Shooting X in the right eye would ruin his aim ...
Fast acting tranquilizer delivered Silently to the shield-hostage May convince X said hostage fainted/suffered heart attack. If, however, he suspects otherwise ... likely a bloodbath.
Shooting to minimize damage to the shield-hostage is probably the least bad option.
I can't say he's More appealing with Age, Séxual Assault Allegations & Senility.
It'd be difficult for me to pull the lever for someone unfit for the job due to Dementia. Much (all!) will depend on choice of Veep, but the 'Crat option would be iffy. At Best.
The Don 3rd Party. Once Again
A major reason for not going with The Don in '16 was he was an unknown commodity -- no prior political record. At least he now Has a record on which he can run & be judged in '20.
Honestly. A significant minority (if not a majority) find Tara Reade credible & Joe's kinda shaky in the polls now. When Low Information Voters (LIVs) who aren't paying much attention now become aware that he's losing his mind, I cannot conceive how he can be selected POTUS. -- JMO
Can you explain '"It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees' to me please? It means it's easy for the shadow of a sundial to move forward, because that's its normal direction.
Another translation of 2Kings 20 - 10 ... New Living Translation “The shadow always moves forward,” Hezekiah replied, “so that would be easy. Make it go ten steps backward instead.”
"Make it go ten steps backward instead.” Means that the shadow of the sundial (and so presumably the Sun) appeared to move backward.
RE: A story for you to finish (well out of comfort zone, call it a lockdown distraction)
Good Save with the Frangible Bullets, eh? ...