So do you think Trump hired a hit person to

[leftyladyfrommo]

shoot someone standing close to him and then faked the rest of it?

[dlilafae]

1. YES!

[31st Street Bridge]

53. He wasn't shot. He didn't win. He's on the list.

That's still the best sign/T-shirt I've seen.
It was all theatre. A bloody, fatal theatre.
I was amazed at how fast that photo of Secret Service agents lifting up the child rapist in Butler appeared on billboards here, north of Pittsburgh. They lifted the felon up like he was the flag at Iwo Jima.
Again, all theatre.

[yellow dahlia]

127. Correct on all three.

[OhioBack2Blue]

164. Word of the day: KAYFABE

...the problem is people are really eing harmed, are suffering, unemployed, incomeless and not being hired, drowning in debt, being kicked off medicaid, being fired and unlicensed when living/ working as a person who is trans, having their constitutional rights being trampled, and being murdered.

[Botany]

2. Yes

A bullet wound does not heal in less than 2 weeks without leaving a scar or a scab.

[pcdb]

124. How did Trump manage to fool the Secret Service?

Or was the Biden admin in on the conspiracy?

[IzzaNuDay]

132. And as an old fart, healing takes longer.

Who in the F does he think he’s fooling? I’m hoping for a stroke or AAA to take him out. No time to fake those!!!

[Whip-poor-will]

3. SAG he is

Did the hit man demand payment upfront just in case ??

[Rebl2]

77. Pretty sure they

did. They know his record of not paying

[Joe Cool]

4. I do not believe the assassination attempt was staged,

but Trump was not shot. That is a definite. Either the bullet whizzed close enough by his that it caused some bleeding or he hit his head on the podium or floor and that is what caused the bleeding. There is no way he got shot if there is no scar. Plus, why hasn't he released the medical records from Butler Hospital?

[Polybius]

14. "Either the bullet whizzed close enough by his that it caused some bleeding"

Even if it ever-so-slightly nicked him, that technically counts as being shot.

[rampartd]

39. 'penetration, howsomever slight...." ucmj

[BattleRow]

44. So he was raped by a bullet?

[rampartd]

66. no bullet got anywhere near that podium

"these are my people. they are not here to shoot me." trump (jan 6)

[NoRethugFriends]

85. Lloyd Bucher, remember him?

[ZZenith]

136. His doctor said it left a one-inch hole in his ear.

Do you believe his doctor?

[misanthrope]

141. That's ridiculous

His ear was seen weeks later and it showed no such damage or trauma.

[mzmolly]

65. From what I have read,

it was speculated that some of the glass from the Teleprompter hit his ear. I agree he was not shot. But it sure is strange how he posed for a photo op shortly after the injury, when people were still presumably in danger of being murdered.

[Doodley]

76. Bingo!

[LeftInTX]

78. SS couldn't control him!

[Crunchy Frog]

151. I very much doubt that he's got that much physical strength.

[True Dough]

89. Standing on stage for several seconds, allowed to pump his fist in the air, yelling "Fight! Fight! Fight"

Secret Service agents would have been fired for permitting that in a real life-and-death situation.

[Bayard]

92. This

It was all photo op, and to rile up the MAGAts.

[GenThePerservering]

110. Yes - that was obviously rehearsed

that one agent even scooted down so she wouldn't obscure a good look at Trump being all heroic.

He doesn't have the presence of mind to do any of that on his own. And wasn't he looking for his shoes, first?

[Brother Buzz]

112. The shoes were his biggest concern

Fear that his elevator shoes would remain on stage for the whole world to view was palpable.

[misanthrope]

142. The teleprompter screens weren't struck

But debris from something else was created because four LEOs near Trump were struck by it.

[demmiblue]

5. No. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

6. No he is too much of a coward.

[Scrivener7]

7. The person wasn't particularly close to him. But yes. I think it was staged. Here's why:

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I think we have seen enough from these people that we can say a couple of dead rally attendees wouldn't make them lose any sleep. They've taken their senseless murder of hundreds of schoolgirls in their stride, so one or two magats are no big deal.

But here are the things that lead me to believe it was staged:

* A 20 year old maga kid who worked in the kitchen of an old age home was able to outwit the United States Secret Service and breach the security perimeter - by a lot - while carrying a gun bag. He was able to climb up on top of a white building while being dressed all in black, without being stopped.

