• @Sanctus
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    411 month ago

    The potential for backfire is massive. Of course in our timeline, Trump gets grazed in the ear. Stop teasing us.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      I would honestly say the odds it was a failed genuine assassination attempt are slim to none. Doesn’t this feel far too convenient? We obviously know nothing now, but I feel like it’s gotta be the knee jerk assumption.

      • @Riccosuave
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        1 month ago

        I agree. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was all a ploy for attention so he can look tough, and rile up his base. That is completely on brand.

        Edit: Unfortunately, it appears to be a completely genuine, yet failed, assassination attempt…

        • qevlarr
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          161 month ago

          What the fuck are you two smoking?

          • @Riccosuave
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            11 month ago

            Nothing. I’m just examining the situation, and asking who benefits.

          • skulblaka
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            Trump is a known coward. If he didn’t know this was coming he’d have shit his pants and run offstage. His reaction is entirely unrealistic to the situation and how he is known to act.

            For fucks sake he asked for his shoes and waited around for them before leaving the stage. Those are not the actions of a man who is being actively shot at.

            • @Sanctus
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              41 month ago

              We have prior footage of him dippin’, dodgin’ and duckin’ at rallies from noises. You’re right the reaction seems off. But he could be delirious due to his aged mental acuity.

            • KillingTimeItself
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              -11 month ago

              Trump is a known coward. If he didn’t know this was coming he’d have shit his pants and run offstage. His reaction is entirely unrealistic to the situation and how he is known to act.

              spoken like someone who has never been shot before…

              • skulblaka
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                21 month ago

                It’s not about how I’d react, it’s about how he reacts.

                • KillingTimeItself
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                  21 month ago

                  yeah, and that’s about what i would expect someone to do when getting shot. The adrenaline and people surrounding you can make you do weird things.

            • @[email protected]
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              -11 month ago

              I don’t see why Trump would really need to be in on it. Plenty of people stand to gain from a trump presidency, and I’m not sure an “accidentally successful staged assassination” would be that much worse.

      • @NocturnalMorning
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        21 month ago

        This is the absolute most insane take on this. Everything in the world isn’t some grand orchestrated plan.