because he chooses the location, the time, the circumstances. He can prepare before the event is announced, where the politician will appear. Before the security check, he can place his tools on the scene, so there is no one hundred percent defense, but it must also be acknowledged that defense is not an ad hoc system, it’s not about acting tougher than before. Defense is always strict. We always have to be attentive, always thinking that an attack can happen at any time, even if there are no signs. There are protected individuals in various parts of the world, such as the President of the United States, the Russian president, or the Prime Minister of Israel, and I think Orbán Viktor also belongs here for many reasons. Such individuals need special protection, as compared to other political elite figures, they have individual vulnerability areas. In their case, there is no occasional strong and weak defense position. It must always be strong, always act as if there was an assassination attempt in the next moment. In addition, the attitude of the protected person is also significant. It is important to consider how willing they are to subject themselves to the discomfort that comes with striving for one hundred percent defense because they too are human and may think that they have the right to wander around, to go to the crowd to shake hands, as Fico did, even though this was not prepared.
– The Pope also challenged the team responsible for his protection in our country, as they improvised a lot during the program.
– Yes, the cooperation of the protected person can strengthen or weaken the defense. Regardless of how prepared and resourceful those providing defense are, if the protected person suddenly slips out of the defense’s grasp and takes independent action, even the adversary does not expect it, as they are aware of how defense works because they study it and try to find gaps within it. Rarely can it happen, as it did in the case of Fico, that the attacker could get so close to him, who had already appeared at several events with a gun, but only now was the ideal moment for him. Everything aligned from the adversary’s point of view, who could pull the trigger.
– Can the politician no longer approach supporters today?
– Unfortunately, today there are many things that can no longer be done.
– Are more events like this expected?
– Unfortunately, yes. The problem is that the basic situation does not change. There have always been, are, and will be attackers in the world. Nowadays, to gain victory in politics, nothing is sacred, gentlemanly solutions have disappeared, there is no mercy. We live in continuous warfare, which is not necessarily accompanied by gunfire. In the midst of an abnormal world, our everyday life appears. How can we not assume that these events will continue. Fortunately, most of humanity is normal, although this may not be apparent, we do not hear the silent majority, but rather the vocal “thanks” to the internet and the media. I have often told my colleagues previously, and I still believe, that pouring oil on the fire if the media also pick up on these issues, as a person inclined to such actions is willing to do anything to get into the news. Most intelligence services do not report on the attacks that they have thwarted, but there are plenty of them, not only in America or Slovakia but in many places. When intelligence services, defense systems prevent, operationally eliminate the attempted attack, then there is silence, and that’s correct. The events picked up by the press create a new basis for a subsequent attack.
– Is there a risk of another attempt on Trump’s life?
– When it comes to Trump, it is not only worth paying attention to the risk of committing such a crime against him or not, as whether he is elected or not, a civil war situation could arise, as the existing mainstream does not want to give up the power built up over many years with a lot of energy and money. However, Trump, learning from the mistakes of his previous presidency, promised to drive them out, plans for major transformations and cleansing, but his opponents would prevent this at any cost. Due to the escalated provocative attempts, Americans could turn against each other. The United States has such a great impact on the world that whatever happens there, pro and con, will be reflected in the world, if there is a civil war there, it will also stoke emotions here in Europe.
– Many are hopeful that Trump will win the election and put an end to the war raging in our neighbor. Is he capable of this?
– In America, the homeland of democracy, power is extremely centralized. Everything depends on the president. The Republic President is the Commander in Chief of the Army, for instance in Hungary, everything is in one hand. Interestingly, no one has gone crazy about this despite the concentration of power there. The American president, as the commander of the army, can say, we put down the weapon and that’s it. Whether the NATO military leadership or the US military leaders of NATO member states obey or not, that is another question. But he can say, gentlemen, that’s it, no NATO attack, no Russian military question, this is what many of us hope for those waiting for Trump’s victory.
– Would Trump stop the European leaders in a war psychosis as well?
– For now, they don’t stop because the USA says do it, they are puppets. European countries do not represent strength, but the United States does, the European elite consists of vulnerable puppets, if they were serious politicians, they would create order in Europe themselves, not wait for America to make order as a nanny. Europe has degenerated in terms of its political elite – with the utmost respect for very few exceptions – and is not fit to lead Europe, to represent independent politics, they are only capable of carrying out orders as lackeys, therefore we hope that the next president will command, no war.
– Can Trump be considered an opponent of the mainstream elite?
– There is no difference in the American economic structure between one side and the other. The American economy has been built on the military industry over the past century. Consequently, it doesn’t matter on which side someone is, Democratic or Republican, they are all linked to the same basis, the economy relies on the military industry, everyone depends on it. The question is not whether Trump would fundamentally do something different, but whether he would do the same with others? This would already be a positive outcome, because those currently in power are interested in destruction. Another group might be interested in construction, in development, follow another system. From the viewpoint of the military industry, the Democrats incite war, whereas during Trump’s time they announced the 2 percent contribution of NATO member states to GDP. According to the Republicans, maintaining the military industry should not be done through wars but by selling weapons to the federal system. Both sides are talking about the same things, they represent the same interests, feed off the same knife, only the method is different. The Trump method is more favorable for peace because a trader wants to sell and not kill.
– What do you think of Viktor Orbán’s peace mission as Prime Minister?
– As President of the European Union, he announced that it is in the interest of the European Union to steer the Russian-Ukrainian conflict towards peace and he is right about that. He went to the parties involved in this, with whom he can seriously negotiate such matters. He does not negotiate on behalf of the Union, but carries out preparatory research, so he cannot make agreements with anyone because he does not have the mandate, but he is the first leader to go to all parties. He listened to Moscow with the same momentum as he did with Kiev, then he went to China because the Chinese have been trying to make proposals towards peace for quite some time, then he went to America because whether there is peace or war depends on Washington. He perfectly conducted this. Diplomacy is about this, no one has done this before, even though everyone has learned the rules of diplomacy, they do not apply them because they are only executors. Now the Prime Minister has prepared a material, he will submit it to the Brussels Council, they are likely to reject it, but Viktor Orbán will do his job. That’s it.