*Said 20 year old, again dressed all in black, lay on top of the white building, with a gun, long enough for numerous rally attendees to point him out to police. No one did anything about him.

* The secret service knew he was on top of the building for 20 minutes before the shots, but did nothing about him. https://abcnews.com/US/trump-assassination-attempt-investigation-continues-new-details/story?id=112020474

*After the shot, the secret service violated ALL of it's own protocols to allow the target to stand exposed so a photo could be taken. This was before they could possibly have known that the threat was over.

*After the shot, there is video that is widely available of a secret service agent ushering photographers to a spot where the optimal photo could be taken, again before they could possibly have known the threat was over. And at this point, there was no reason for anyone to know the secret service would be violating all their own protocols to make the photo possible.

*The wound, which required a maxi pad in the first few days, was miraculously healed a week later, leaving no scab and no scar, despite the fact that the recipient is an old man with obvious health problems.

*We recently learned about a Russian plot to stage an identical event to help Orban get elected.

[Polybius]

13. But the entire Secret Service staff on the site (dozens) would have been in on it that way

The rule of 3 for major conspiracies would be shattered. And what about the police? Were they in on it too?

[Scrivener7]

16. The police likely reported the kid to the Secret Service.

Who did nothing.

And it seems like the Secret Service is riddled with magats. Don't forget that Joe had to get rid of a bunch of the Secret Service guys who were on his detail. He chose a whole new crew because he didn't trust the original ones. Joe is not a guy prone to doing a lot of purging of staffs, so I think his choice to install agents he knew he could trust shows that he did not trust many of the others.

And no, it wouldn't have required that all the present agents were on it. The leader of the crew who allowed him to stand up could have given an order to stop and then Cankles posed for the picture. Then the one who shot the shooter, and maybe the one who positioned the photographers. That would have been sufficient.

[Polybius]

18. I get what you're saying, but I still think too many would have have to have been in on it

Not just the team leader, but the ones in the front too. Since some would have seen the kid, they would have had to be in on it too.

[Scrivener7]

23. Whether they were in on it or not, they allowed him to hang out there for 20 minutes

while doing nothing to stop him. Some DID know the kid was there. For TWENTY minutes. Somehow, they did nothing about it.

Whether they were in on it, or were ordered to do nothing about the reports or about the guy they could plainly see on top of the building, I don't know. But that's what happened.

[GenThePerservering]

111. All they needed to do was follow orders. That's all. nt

[Polybius]

149. Why not run to the media, or the Biden Administration?

Say "I was told to ignore the kid on the roof."

[MorbidButterflyTat]

159. And risk their jobs?

And their pensions?

Or any number of things these criminals would do to their lives and their families' lives?

[Polybius]

169. If they would be the one to get the story out, they would all be heroes

To big to fire. Biden would not fire them anyway, and Trump would have gotten arrested. Then they could have written books and got rich.

[travelingthrulife]

64. They don't follow that rule for major conspiracies. They own the media.

They own the message. I have no problem believing his secret service and local PD are completely corrupted. Look at the entire Republican Congress and GOP controlled courts. They are all corrupt.

[Cirsium]

72. Like the Penn State abuse scandal?

Years and years of abuse of children, hundreds of witnesses, the police, the head football coach, staff, the athletic director, the president of the university, coaches and administrators from other universities, many members of the press at the very least looked the other way for years and years.

If that conspiracy could occur to protect a stupid football program, do you really doubt that something much easier to accomplish could have been done to help Trump?

[gab13by13]

100. A mother reported her son's abuse

By Sandusky To the state police early on.

Republican governor Corbett gave a rookie trooper a desk and told him to investigate.

The PS trustees were also to blame, but Paterno was railroaded, he died and couldn’t defend himself, he was the perfect scapegoat.

[Cirsium]

126. Paterno

I won't give Paterno a pass. With the glory, the fame and the perks comes responsibility.

[marble falls]

30. You've got the outline for a good novel there!

[Scrivener7]

33. Yeah, but those things did happen. And PS, it was already a movie - The Paralax View.

A little different, but a lot of the same elements.

These guys have no imagination. They probably got the idea from the movie.

[AllyCat]

74. They do seem to get a lot of their material from movies.

Pulp Fiction, Call of Duty (VG), Independence Day, Silence of the Lambs, Patton…why not Parallax View?

[Grim Chieftain]

55. Excellent analysis, Scrivener7

There are so many unanswered questions and things that simply don't add up. We probably won't have all the answers in our lifetime but raising questions is important.

