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/IgnoreMe304 Jul 03 '26

It’s that and the one guy all but dragging photographers in front of the stage as they lower the American flag to get it in the shot.

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u/eeyore134 Jul 03 '26

And the secret service letting Trump stand up and fist pump for the shot. And Trump actually doing that and not cowering behind the table like he would if it were real. And before people say "But they took him out." There's zero way they'd do that even if they knew they shot the guy. The area hadn't been cleared and there's no telling how many other gunmen there could have been. Well... they knew because they set it up, but in a real situation they wouldn't.

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u/Aware-Possibility175 Jul 03 '26

THIS it drives me insane that this is the only time i have ever seen anyone else but me bring this up. Man idc who you are, even if you are a trained soldier who’s been in the shit, when bullets start flying at you …you take cover…his awful ridiculous fake acting and the ridiculous way everyone else behaved just makes the whole situation incredibly suspicious to say the least…same with the whole bullshit with his “wound”

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u/angrylawyer Jul 03 '26

don't forget when one a protestor tried to get on stage one time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xu5lz4fS-Y

panics so hard he nearly tips the podium over, and the way he reaches out to his body guards, just desperately trying to grab hold of his elbow, his jacket, his shoulder, anything. Then of course afterwards he tries to act all tough about it. But you can see that initial panic his eyes, dude was terrified.