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I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating that this most recent assassination attempt was fake. Why do people think this? I’m out of the loop.

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[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The actual reason, which no one seems willing to admit, is because it's an easier narrative to weaponise against Trump and MAGA. "Yes we are really trying to kill your hero but keep failing" is kind of hard to use in an internet flame war, but "you guys know he's just using this to distract from the Epstein files, right?" is a hook that can work on some Trump supporters, who are often very conspiratorial themselves and quite obsessed with the release of the Epstein stuff. In addition, there's this sort of cognitive dissonance going on here for many people who believe they are on the side of the moral and just, but also condemn violence (including political violence). They can't accept that people from "their side" might actually be trying to commit murder, so instead they look for explanations that can flip it back to the black and white narrative of "we are the good guys and they are the bad guys".

The same thing happened with the Brian Thompson and Charlie Kirk murders. Some people cannot cope with the reality that not everyone on "their side" lines up perfectly with their values, so instead they create and believe in a conspiracy theory that frames them as victims of a right-wing plot to damage their public reputation and imprison their members.

That 3 people in the US, a nation with a long history of extreme gun violence and political assassinations, may have attempted to assassinate the most divisive and dangerous president in the nation's history during a period of extremely toxic and violent political discourse is actually a very rational and logical explanation for the three attempted shootings. Unless your entire identity is bound to this stuff and you simply can't accept the above premise, there is really no reason to go looking for alternative conspiracies to explain what is happening.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

it is designed to satiate the magat-y voters. everyone else, both outside and inside that are not conservative already see through his bs.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

speculating, it happened 2 other times with the same exact pattern. and almost no followup, also its always at a critical time when epstein files are being released, and plus the iran war, its going so badly that they arnt even showing the damage to US bases in the middle east.

also its almost always a right wing rando, hmm no LEFTIST so they can pin on them, thats why they dont blast this over the news 24/7, because right wingers are the mass shooters 100% of the time.

not only that the suspicious activity both before and during the shooting. like karoline leavitt foreshadowing a shooting hours before. the general non-chalant reaction by trump.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

people are really stupid. they are really, really stupid. they can't imagine the simplest answer being the correct one. they have to think of something super complicated and unlikely and then insist on it being the correct explanation. there no reason anyone should think like this

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

This seems like an organized propaganda campaign to simply disrupt and people are falling for it.

It's likely not fake but Russia and China have official policies for spreading firehose of falsehoods whenever anything happens. They don't even have to invent anything just amplify enough for grifters and memers to take off from there.

We are so fucked and people have just given up on finding reality sadly.

Even journalists are losing it. 60 minutes doing interview immediately without any research or preparation or time for story to develop is peak nail in the coffin for our information landscape. It's literally the slow journalist group and they couldn't slow down. We didn't even need AI.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I still don't understand why hostile nations push conspiracy theories. I don't know what it's doing exactly. is it supposed to get another Trump elected?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

who do you think trump learned it from, PUTIN, putin has done quite a few false flags since the ukraine war and before that too.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Because this was Trump's reaction to the gunshots.

Trump's reaction to the gunshots.

He knew. Melenomia didn't.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

he didn't know shit. he's senile

if he knew something, don't you think he'd pretend?

what the hell is in your head

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah that idiot couldn't even stop himself from saying they rigged the last elections but somehow he's now part of a fake assassination attempt?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

if she can make a face from all that botox, she is definitely surprised.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter whether it was real, or fake. Although, if it was real, then the Secret Service really fell down on the job. A very well-known venue, with all the time to prepare--what the fuck happened there? It could have been set up, without Trump, or the Secret Service knowing about it. The shooter might have had help from someone high up in the administration. So, not "fake", but not a "lone gunman", either.

All that matters is he missed.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

"There will be some shots fired ronight"

[–] lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

When you repeatedly lie and act like an AH about some pretty major stuff, why would you expect people to believe ANYTHING you claim? 🤷‍♀️ Be more of a surprise if the guy ever spoke for 3 minutes without a single lie at this point lol

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

Just sneak in a Javelin, I don't think it will miss

[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

There seems to be a coordinated effort to push this theory. I don't know if it's strictly Lemmy or if it's also on Facebook and Reddit as well.

It's hard to say exactly what they are trying to accomplish. Do they want to actually convince other people that it's a conspiracy, or do they want to give the impression that lots of people believe in a conspiracy? I couldn't say.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Because it has more than enough plausibility based on a number of statements and observations that are well documented?

[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's not particularly plausible. If you want to stage a shooting, you'd either kill the "shooter" or avoid capturing them.

... regardless, another theory is that this is hate spamming. Alot of these poorly implemented misinformation campaigns serve no purpose other than to torment a person or organization. The lemmy administrators did recently get into a spat with someone who seems...motivated and unique.

[–] RoddyStiggs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 hours ago

Because there's no reason to believe it's legitimate and every reason to believe it's fake.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Mainly because he's using it as an excuse to imply he needs his stupid ballroom because of national security.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today -1 points 4 hours ago

That "ballroom" is a data center.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Because it is so convenient. He's way down in the polls with no chance of recovery. He needs an excuse for martial law to keep the elections from happening. He is so unfit to speak and be seen publicly that they need an excuse why he can't be out in public. And, it worked last time to get him elected. Although this time I don't think they killed an spectator.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

But low approval rate would also increase like hood of an assassination attempt right?

[–] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 17 points 14 hours ago

I was watching the Minnesota Denver game when they interrupted the game to show the WHCD. It didn't seem like there were shots fired. Everyone in the crowd seemed a little concerned but not like they had heard gunshots. So it seems unlikely that gunshots were fired.

Trumps team is so full of shit that it doesn't feel crazy to think they would stage assassination attempts in order to garner some kind of support.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

real one would have succeeded

[–] OldGrayDog@fedinsfw.app 34 points 18 hours ago

Whether this was staged or not is up for debate, but calling this guy a shooter is misinformation. Show me where this guy fired any shots. The officer that was shot in his bullet proof vest was hit by friendly fire, all shots fired were by law enforcement. If I'm wrong direct me to where there's creditable evidence that says otherwise.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today -5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

There are a few signs of it I'll cover here.

Firstly, the "shooter". Dude was found to be a Zionist, and had an IDF shirt on. He wasn't the one who "shot" necessarily, because it happened to fit the numerology required to do this. (Proof of shooting being fake: https://gematrinator.com/blog/2026/04/26/shots-fired-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump-ushered-out). Side note, dude is married to an Indian woman.

Secondly, this is the third fake assassination attempt. We know this pattern, because the first two were, indeed, fake, both of them being scripted. The first one saw Trump (or his stand-in) using either fake blood or a ketchup packet on his ear.

Thirdly, this was a Jesuit distraction from the US government making more moves towards mass surveillance of all Americans, no matter their religious, political, or philosophical standing. Another reason for it is because of the ballroom, which is actually a front for an AI data center in the White House (fun fact: the White House is named after a man with the surname of White, not by Roosevelt as many people proclaim wholesomely).

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

Why would a government involved in these practices leave clues in numerology exactly?

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

But the guy is alive. How do you fake that.

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today -3 points 4 hours ago

Anything you see on any newscast is designed to distract you from what the Jesuits want from the government they own. That goes for any of them.

Every single television newscast (Fox News, CNN, NBC, even "alternative" media) is all fake. Every single one of them is a scripted television show, point blank.

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