Thank you

[Scrivener7]

104. Thank YOU! As I was writing that, one thing REALLY jumped out at me.

The Secret Service acted in a way they had never acted before during an assassination attempt. In every other assassination attempt, the Secret Service surrounds and covers the target and hustles him away from danger.

But the guy who ushered the photographers to the bottom of the stairs knew the Secret Service was going to violate all its protocols and allow the photo op.

How could he possibly know that?

[Grim Chieftain]

105. Exactly, and consider the other "assassination attempt"

at the West Palm Beach golf course. The feds were on that ASAP. There is so, so much that doesn't add up, but with Trump, lies and deception are standard operating procedure.

Question everything and doubt nothing.

[raccoon]

97. Dah winnah!

[Sogo]

107. And as Trump was being ushered off the stage by SS, he made them stop and get his shoes.

"Wait, my shoes!"

Some believe he didn't want anyone to see the lifts he uses in his shoes....

[Vogon_Glory]

8. No. I think Donald John was lucky

If his would-be assassin had been using a hunting rife with a scope, JD Vance would have found himself at the top of the Republican Party ticket in the 2024 Presidential election.

[Polybius]

10. I agree with the first part of what you wrote

But Vance wasn't nominated until a few days after the attempted assassination in July 2024. I think the Republicans would have taken it to the convention, where there'd be a serious fight with many contenders for the nomination.

That's what I was hoping we would have done.

[Vogon_Glory]

22. I think you're right.

And on some parallel Earth, where what’s-his-name or what’s-his-name’s counterpart was mortally wounded, that must have been a very interesting Republican Party convention and general election. However, we live in the universe where God-Emperor Donald survived and we have one of the dystopian outcomes.

[Polybius]

147. I think in that parallel universe, DeSantis gets the nomination

And he wins even bigger than Trump did, because every MAGA voter is extremely motivated to vote.

[Vogon_Glory]

165. That must be an alternate universe where he has lots of charisma,

A trait our universe’s DeSantis lacks. Are you quite sure about the size of his victory? I would have thought that if he won it would have been by a far narrower margin.

[Polybius]

170. Well, a non-charismatic person can win the presidency

Look at W in 2000 and 2004. Although to be fair, his two opponents had no charisma either.

As for the size of his victory, I think MAGA would be super motivated, and Ron is (slightly) more capable than Trump, so the Right-leaning Indies who didn't vote may have voted for him.

[Polybius]

9. No, because that would be impossible to pull off

Plus that "hit person" as you call it would be shot himself, as the Secret Service would immediately fire back.

[Scrivener7]

12. The kid - the shooter - was shot and killed.

[Polybius]

15. Yes, so why would he take the offer knowing he'd be killed?

Anyone who ever watched a movie knows that politicians who pay for a hit wind up killing the assassin. Dead men tell no tales.

[Liberal In Texas]

17. Maybe they lied to him.

I know this is a fantastical idea that these guys would lie, but maybe the kid was promised that he would get disappeared and shipped off somewhere tropical with a bag full of cash.

[Polybius]

21. That's what they do in the movies too

They promise the assassin a ton of things, then they kill him. Unless the kid was just an idiot would believed anything.

[Scrivener7]

26. Not that hard to find among the base of young underachieving magat men.

They believe Orange Jesus is their savior.

[JI7]

160. I don't it was staged but the shooter was the type of loser

they would get if they were going to stage it.

He was a young MAGA incel loser type from a gun nut family .

He didn't have any friends or other social connections that would want to know more and look into it. The parents were MAGA and worship Trump.

[Scrivener7]

20. He was an underachieving magat. They could have told him they were

staging the event and that it would help his idol and he would be protected and allowed to escape. His success in getting inside the perimeter and lying on the roof for so long must have added to his confidence that was true.

I think it's likely he believed there was no plan to kill him.

[Kaleva]

48. Is there any evidence that the person was in communication with members of Trumps team?

[Scrivener7]

50. I don't know of any, do you? I doubt they would broadcast it.

[Kaleva]

69. Usualky criminals don't broadcast but the evidence convicts them

The Biden Administration had several months to investigate this and to tge best of our knowledge, no evidence of communication was found.

[Scrivener7]

86. Ok. And? Magats apparently love Signal.

[marble falls]

32. The shooter is the weak link, always. They have to be silenced, like LH Oswald.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. It's Possible

Trump is murdering children, fishermen and anyone he wants right now.

