UNI NEWS ANALYSISBY RAMESH BHANNew Delhi, April 27 -- Were the shots fired at the high-profile dinner of White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) on April 25 an 'assassination' attempt or a stage-managed exercise to ramp up the plummeting rating of President Donald Trump?The annual gala was being attended by President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President J D Vance and several other top dignitaries when the attacker came in from a security screening area at the Washington Hilton Hotel where the event was being held.

Trump, his wife Melania and Vance were safely evacuated by the Secret Service.

The suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, was apprehended near the main magnetometer screening area. Trump de...