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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Apr 26, 2026, 06:10 PM Sunday

Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Turns a Shooting Into a Propaganda Parade


Let’s start with the facts, because the facts matter and they are not what the Trump regime has been selling you all morning.

Cole Allen, a 31-year-old from Torrance, California, allegedly approached a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. He did not get through. He was stopped at the perimeter.

Here is the critical detail that is getting lost in all the noise: the incident happened on a floor above where the dinner was actually taking place. Not in the room. Not near the room. Up a flight of stairs, past multiple security layers, in a part of the hotel that was open to the general public because the Secret Service only secured the specific areas of the WHCA event — not the entire building. Law enforcement officials confirmed this. The suspect never breached the secured zone. The president, vice president, cabinet officials, and guests were nowhere close to this.

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And yet, within thirty minutes of the incident, Donald Trump was at a podium holding a press conference, not to reassure the public, not to thank law enforcement, but to demand his golden ballroom. He and his officials were all smiles. Karoline Leavitt had a grin on her face. Pete Hegseth was photographed beaming. Alina Habba posted on Instagram that she “slayed on the look” with a photo of herself from the event, captioned “10/10.” These are the people who want you to believe this was a harrowing, historic moment of danger.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/sunday-afternoon-updates-trump-turns
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Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network - Trump Turns a Shooting Into a Propaganda Parade (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday OP
Chump had his talking points ready before the "incident" even happened FakeNoose Sunday #1
Did anyone catch Leavitt saying that there were going to be some shots at the WHCD? vapor2 Sunday #2

FakeNoose

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1. Chump had his talking points ready before the "incident" even happened
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 07:50 PM
Sunday

We've seen this scam already, try something new for a change.

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