[Emile]

19. How did his ear heal with no scar?

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Maybe there was no contact, for one reason or another.

Either it was faked, or it was something analogous to "wind of the ball" injuries, a phenomenon known since the revolutionary war.

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/39282-wind-of-the-ball-injuries/

[Emile]

24. I think Trump hired a hit person to take out Epstein too.

But, can't prove it.

[Scrivener7]

27. That previously unreleased video of someone in an orange jumpsuit approaching Epstein's

cell certainly disappeared from the news pretty quickly.

Seems like that video might have caused a war.

[Emile]

80. All we have now is this

?si=-_YpDxqj58izGlUK

[yellow dahlia]

134. Of course he did.

[Ritabert]

25. The behavior of the SS allowing him to stand with his fist in the air

....while photographers were ushered to the best spot for a photo with the flag flying in the background tells you all you need to know. The photo appeared on merch within days. Contrast that with the attempt on Ronald Reagan where agents immediately shielded him with their bodies and whisked him into a limo.

[Liberal In Texas]

28. I saw somewhere that those flags attached to crane booms started to lower

just as the commotion started to get into a position just behind the action for the photo background.

[Ritabert]

29. I wouldn't be surprised.

[angrychair]

75. That's not a rumor

There is video out there of it. Granted, it could be Al I guess but I've seen the video circulating.

[John1956PA]

161. The videos I viewed show hydraulic fluid spewing from the equipment south of the stage.

As the fluid spews, the boom supporting the flag on that side of he stage falls a bit. The spray of fluid coincides with the shooter's first volley. I believe the round which nicked Trump's ear traveled on to strike the hydraulic equipment.

I do not know it there are videos showing further lowering of the flags subsequent to that initial partial boom drop.

[Prairie Gates]

34. There's a non-zero chance

I doubt it, but the actual lack of damage to the ear is disturbing at the very least.

Remember that Lee Zeldin probably faked an attack in Buffalo when he was running for governor of New York.

If the same scenario played out but nobody was hit or killed, far more people would be skeptical.

[Fiendish Thingy]

35. Kooky CT nonsense

Do you think Trump is emotionally stable enough to take to a rally stage knowing a murder was going to take place?

Others would have had to be in on this “plot” - the SS, his campaign staff, etc.

This “staged” CT is currently growing among disenchanted MAGA supporters, so folks should be aware of what kind of club they are joining by promoting this CT.

[Ms. Toad]

63. Agreed. It is getting really tiresome. n/t

[Attilatheblond]

82. I consider it likely the powers that wanted Trump to win so they could steal us blind would do such a thing.

[Fiendish Thingy]

98. Do you consider the logistics required to successfully fake an assassination attempt?

Because this administration is the most incompetent in history.

[Attilatheblond]

114. I referenced the powers that wanted Trump to win, you know the billionaires making/stealing $$ with him in power

Those people have people who can (and likely will) do anything, . He didn't have an administration at the time of the 'assassination attempt' as it was prior to the 2024 election.

[Fiendish Thingy]

119. It's still Kooky CT Nonsense

Absolutely, positively zero evidence it was faked.

Edit: those who believe the assassination attempt was faked are in the same camp as MTG.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221184701

[Attilatheblond]

120. You do you, as is your right

Others' mileage will vary.

[Scrivener7]

172. I do agree with MTG about this. I also agree with Massie about the Epstein files, and Liz Cheney

about January 6.

What's your point with that?

[gab13by13]

36. Putin told Viktor Orban

To stage an assassination to help him get elected.
Why wouldn’t Putin tell agent Krasnov the same thing?

[yellow dahlia]

135. Ko-INKY- dink? I think not.

[doc03]

37. To me it appears the SS let it happen either on purpose or just plain

incompetence and maybe he was hit by a piece of glass. Why did the SS let him stand for his photo making him a perfect
target for a second shot, very strange? Was there ever a medical report about him being treated in a hospital?

[LeftInTX]

81. His SS detail was decreased from when he was president and he didn't have a full presidential candidate detail yet.

His SS detail was "former president". It was upped to candidate status after the shooting. However, he would automatically receive increased protection after the convention anyway.

I don't think SS could control him anyway. Remember what he did when he had Covid???

