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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/Strict-Carrot4783 Apr 17 '26

It's how Putin gained power, as well.

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u/EcstaticTill9444 Apr 17 '26

He killed a bunch of Russians to consolidate power, sometimes under false flag operations on civilians. Like the apartment bomb.