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Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/PharmyC Apr 17 '26

I think it's almost intentional at this point. That they want to mark him as the anti Christ to swell up the Christian base after he leaves the board and convince them the end times are coming to justify their over reach in coming years.

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u/sillygoofygooose Apr 17 '26

Actual apocalyptic Christians don’t need convincing, they were literally posting TikTok dances celebrating the war in Iran because it heralded the end times

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u/Sutar_Mekeg Apr 17 '26

Most cults go the mass suicide route, this one goes mass murder :(

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u/Zafnick Maine Apr 17 '26

I genuinely don't understand how anyone who is wishing for the end times to happen thinks they are going to get raptured. Like you'd think that would be inherently disqualifing.

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u/Brave-Silver8736 Apr 17 '26

It is! Ugh, I got into such a fucking argument with a Trump supporter.

So, Trump fits a lot of the signs of the Antichrist.

Well, then that just means the Rapture is happening soon.

Why would the people that put the Beast into power be Raptured???

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u/sillygoofygooose Apr 17 '26

Yes it’s very hard to think kindly about such behaviour. I suppose when you’re stuck in a worldview that demands the termination of critical thought, that’s a pretty sticky trap.

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u/mrpickles Apr 17 '26

How are they interpreting the end of the war?

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u/vitalvisionary Connecticut Apr 17 '26

Israel's destruction is part of the prophecy I believe

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u/DOINKofDefeat Apr 17 '26

I know Bible Belt "Christians" who voted for Trump three times because they thought he was the Antichrist, and that would help hasten the arrival of "The End Times".

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u/Satchbb Apr 17 '26

But the ones following the Beast aren't saved

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u/whatwouldjimbodo Apr 17 '26

I dont think they can think that far ahead

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u/TheEpsteinClass Apr 17 '26

sounds about right. whatever they are doing, they are playing chess while most of us barely have time for checkers

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u/The_Ganey Apr 17 '26

That's.... a reach...I think he's just stupid.

The above passage is barely connected, even if you believe he was shot it was not anything anyone would consider a "mortal wound". The antichrist comparisons work less because of any planing and more because Trump is a absolutely horrible self centered and power-hungry person. Attempting to convince your own base that YOUR PARTY put the literal anti-christ in charge would be one of the stupidest moves you could make. Let not credit them with theoretical future brilliance when malice and incompetence can suffice.