[JoseBalow]

38. Like moths to a flame

[Blue Full Moon]

40. Yep

He doesn't care about anyone but himself.

[DemMedic]

41. Yes

x1000

[rampartd]

42. the dead guy could have been a tragic accident

or possibly an "inconvenient" person

but the assassination was staged.

[Retrograde]

108. Three people were shot that day

besides the gunman. One died, two recovered (were their names ever released? Did the locals or state police file any sort of report on their attempted murders? How badly were they injured?)

That's why I think the shooter really intended to kill Donnie. And being the opportunist he is, Trump played up a slight cut from flying debris into a full "I've been saved by god to run the country!" But without any hard data we can't know for sure.

[misanthrope]

144. That answer follows Occam's Razor most closely

The pieces are all there and known publicly if folks would just be willing to see them.

[EdmondDantes_]

167. Yes their names were released

https://people.com/fbi-confirms-lone-gunman-in-assassination-attempt-on-trump-extensive-probe-reveals-11855167

Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed at the rally, and two others — David Dutch and James Copenhaver — were critically injured.

[orangecrush]

43. No

[Norrrm]

45. Trumpsters say God deflected the bullet to save Trump's life.

Meaning God killed the firefighter for Trump.

[Grim Chieftain]

99. Yep

But then again, their god is Satan, so there is that.

[Clouds Passing]

46. Of course he did

[Johonny]

47. Recruited a moron and then killed them

Possible. Hired a professional hitman...no.

[lark]

49. My husband used to think I'm crazy, but 100% that's what I believe.

Now that he's learned about SS herding all the reporters to where they could get a good shot less than a few min; before the shooting has even him asking if it wasn't faked.

[Mr.Bee]

51. ABSOLUTELY!

You don't build anything in Manhattan without the help of... you know who...

[obnoxiousdrunk]

52. No

[mb40]

54. I think it could have been staged

but if it was, I think the guy on the roof fired blanks or was posed there with an unloaded gun because there is no way they would allow some inexperienced gunman to be in that position with real bullets. The man that was shot would have had to have been murdered by someone else in Trump's secret service at the same time, basically choosing a target in the crowd and the investigation conducted by his people.

[Hope22]

56. The first time they showed the shot T smacked his ear with force. Then he went down to the ground.

I thought that was the strangest thing but later replays did not show that. I always watched the replays and never saw that smacking again. Between that and the miracle ear heal it certainly left me wondering.

[paleotn]

57. Too complicated and too much risk. People talk. Leaks happen.

He took advantage of a situation.

[AllaN01Bear]

58. ding. this.

[travelingthrulife]

59. I think they hired a kid, who locals said was a known bad shot, to shoot above the crowd.

He muffed the shot and killed someone. Then he was 'put down' according to plan
Trump asked at the hospital how it was playing on tv. There was no wound.

[58Sunliner]

60. Putin destroyed an apt building in a false flag action.

I think he would have allowed anything if he thought it would improve his chances of getting elected. It also appealed to him as a chance to grift and play the hero. Classic narcissist traits. He is a psychopath.

[Crunchy Frog]

156. It was three apt buildings, and his men were caught trying for a fourth.

It was mostly done to create a justification to resume the war against Chechnya.

There's nothing that these evil creatures in pursuit of absolute power won't do.

[58Sunliner]

166. Thanks for the correction. A real psychopath.

[BradBo]

61. No, he got lucky.

[ashredux]

62. If he had actually been shot, he would never have jumped up and pumped his fist

Nobody who’s just been shot would do that

[hamsterjill]

70. This!

Especially from someone who is as much a coward as this asshole obviously is. It was too much of a "John Wayne" moment for it to be real.

[leftyladyfrommo]

94. That's what bothers me, too. nt

[Srkdqltr]

67. But another man died. Why? No blowback on that and never mentioned again.

Hope his family profited.

[angrychair]

68. Yes

There can be no debate that his ear is perfectly normal, not a scar or mark on it.
If his ear is normal looking, then where did all the blood come from? That ridiculous bandage that was on his ear was not done by a medical professional but more likely than not, a makeup artist.

[gibraltar72]

71. No blood

on the white shirt. Pics I've seen seem to show all over face but white shirt shows none. That much "blood" would be all over collar.

[Vinca]

73. Nothing would surprise me. He'd sacrifice one life for a good photo op as long as it wasn't his.

[Tranquil72]

79. It'd make for a great thriller plot but...

I don’t see how they could have managed it. Too many moving parts, and way too many potential whistleblowers in the aftermath. Somebody would have spilled the beans.

