Trump brags about surviving an assassination attempt (unlike Charlie Kirk) in yet another show of tact and humility

Demonstrating his complete inability to stay on topic, Donald Trump said the following at an event designed to celebrate Charlie Kirk:

Right wingers spent weeks on here policing whether you talked about Charlie Kirk correctly and a month later Trump is at an event with Kirk’s widow like “I’m better at dodging bullets” https://t.co/ToKglyRiEn

— Clue Heywood (@ClueHeywood) October 14, 2025

Trump’s turn in time

In the video above, Trump says that sniper rifles were:

fired at ICE agents and me. You know. But I was… I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right. Charlie couldn’t believe it actually.

Trump laughed at this point, before continuing:

How the hell did you make that turn, I said I don’t know.

People have suggested the event wasn’t an appropriate place for Trump to brag about how good he is at not getting shot:

I simply dodged my assassination unlike certain other low-agility jabronies https://t.co/nLi62lKQRb

— Rob (@robrousseau) October 15, 2025

Bro said “skill issue” at the charlie kirk memorial https://t.co/rAUcOLNgEj

— Ranthony (@ChiefTeef8) October 14, 2025

https://t.co/KaRKOfb9dy pic.twitter.com/jgMROwktPv

— Roy Drones Jr (@chiweethedog) October 15, 2025

Crackdown

While it’s funny to watch Trump being so oblivious, his crackdown on free speech is no joke:

Trump’s message is clear:

If you defend immigrants, LGBTQ+, Black or brown people, or oppose billionaires and corporations exploiting us, or stand against his attacks on free speech and Democracy — you’ll be targeted as a terrorist.

This isn’t hyperbole.
It’s his directive. pic.twitter.com/Wzkk892smA

— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) October 4, 2025

Speaking on the weird disconnect between Trump’s words and his actions, streamer Hasan Piker said:

No matter how fortuitous this could have been for their ambitions to violate the first amendment and to further prosecute political enemies of the state, his own ego – his own narcissism – is unironically getting in the way of him communicating how serious this is; how important this is.

The sad truth is that Charlie Kirk probably would have supported this crackdown.

He probably wouldn’t have supported Trump bragging about living at his memorial, of course, but you can’t win them all.

Featured image via US Administration

By Willem Moore

  • Jaysyn
    361·
    1 year ago

    A fake assassination attempt.

    Ears don’t grow back, asshole.

    • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Well, but just because he lied about what happened to his ear and played up it getting clipped by a shard of plastic as if half the cartilage got blown off, doesn’t mean the attempt itself was fake.

        • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          192·
          1 year ago

          Dude what the heck is up with Lemmy people constantly coming out of the woodwork and arguing against something the other commenter never said? You guys are so weird.

          Yes, clearly I can’t prove it was real, and never attempted to say it was. I was just correcting someone who was claiming to know for sure one way or another. Thanks for your useful input I guess lol.

          • BigFigEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            Well if you wanna go around supporting “Big Cookie” that’s on you bro, I’ll keep to my brownies thank you very fucking much.

            • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialOPEnglish
              52·
              1 year ago

              Just because I every so often totally organically let everyone know what an incredible gift Chips Ahoy™ are, doesn’t mean there’s anything nefarious. I just totally love their chalky and unpleasant texture, and the “chocolate” chips are completely delicious!

              • BigFigEnglish
                4·
                1 year ago

                How fucking DARE you. My MOTHER choked to death on a Chips Ahoy™ and you fucking knew that!

    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
      10·
      1 year ago

      He got knocked in the head by his security guy’s belt/holster while tackling him. He wasn’t hit by a bullet.

      • Jaysyn
        21·
        1 year ago

        I’ve never heard that claim.

        I’ve only every heard it was spall from a bullet fragment & a secret service agent can also be seen immediately re-positioning a camera man for a photo op after the shots were fired.

        Almost everything Trump does is kayfabe.

        • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
          3·
          1 year ago

          There’s some slow mo vids you can see when his head gets hip checked. The blood is only visible after that point

      • shalafiEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        You’re trying to school a conspiracy theory idiot.

    • shalafiEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      Money says you’re an anitvaxxer, or have the equivalent critical thinking skills.

      Never had a minor head wound? The tiniest ding will bleed like mad.

      Kid climbs on the roof, takes a few shots, dings Trump, kills one guy, wounds others, snipers take him out.

      Jaysyn: That’s too hard to believe! CONSPIRACY!

      Yeah Jaysyn, Trump hired the kid who washed out of his school shooting team to, ya know, shoot at him.

      • Jaysyn
        42·
        1 year ago

        Money says you’re an anitvaxxer, or have the equivalent critical thinking skills.

        Fuck you. Vaxxed two weeks ago, moron. Covid, Flu, DTAP, HepB & my next HepB shot is on the 29th.

        You’re an easy block, you wretched, mouth-breathing piece of shit.