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cstanleytech

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5. Honestly given how they have happened I wouldn't be surprised.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 08:20 AM

May 11

After all how exactly does an experienced group like the Secret Service fail at not securing where that one guy was supposed to have fired his rifle from during the first attempt? He should never have even been able to get a line of sight in the first place had it been secured.

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Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 11 OP

Who was incompetent? The Butler, Door Dash Grandma, or a guy with empty shells? bucolic_frolic May 11 #1

Remember the acronym from the time following 9/11? LIHOP? EYESORE 9001 May 11 #2

When is Cole Allen going to expose the whole thing? At trial? MichMan May 11 #3

I would argue they are trying to set that up by placing him on an unjustified suicide watch including isolation. Ford_Prefect May 11 #11

Real or not, I have compassion for the young person who fell for this mess. efhmc May 11 #19

They knew he was coming well in advance. He took a long train from the coast and travelingthrulife May 11 #15

As a gmother of two young men in this age group, I so want to help him. I hope he has a loving, well grounded person to efhmc May 11 #20

Sarah Longwell of the Bulwark talked about this tishaLA May 11 #4

Honestly given how they have happened I wouldn't be surprised. cstanleytech May 11 #5

;-{) ....... Goonch May 11 #6

That is hilarious! Ray Bruns May 11 #7

Isn't it obvious by now that EVERYTHING about Dump is fake? Blue Owl May 11 #8

Yup Botany May 11 #10

Instead of finding common ground and bipartisan consensus in the center... Fiendish Thingy May 11 #9

Given that the majority of his assertions are objectively false, Torchlight May 11 #12

Or the plaque he had put up on his golf course in VA to honor a battle that never happened. Botany May 11 #14

Hope you are right. efhmc May 11 #18

It's all about the image, the show, for trump... Wounded Bear May 11 #13

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Totally Fake, unlikely. Totally manipulated, definitely. ThreeNoSeep May 11 #21

It's not whether the attempts were fake or not GenThePerservering May 11 #22

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