But there are many unanswered questions. I for one cannot explain that apparently undamaged ear. And Trump did seem almost prepared for the photo that followed. Out of such questions are conspiracy theories born.

[Joinfortmill]

83. Wouldn't put it past him.

[dflprincess]

84. The way the Secret Service left him exposed is a big clue it was faked

The man who was killed was just "collateral damage". Probably wasn't supposed to happen.

[NoRethugFriends]

87. Yeh, and the Secret Service was in on it.

Are you folks all kidding, or do you really believe that.

[biocube]

88. For any person who thinks "how can anyone fall for Trump, you can only vote for him if you're a lousy person",

...here is exhibit A. Believing in preposterous nonsense like this makes 2020 election conspiracy theories seem intelligent by comparison.

Remember that the FBI Biden oversaw confirmed he was hit by the bullet. Do you think they found a young man skilled enough to make an ear shot and was willing to let the secret service or police kill him?

Come on...

[OLDMDDEM]

90. Yes.

[True Dough]

91. Golly. I wonder where Trump could have learned his flair for scripted dramatic events?

[dalton99a]

162. +1

[True Dough]

93. Also, unless this video has been debunked, it's damning...

https://www.reddit.com/r/isthisAI/comments/1r69r78/video_of_photographers_being_ushered_in_and_flag/


EDIT: I'm normally opposed to conspiracy theories, but when Trump is involved, I don't rule out ANY possibility!

[muriel_volestrangler]

95. No; he wouldn't have the guts to be that close to danger (nt)

[Kaleva]

96. No

Nobody has been able to produce any evidence that happened.

[gab13by13]

102. Don't you have to investigate to get evidence?

[Kaleva]

106. The Biden Administration investigated it

[AnotherMother4Peace]

101. Yes. This is krasnov we're talking about, so yes.

[True Dough]

103. Sadly, this is applicable these days:

[Fichefinder]

109. Trunp couldn't hire a gardener

But someone did.

[struggle4progress]

113. I'm still trying to decide whether Melania hired the hitman, or whether JD did, or whether it was Stephen MIller,

or one of his other supporters. I suspect that Miller and many of Trump's personal lawyers are corrupt enough; that JD and a bunch of Trump's political buddies are shamelessly opportunistic enough; and that any woman who's spent enough time with him is looking for a permanent escape. But there are so many possibilies, the mind boggles

[Nictuku]

115. We are still talking about it, that is all that matters to him

[Blue Full Moon]

116. Absolutely

You know those crisis actors they always talk about. All of it smells.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-joins-list-of-people-questioning-trump-assassination-attempt_n_69e4e24be4b09c81bf18d646

[Blue Owl]

117. OPTICS!

Optics have always been the fat fuck’s main concern.

[moondust]

118. Can't rule it out.

Maybe he promised the guy a pardon when convicted but some of the Secret Service didn't get the message to only arrest any "troublemakers" and not to shoot them.

[B.See]

121. Given the nature of The Beast,

I'd say there's a high probability.

[sarisataka]

122. I think that is as plausible

as the moon landings being faked and the theory the Titanic didn't sink, it was an insurance scam

[True Dough]

123. Relevant!

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/

[hamsterjill]

125. Look, I don't know what that asshole did, but

I know an ear does NOT grow back when it's been blown off - even a small part of it. He was a reality television persona before his political career and I am sure he's capable of producing all kinds of stunts.

Just because we can't justify why it was staged does not mean that it was real. From day one, something has been suspicious about the whole episode.

[Celerity]

128. De-rec. I'm dispirited that this CT miasma still floats around here like a toxic cloud. It's a bad look for our board.

The CT dross continously popping up here is just so dire to see. The teleprompters were intact, people literally died, a bullet was photographed mid-flight, and the 'glass' that was seemingly endlessly ranted about back then was Trump's exposed ear cartilage.

[Abolishinist]

145. I think that's a fair concern.

When claims this serious get made without evidence, it doesn’t reflect especially well—on the argument or the forum.

At some point it stops being a discussion of what happened and becomes a discussion of what could be imagined.

[John1956PA]

150. Agreed. The video stills show T's right palm (w/o blood) move to his right ear.

That motion is simultaneous with the first shot. A photograph shows what could be a projectile moving south, away from T, after passing by the right side of his head. When T's right palm comes down from his right ear an instant later, it has blood on it. A second or two later, hydraulic fluid sprays from equipment at the south end of the deck.

