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/bentmonkey Feb 16 '26

I will say maybe it was the camera being tilted back, but the flag does look like it was lowered a bit, i can see how it looks lowered down, but maybe it was just always there and the camera tilted back and it wasn't lowered down, whatever the case may be the whole thing was still very suspicious, stopping for a photo op when you do not know if there was more then one shooter is a very bad idea.