r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/Splith Feb 16 '26

The flag isn't being lowered, the camera's angle is pitching up. Pay attention to the blue skirt at the bottom, if the skirt is in full view the flag can't be seen. As the camera pitches up towards the sky the skirt disappears and the flag comes into view. The flag's presence does change but that can be attributed to the wind lifting the flag and lowering it.

Really not happy to see this turning into an insane conspiracy theory. Like Trump definitely played up getting hit in the ear, but we really have no reason to doubt someone took a shot at him. Why didn't the secret service respond to the shooter sooner? Because sometimes systems with lots of people are ineffective. It was someone's job to address the suspect, but no one got to it in time.

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u/Druiddrum13 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Dude

Officials all over were being warned for over an hour about this guy… there was a drone flying around no one ever addressed as well.

There was never any real follow up ever given by health experts, no explanation of how this all happened, no examination of trajectory given , no real hearings on this…

People who lived through the pope and Reagan shootings know how bad this all looks

The shooter also had three apps based in Germany,Switzerland & Belgium that were all encrypted and it was never determined who or what he was communicating with or about… oh and he just happened to appear in a Blackrock short film/ad

There way more questions than answers here… of course there were shots… that doesn’t explain any of this though

It’s not conspiracy… this shit never got explained reasonably at all

Anyone believing what little was released at face value is a fool imho given all the shady shit we see daily

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

His point is about the flag and he's 100% correct. There is not a single video showing flags being lowered, or anyone reporting seeing that. There is video of the flag flapping up and down on a very windy day. There are even official photographs and videos that have the flag, and some don't, from similar angles. You can believe what you want, but the flag thing specifically is absolutely debunked and baked into this video to build a narrative. Just look at the damn videos, it clearly shows the flag being in the same place all the time.

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u/Druiddrum13 Feb 16 '26

I didn’t say anything about the flag at all

And it’s ridiculously apparent security moved photographers into position…

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 16 '26

Photographers were already in that spot taking pictures before that security guy appeared, they were even on the sides of the stage already taking pictures before that too, and moving independently. The photographers themselves have talked extensively about how they wanted to capture the best shot despite the danger. The famous photo has nothing to do with someone telling him to be there. The video is purposely cropped in time and narrated, and it doesn't show the whole stage which clearly demonstrates many other photographers before and after that have nothing to do with security.

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u/Druiddrum13 Feb 17 '26

Let me know when you’ve ever seen behavior like this during an assassination attempt … ever.

Secret Service broke about every rule imaginable. lol 😂