Two or three more shots ensue in that first volley. The firefighter, seated to the north from where T was standing, is struck in the head by one of those rounds.

After a few seconds elapse, another volley commences. Video shows a male, south of where T was standing, sustaining the impact of a round to his abdomen. Another male is shot at this point. The injury is to his arm.

The sniper's volley concludes because of shots fired by one or more counter snipers. As I understand it, the first counter sniper round struck the sniper's rifle, rendering it inoperable. The second counter sniper round struck the sniper's head.

[Chiefsfan]

129. Any payment?

Did the shooter's family come into a lot of money?

[IcyPeas]

138. See post below. $4 million raised with a GoFundMe.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

157. Don't forget the merch!

[yellow dahlia]

130. That's a rhetorical question, right?

[True Dough]

131. ...

[True Dough]

133. Do you see a bullet wound in that ear?

[Scrivener7]

158. Wow. None whatsoever. Where's this photo from? I never saw it before.

[IcyPeas]

137. GoFundMe raised $4 million for victims....

.....has raised over $4 million, with top donors including Dana White and Kid Rock.

The GoFundMe, which says it is "President Trump authorized" is organized by Meredith O'Rourke,

Top donations so far for the O'Rourke GoFundMe include $50,000 from the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, $50,000 from American Hartford Gold, $50,000 from UFC CEO White and $50,000 from the singer Kid Rock.

Other large, notable donations to the fundraiser include $30,000 from former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, $25,000 from the Scaramucci family and $15,000 from conservative pundit Ben Shapiro.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/15/gofundme-corey-comperatore-trump-rally-victims/74405721007/

[Liberal In Texas]

139. And there is this...

From Blue Sky

You can call it a hoax. You can call it a staged event. But mostly you can call it the workings of a sick, demented man.

— LC (@lc1summit.bsky.social) 2026-04-19T15:48:01.079Z

[misanthrope]

140. Considering that four LEOs near Trump were wounded by debris

I find it far more likely he was nicked on the ear by debris as well. It seems more likely than Trump being grazed by a live round just lightly enough to graze skin yet suffer no effects from cavitation. That's why they have kept any following "medical report" largely obscured except for a curiously definitive pronouncement from Dr. Ronny "Pill-popper" Jackson.

[bluestarone]

143. I only know one thing about this subject

I know 100% that TSF is capable of doing any God Dam thing that NORMAL Americans would NEVER do!! That's a fact!

[Kaleva]

152. Biden Administration investigated this.

[Doodley]

146. If I may float the idea that Trump is a "Manchurian candidate" and so is the shooter, in addition

to the most senior secret service official there that day.

A "Manchurian candidate" is a politician or person in a position of influence who is secretly manipulated, programmed, or brainwashed by an enemy power to act as a puppet against their own country's interests. Often acting unwittingly, the individual appears independent but serves a foreign or hidden agenda.
Dictionary.com

[Liberal In Texas]

163. I've been calling him the Siberian Candidate for about 10 years now.

[Crunchy Frog]

148. He probably had some of his "people"

handle all of the actual details for him. I don't think he's got enough executive function to arrange the whole thing himself.

Apparently the russians were talking about trying something similar with Viktor Orban.

[EdmondDantes_]

153. No. The Trump orbit is made of idiots

They couldn't pull that off much less keep quiet. Trump got lucky the assassin missed and that he was able to milk it for attention. He's a relentless self promoter.

[Kaleva]

173. Many here think he's a mastermind

Or is the pawn of a group of masterminds.

The crap we see reported almost daily by reputable sources confirm otherwise.

[flvegan]

154. I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

155. Essentially, yes. I do not think he was really shot, and I do think he knew he wasn't shot/supposed to be shot.

He and his minions don't give a shit about causing collateral damage.

[CNYHarris]

168. Two media videos

Ventura believes it to be a box cutter incident.

Remember the Secret Service was reportedly in on 1/6 too.

secret service tried to take mike pence away from the capitol to throw the election to trump. grassley was reported to be ready to challenge the result after pence was taken away by the SS.

[True Dough]

171. Not done here yet!

Donhammed Trumpistan
@TheRealDon85

Question Of The Day: Who the fuck chooses not to investigate their own assassination attempt?

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