• @[email protected]
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    114 months 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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      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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        164 months ago

        What the fuck are you two smoking?

        • @Riccosuave
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          14 months 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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            44 months 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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            -14 months 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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              24 months ago

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

              • KillingTimeItself
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                24 months 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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            -14 months 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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      24 months ago

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