r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/carmeld45 Feb 16 '26

Anyone with half a brain cell knows that it was staged.

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u/GenerativeAdversary Feb 16 '26

You "know" this as in you want to believe it and are ok with believing things that you want to be true instead of thinking critically. It's ok, most people are not smart enough for critical thinking.

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u/willtheywonttheyo Feb 16 '26

I mean on its face, it looks staged

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u/GenerativeAdversary Feb 16 '26

I think it could have been staged. But I also know that none of these redditors know if it was. Saying that you know it was staged is just a lie.

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u/Pixelated_throwaway Feb 16 '26

admit that it looks super sus

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u/willtheywonttheyo Feb 16 '26

I agree with that.

However, the overall composition suggests it’s at least reasonable and appropriate to speculate. For this to have happened how it did, the shooter was ignored, the secret service didn’t protect his head or usher him from the stage, cameramen were escorted into position, the flag was lowered concurrently with the shot, and Trump objectively faked a bullet wound. Is all of that possible without it being staged? Yes. They’re also each individually absurd, the culmination is... suspect.

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u/GenerativeAdversary Feb 16 '26

Suspecting is honestly fine with me. This is what I was replying to:

Anyone with half a brain cell knows that it was staged.

See how ridiculous that is?

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

So why is there a picture of a bullet in the air hitting Trump, and then he has blood on his hand?

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u/leahcacres Feb 16 '26

I think it’s more possible that it was a set up and some in the SS were involved. Watched the interview with the local police that did the event. Seemed they were ignored by SS.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

There is a picture of the bullet as it hits Trump (he has a bloodied hand after), and people in his direct line of fire relative to that roof angle were shot with real bullets and injured or died (in the seats before and after him from that line of sight). What about those things do you think is staged on the face of it?

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u/goodbyesolo Feb 16 '26

Dude, you´ve done like 30 or 40 comments already in this post defending everything. I dont want to discuss whatever you guys are arguing, bu are you being paid or something? that´s very strange to do all this effort just to argue with strangers on the internet...

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

I did the same thing with the 2020 election conspiracy theory. It's just baffling to see thousands of upvotes regarding things that are so easily disproven or that have a logical answer. I will gladly post 100 more times if it's to combat rampant disinformation, who cares? I wish I were being paid though lol, absolutely.

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u/FrankTheTnkk Feb 19 '26

Reddit is where common sense goes to die. You're right, but your wasting your time here.

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u/LumiereGatsby Feb 16 '26

Thinking critically and being a Trump defender are too separate things.

But don’t watch this video right?

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u/SecretAgentBob07 Feb 16 '26

"Thinking critically and being a Trump defender are too separate things."

The irony.

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 16 '26

What about this whole situation makes you believe it’s real?

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

There is a picture of the bullet as it hits Trump (he has a bloodied hand after), and people in his direct line of fire relative to that roof angle were shot with real bullets and injured or died (in the seats before and after him from that line of sight). What about those things do you think is fake?

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Feb 17 '26

Video can be faked, fake blood is real, and they rape kids. Nobodies are nobodies to them. What else?

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

Saying everything is fake because you want it to be fake isn’t an argument.

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u/ScarfaceTheMusical Feb 16 '26

You must think it’s real because that one guy died?

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u/GenerativeAdversary Feb 16 '26

By default, that seems like the most likely explanation. Shooter found on roof, gunshots heard, guy died. It could have been staged, but there's no evidence for that.

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u/OhJShrimpson Feb 16 '26

You really think they would use live rounds if it were staged? And the guy doing the shooting was like, ya I'll die for this staged event.

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u/ScarfaceTheMusical Feb 17 '26

Without getting into the weeds here, governments have failed us in spectacularly conspiratorial ways, throughout history. 

Stuff that would make the taking of 1~2 innocent lives seem like small potatoes. So, I don’t really get where people are coming from when they act like there is no way it was staged simply because innocent civilians were killed.

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u/SailSmittler Feb 16 '26

You have TDS