Staged

[Aviation Pro]

Fuck him, you can only go to that well so many times.

[JPK]

1. His writer's material

Just wasn't that good.

[usonian]

4. That's what I was thinking. Speech was unprepared, but anohter act was already rehearsed.

My mom used to say to me: "You're such a pessimist, but dammit, you're always right."

It's THAT kind of world.

[yellow dahlia]

7. Too convenient, right?

[popsdenver]

18. agreed

this really stinks....in oh so many ways...........and He and the Republicans had oh so many reasons to pull another stunt......

And many subtle things are coming out in his speechifying that reek of Bullshit Grandstanding.......Including once again, divulging secret information that probably made the Secret Service cringe.....did you notice that???????

He needed to do something.....he was definitely going to get roasted, which is typical and after his last IRAN diversion that moved the Epstein/Trump horror off the front page, and it was returning, he desperately needed something........He even got a plug in for his Ballroom.......

[yellow dahlia]

23. Yes. I heard the classified info about practices to protect.

It ticked so many boxes - sympathy; distraction; ballroom promotion.

[usonian]

2. NFL Draft was getting more attention than he was.

Friends, Reporters, Secret Service, lend me an ear.

[jmbar2]

3. "Staged" is trending on X already...

Link to tweet

[Rebl2]

10. And then there is this

Very odd thing for her to say. Did she know this was going to happen in advance?

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Kooky CT nonsense. Nt

[Orrex]

33. Great. Now I can set my watch. Thanks.

[Cirsium]

47. Not necessarily either/or

It is not necessarily a case of either A) some grand conspiracy or a staged event or B) nothing to see here, folks, move along.

[usonian]

6. Did I predict this at 6:00 pm PDT?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21198153

copy and paste:

Important Announcement to Iran.

Open the Straight and give us all your uranium or I shoot!!


(pointing slightly above his ear)

More likely he farts like the campfire scene in Blazing Saddles.

Video not linked here.

[Grim Chieftain]

8. Too many unsuccessful attempts on his life to be believed

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. Don't typically buy conspiracy theories

But I just don't buy this.

[Grim Chieftain]

22. I don't like conspiracy theories, either

but there is so much in these supposed attempts on Trump's life that just don't add up.

Where this criminal administration is concerned, question everything, doubt nothing.

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. I don't trust them to tell the truth

[returnee]

43. EXACTLY!!!

The state we are in summed up perfectly and must be repeated constantly. Thank you!

[hamsterjill]

9. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Ho-hum....

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Yup

Staged. Again.

[mysteryowl]

20. just like the ear one...staged

His ear healed in like a few days or something.

I can't wait until this is all over and we can begin the repair work of this country.

[Seinan Sensei]

41. The weirdest thing about the 'ear one' is that he never talked about it

He perseverates about EVERYTHING
He rehashes, revisits, and ruminates about the slightest cut, the tiniest affront, perceived or real.
Butler PA was (supposedly) an attempted assassination
Yet … nothing?
Doesn’t fit
Doesn’t add-up

[OMGWTF]

48. Me too. It's exhausting. Our nervous systems aren't built for this firehose of fkery and abuse.

[GenThePerservering]

12. He needs a new gimmick - this one is old product nt

[ecstatic]

13. he actually thinks this will help his numbers, I guess. smh

This guy never intended to speak tonight. Just more emotional abuse from the so called president.

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Shows why we need a new ballroom.

Horrible horrible thugs the Liquor Cabinet.

[djacq]

15. I can't recall...

How many, more than one, assassination attempts were made on any president in history?

[Aviation Pro]

16. Ford, twice

…..

[sarisataka]

25. Lincoln- 5, Taft- 2, Truman -2, Kennedy-2

Ford actually had three attempts/plots
Clinton-5, Bush II- 2, Obama-12, Biden-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots#Other_attacks,_assassination_attempts,_and_plots

[EdmondDantes_]

28. Well that's awkward for the conspiracy.

[appleannie1]

17. The show is now going on. Anyone for watching the media's dinner and show?

[WiVoter]

34. It Was A Crime Scene.

Should have been roped off. I just got home, so I have a lot to catch up on. Why did they continue after this event? Or did they continue with the WHCD?

