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Yeah let's not let pesky things like "what in fuck good would this do for trump?" Get in the way of throwing spaghetti at the wall!
Be skeptical. Jesus Christ people.
Yeah, what would a guy who had a surge in popularity after a previous assassination attempt, think he could possibly get from another assassination attempt at a time when his poll numbers are not only historic low for him, but for the office of the presidency in general, with midterm elections coming up that have republicans predicted to lose big, probably to more aggressive leftists/liberals who will absolutely impeach him and 25th amendment him afterwards.
Such a mystery what he could gain from it and its convenient timing.
Be skeptical. It's not hard.
They are being skeptical... 🤨 Skeptical that this was a real assassination attempt.
I agree it's more likely to have not been staged (people are actually pissed at the piece of shit), but what the fuck are you even trying to say here?
There's a middle ground: NSA/Palantir identify a nearly harmless threat that a dude is googling what hotel it's at and buys a 22 handgun with no firearm experience. If you're Trump, do you arrest him at the airport or let him make a scene?
Depends; do you, the one who discovered this, like Trump? Maybe they just let things happen cuz they want him dead, too. It's just as plausible and has the same evidence of "I just thought of it."
Was there a polymarket bet on an attempted assasination that day?
I'm saying they came up with a theory and then just believed it straight out. That's not being skeptical, it's just called being a moron.
I'm skeptical of your understanding of the word skeptical.
Questioning the official story is being skeptical.
Come on... I agree that it's possible, maybe even plausible, that this was staged, but you can't honestly claim to be sceptical if you think the most likely situation here was that this was staged when you have no hard evidence at all. I'm not saying it wasn't staged, I'm saying that the sceptical approach is to recognise that anything coming out of the White House is a half-truth at best, that there is exists a motive for staging this, and that it could be staged. At this point we have nowhere near enough evidence to conclude either way.
Besides, there are plenty of people that want trump dead. I don't see it as unlikely that one of them decided to give it a shot here.
I see people like the one you replied to as taking it a step further than "thinking" a flimsy story is true. They literally act like they "know" it's true and anyone who doesn't is a sheep. They're stupider than maga, to be honest
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears"
"username checks out" has been your tag on my phone since months ago. It is still appropriate.
Well thats creepy that you've been stalking me for that long.
but it fits with the kind of loser who cant mount a valid response outside of the obvious low hanging fruit of "lol ur usarnaem"
You can add tags to users, they simply appear next to the name, no need to stalk anyone, stop talking nonsense.
But how would he further illustrate his idiocy tho?!
How so? Example: If I see someone say the Soviet Union was great, I simply add that to the name and thus make sure I never argue with that person.
Yes "being skeptical" = "instantly making shit up with little to no facts"
This is one of those cases where I realize people on Lemmy aren't smarter than the average person. The downvotes can keep on coming because you all haven't proven shit and your quickness to believe something random just because it's not been admitted to reflect poorly on you, not me.
Tell the class which one of my points is made up and not real.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-plans-for-mic-drop-media-confrontation-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-are-leaked/
https://www.businessinsider.com/attendee-describes-low-security-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2026-4?op=1
https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/tv/205784/karoline-leavitt-husband-warning-attack
https://abcnews.com/US/live-updates/whca-dinner-shooting-live-updates-suspect-armed-multiple/?id=132390623
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-turns-shooting-into-shameless-plug-for-new-white-house-ballroom/ar-AA21KatF
Links to prove every point I made.
So go on.
Tell us which one is made up and is imaginary.
Or are you gonna try and desperately shift your goal posts now.
You and Alex Jones would get along.
Sure buddy.
Seriously. If you're so sure you're right about ... Literally anything that isn't proven, you have much in common with him.
Sure buddy.
The Republicans are turning the frogs gay. It's proven. Admitted even.
Sure buddy.
Sure buddy.
Sure buddy.
Fine line between skeptical and stupid. Talk to an anti vaxer.
Also look at the fact that none of the dipshits in charge of the government right now can keep a secret and see if anyone put a few grand on "attempted assassination" on polymarket 20 minutes before it happened.
I thought some of these idiots were claiming there was something vaguely related on polymarket. You make a good point though. It wouldn't be quite so vague because none of them fear consequences and none of them are smart enough to keep a secret or be covert in any way
These people are so incredibly fucking stupid. It's been wild watching the people I agree with slowly start to sound like the Rush-Limbaugh-guzzling halfwits I grew up with. Even if they're right in the end, their reasons for arriving at this conclusion are just impossibly childish.
Yeah they seem to think the coward would risk his life for a flimsy attempt at some brownie points with his base, and they don't even seem to entertain the idea he didn't
Yeah, at this point it's devolved into some weird liberal purity test for the less serious people. I hate it.
Yeah you're right to compare them to qanon. I'm being treated like I "believe the official story" and that I'm a "sheep" simply for stating the obvious fact that nothing conclusive about this theory exists.
Here's a good on-point article from an anarchist that hasn't lost her mind like these morons: https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretkilljoy/p/forget-the-conspiracies?r=t57p3