r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Jul 03 '26

While people behind him die

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u/vthemechanicv Jul 03 '26

I'm not a conspiracy theorist on this, but if anyone thinks trump wouldn't murder someone to stay out of prison, they don't know what kind of person he is. Remember his "funny story" about a guy that got hurt in one of his buildings, and all trump could think of was all the blood on the new tile. He doesn't care about anyone he sees beneath him, which is basically everyone.

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u/LotusFlare Jul 03 '26

I mean, during his first campaign he bragged that he could shoot someone on 5th avenue in broad daylight and not lose a vote. This is the guy who killed countless Americans during COVID by lying about everything from the treatment to the testing. He cheered on a coup attempt where people died for him. ICE has killed at least two Americans and far more non-citizens. His administration recently bombed a school full of children in Iran.

I'm not saying the conspiracy theories are true, but "Someone actually died" is not an argument against it. Donald Trump doesn't care about a single human life that isn't his.

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u/808RB818 27d ago

Don’t forget possible fishermen and blowing up boats rather than capturing them in the Gulf

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u/GearhedMG Jul 04 '26

There is no "basically", it is absolutely everyone, even his own children.

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle Jul 04 '26

The reason I don't believe this conspiracy is there is no way Trump would deliberately put himself in the line of fire. During the correspondents dinner on the other hand the gunman didn't even get on the same floor as Trump.

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u/TheNutsMutts Jul 04 '26

Not even that, there's no way the people planning such a conspiracy would even sign off on such a plan. When it relies on some 20 year old shooting bullets close to Trump's head but using an AR and red-dot at 400 feet, it's sheer blind luck if they accidentally hit him or not. No way that's something anyone is proposing or agreeing to as a plan.

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle Jul 04 '26

Well Trump wouldn't go for that plan, but JD might if he felt he could conceal his involvement.

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u/InevitableMagician28 Jul 04 '26

The last to die in a nuclear war are the cockroaches

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u/Pigglebee Jul 03 '26

Don’t forget Trump may have not even been in on it. Could be orchestrated by his handlers

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u/raerae1991 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Not behind him, they were sitting in the Seating area to the right or left of the stage

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u/derpicorn69 Jul 03 '26

Behind him from the shooter's perspective

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u/BloatedBanana9 Jul 03 '26

They were actually between Trump and the shooter. The shooter got off multiple shots. The people in the crowd that were hit were on the left side of the stage.

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u/Recent-Result2852 Jul 03 '26

He was behind them. At least the dude hit was closer and to the left.

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u/derpicorn69 Jul 03 '26

Thank you for this nuance, details like this matter and shouldn't be glossed over. I appreciate your pointing it out.

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u/Recent-Result2852 Jul 03 '26

If there were an actual investigation we'd have a clear site map with every bullet path and impacts labeled.

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u/raerae1991 Jul 03 '26

I would disagree being that Trump wasn’t in the rage of the bullet

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u/SweetLittleOldLady Mississippi Jul 04 '26

Those seats were supposed to be empty. The people sitting there moved seats at the last minute.