What did Trump really say?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. What he may have meant is less important than what his supporters think he meant.

That's the scary part. That's the stochastic terrorism part. Trump can claim he wasn't talking about assassinating Hillary or federal judges at all, but only about voting for him so she can't appoint judges who favor stricter gun control. I don't think that's what he meant, but his comment was ambiguous enough that he can probably avoid trouble with the Secret Service. But stochastic terrorism is communicating in a way that incites random actors to carry out violent acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable. In other words, it is predictable that because of what Trump said, somebody will think Trump wants Hillary killed and will try to do it - it's just impossible to predict who, or when. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trumps-assassination-dog-whistle-was-scarier-than-you-think-w433615