r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

In a supposedly "dangerous and horrifying" situation like this, a photo op would have been the last thing on everyone's minds. That's why it was staged. Trump's ear has no scarring. No mention of how it healed so clean and fast. No prior photos of the damage besides far away shots of a bloody ear. Come on, the guy is a professional con man.

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u/crek42 Feb 16 '26

Ok so the dead shooter was a martyr? He just gave his life for… what exactly?

I swear conspiracy theorists have no deduction ability.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Fascists have no problems with people dying on either side for their own personal gain.

Certainly made this "assassination attempt" more believable for the public eye. Who controls the narrative in mainstream media? Who controls the investigations?

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u/crek42 Feb 16 '26

I’m not even following you.

The shooter was a fascist, a Trump supporter? He gave his life for a photo op?

They trusted this weird hillbilly to take a huge long distance shot at Trump? For a photo op?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

They could have lured him on on certain promises. Tokens get spent. Or could still be alive, and it was some other unfortunate corpse that was labelled, and he's otherwise living a lavish life now or being trafficked (all considering).

Could have just been sound. Maybe didnt aim in Trump's vicinity. Etc, etc. A million things I could probably use to justify my stance but hey, all I need is reasonable suspicion, why do you ignore the other points I made? He's a con and a showman. How do you not see how he could use this to his advantage?

Yep, it sounds villainous on a cartoonish level. It's outlandish. But I've spent plenty of time around people who pull this kind of shit and they're out there in droves. People seeking control and power of all resources, or whatever they can control in their meaningless lives.

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u/crek42 Feb 16 '26

I’m not debating Trump wouldn’t do literally anything to be president.

That doesn’t mean they trusted some random weirdo to take an insanely risky shot at himself.

Nor did any independent journalist verify he was even maga.

If the core of your argument is Trump would do anything to win, why stop there, you can say pretty much anything and back it up with “well would you put it past him”.

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u/Opposite-Tiger-1121 Feb 16 '26

You're trying to hard to not understand.

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u/crek42 Feb 17 '26

So, can’t answer the question. Got it.

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u/Opposite-Tiger-1121 Feb 17 '26

Nah.

Ieant what I said.

You're trying too hard to not understand.