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GreenWave

(12,817 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:45 AM Sep 2025

Did Trump benefit the most from the shooting of Charlie Kirk? [View all]

1. A figure in his re-election who was criticizing the lack of transparency on Epstein is now silenced.
2. Trump grabs the national narrative and media acquiesce firing any who dare to question.
3. Trump tries to rally his now sagging base of MAGA.
4. Too many seemingly prepared ahead of the fact vitriol emerge from the usual suspects.

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Did Trump benefit the most from the shooting of Charlie Kirk? [View all] GreenWave Sep 2025 OP

Backfired, as of last night. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #1

so.. where are the epstein files? quakerboy Sep 2025 #5

I think MAGA and trump gain or at least maintain votes, unfortunately. Silent Type Sep 2025 #2

Perhaps, but reject any idea it was a planned inside job bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #3

Kirk was collateral damage on Trump's Fifth Avenue America. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #4

Well, other than the fact that the entire world is better off without that scum-sucking shitweasel... Aristus Sep 2025 #6

We are near the post-Trump era and many are jockeying for position Bluetus Sep 2025 #7

and the weak kneed press is even worse now, they don't dare to say anything at all bad about the fascists. nt ImNotGod Sep 2025 #8