[appleannie1]

44. Actually that was Rump's first announcement. He was told "NO" by the Secret Service so he promised at a later date.

[OMGWTF]

49. I heard that the shooter was actually on another floor.

[EX500rider]

21. I'm sorry, are people here actually surprised many people want him dead? lol

[SheltieLover]

26. Release the trumpstein files with perp names unredacted.

[tritsofme]

27. Oof, Trump has rotted out the brains of more than just his supporters.

[Orrex]

42. IKR?

Some people are eager to swallow the official story no matter how preposterous.

[B.See]

29. Took me awhile to figure out what these vague titles were about

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cause I was watching much better material like Storage Wars (speaking of which, rip Daryl) and House Hunters. Was determined NOT to pay this CD hoopla ANY mind.

Now, GLAD I didn't. Their felon AntiChrist is tanking in the polls, floundering in his war, and his MAGAS set to lose their asses off.

So, yeah... what a coinkidink.

Sick of their shit.

[appleannie1]

45. I did not know Daryl had died. I would like the Yuup guy to find another occupation myself. Can't stand him.

[B.See]

50. You mean Dave. Nor I. What a miserable character.

I'd lay odds he's a Trumper.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. ding. this.

[BattleRow]

31. Did he insult any of the reporters?

Call them piggy,a disgrace?

He needed them as props following tonights performance event.

[GenThePerservering]

32. Bunch of chuds, can't even get assassinations right. nt

[marble falls]

35. Absolutely staged. And obviously so.

[NNguyenMD]

36. Kash and Trump are crises actors... totally staged

[Catherine Vincent]

37. It could be

Just when the Butler incident was gaining speed with maga, this happens.

[TBF]

38. Tired of the BS from this regime. nt

[state of stupid]

39. I am sorry,

but when it comes to Trump as the old adage goes, do not believe everything you hear,
and only half of what you see. The asshole lies too much for me to believe that he would
not stage this to try and get sympathy and to reconstitute his standing among the faithful.
Fuck him and the horse he rode in on, the only thing I regret is most of these people had piss
poor planning skills, if this was really their intent and not some staged event!

[live love laugh]

40. The dinner is a flop and Epstein is playing on the building so they had to do something. Right?

[GiqueCee]

46. Think about...

... Trump's favorite pejorative words and phrases, Like "Low IQ", "No talent", "You're a terrible reporter", "A threat to the country", "The failing whatever"... well, the list is long. The point being, any insults or threats that get a reaction, he will use over and over and over again. The very probably staged Butler, PA assassination attempt and the miraculously fast-healing ear. Well, yeah, too bad about the guy behind him that died, but that made the whole thing more convincing, didn't it? And no, he never expressed condolences to the guy's family. If he had, he would have turned it into a public performance – ratings! – and it would have been reported on incessantly.
He is a depraved creature utterly devoid of empathy for other people. For Christ's sake, he's bragged about it more that a few times! Like the time at some dinner event where an older gentleman tripped and banged his head, bleeding profusely. Trump considered it an affront, and left the room. He didn't want wounded veterans in his parade because "it wasn't a good look" for him. Only recently, we all saw him totally ignore a guy behind him in the Oval Office who passed out. Everyone else in the room rushed to assist the stricken man; Trump never even bothered to turn around. He just stood there, looking annoyed because attention wasn't focused on him.
But back to his repetition of anything that he perceives as working for him: Assassination attempts worked wonders for him. The optics of raising his fist while his ear appeared to bleed was a home run in his fevered imagination, so if something works, then work it to death!
Sane people are aghast at the thought that the President would do such a horrible thing, but get this through your heads: TRUMP IS A HORRIBLE PERSON! He has no conscience, and therefore, not the slightest concern for how his words and actions affect other people. He literally could not care less.
So, yeah, I think it's entirely plausible that this whole thing was staged. Granted, there's no proof that it was... yet. But the pattern is true to form, so updates as events warrant.

[usonian]

52. He's a cult leader, with all the shit that goes along with that.

Chief quality is projection, as in

“Every accusation is a confession”

It’s a real mirror of oneself,

[Klarkashton]

51. I'm guessing entrapment. Somebody encouraged him to try this.

Like the feds do using informants.

[Endlessmike56]

53. Anyone who believes anything that comes out of his mouth is a TDS.

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