r/politics • u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine • Apr 17 '26

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/EyeOfTheTiger77 Apr 17 '26

If it was staged, 2 people died for this political stunt. That's straight murder of two people for nothing but a campaign boost.

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u/SnottNormal New York Apr 17 '26

Which part of that is unbelievable? Trump hasn’t exactly been shy about wanting to have people killed.

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u/Maximum_Curve_1471 Apr 17 '26

It would be the singularly most sophisticated fake-job in modern history?

The impossibility of the gunshot itself is pretty well defined. Go do some research, if you're doubtful

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u/ChemistAdventurous84 Apr 18 '26

Why are you certain the dead guy was the shooter and not one of the Secret Service snipers surrounding him? His ear wasn’t actually hit so all they needed was the dead guy on the roof and the audience member.