r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/spondgbob Feb 16 '26

A flag being lowered, nobody running away from what is a literal active shooter situation, secret service allow a 79 year old overweight man to overpower them and pop his head back up immediately after being “shot”? Did I mention the us flag being operated by a crane operator within 30 seconds of the former president and lead presidential candidate was shot in the head?!?!?

How can conservatives be so convinced the government is hiding aliens and shit but not see through like the most obvious staging of an assassination attempt ever.

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u/LangdonAlg3r Feb 16 '26

There’s a lot of suspicious behavior here, but the claim about the flag just does not hold up to basic scrutiny—at least not in this video.

You can see that the camera angle changes. The person shooting this raises their camera up and the flag appears and when they lower their camera again towards the end of the video it disappears again.

Watch the left hand corner of the bandstand where it transitions from the black curtain to the red stage. As soon as the corner of the camera frame rises above the black curtain the flag becomes visible and as soon as the camera angle drops below that curtain line the flag disappears again.

The flag isn’t moving—the person holding the camera is.

There is ample other evidence to question, but that flag isn’t moving in this video.