I don't like the conspiracy theories going on here. If it were staged, why would the gunman be off-camera to fire the shots? Wouldn't we get more dramatic imagery? Everything in the footage seems awkward, not like tense danger. Trump doesn't even realize (not to mention react) when the shots are fired (which, btw, were in the hallway outside just in case this is how somebody learns that this happened) until 20 seconds after.

A society with an endless deluge of information increasingly known as "may contain distortions of reality" tends to make anyone lose their minds, one way or another.

My reason is that he read from a prepared statement shortly after the incident and that he used this as his reason to promote the unwanted ballroom that he seems so desperately to want. I could be wrong but, based on his moral character, I think it's a big fake.

At this point I've seen people spread this theory even if they don't really believe in it. It's ammunition in a propaganda war. It seems like it's needed.

When you repeatedly lie and act like an AH about some pretty major stuff, why would you expect people to believe ANYTHING you claim? 🤷‍♀️ Be more of a surprise if the guy ever spoke for 3 minutes without a single lie at this point lol

Because it looked staged, dude never did one before, made a big stink about going, then suddenly a half naked man is there? Nah, fake as fuck. All of the attempts were fake so far.

Because there's no reason to believe it's legitimate and every reason to believe it's fake.

There seems to be a coordinated effort to push this theory. I don't know if it's strictly Lemmy or if it's also on Facebook and Reddit as well.

It's hard to say exactly what they are trying to accomplish. Do they want to actually convince other people that it's a conspiracy, or do they want to give the impression that lots of people believe in a conspiracy? I couldn't say.

people are really stupid. they are really, really stupid. they can't imagine the simplest answer being the correct one. they have to think of something super complicated and unlikely and then insist on it being the correct explanation. there no reason anyone should think like this

I hope it's just people running misinformation campaign to diminish any sympathy approval Trump might get out of it but reading the comments I'm not sure. Looks like at least some people really believe it.

The only thing I would like to know is where, according to the conspiracy theorists, do they keep getting the fake shooters from? Are they brainwashed MKUltra style? Are they Trump supporters willing to go to prison for Trump? Are they actual assassins but SS knows about their plans and is not stopping them on purpose?

There is some suggestion that google trends shows people in a controversial far away US ally were googling his name about 12 hours before he made his move.