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Attempted assasination on President Trump

www.newsmax.com /politics/campaign-rally-pennsylvania/2024/07/13/id/1172391/

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He’s not the president.
- It's a weird American standard where all ex presidents are referred to as president. So the headline isn't wrong.
- From my understanding, the title of president is permanent. The powers are (supposed to be) temporary
If he's uninjured then I have to assume this was staged.
- Trump may have a slight injury to his ear.
  For a less conspiratorial take, here's a NYTimes archive / live version :
  
  When the pops began at 6:13 p.m., Mr. Trump appeared to grab his right ear, which appeared to be bleeding as he left the stage.
  
  Here's the cspan footage where you can see it for yourself: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5123735/shots-fired-trump-rally
  
  Well that clears it up for me! There's just no way Trump would risk himself like that. This was real.
- My first thought. The blood splatter looked inconsistent with the wound. I guess we will find out soon
  
  Idk about splatter, but how is it that, with all the people behind and around him, not a single one was struck by any of those missed shots? This improbable scene will generate unprecedented donations, as well as armed crackpots who will be going on vendettas.
  
  The whole thing smacks of theatrics.
- He was shot by a sniper from a rooftop. Not staged
- Do the nut bag rights hate him that much already? Pretty safe to assume no Democrat would do that. They don’t attract those types.
  
  As we all know, 0% of Democrats own guns.
Well I think we can all be certain there won't be any huge downwind effects from this 😐
lol, lmao even
Get that newsmax garbage out of here. They make fox news look like a reliable news organization

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