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EdmondDantes_

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102. So is your theory that the shooter thought he had blanks and the Trump team knew he had real bullets and

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 09:23 PM

Mar 23

Trump voluntarily let someone shoot at him with real bullets or that the Trump team told the shooter and Trump it was going to be live bullets and Trump just went along after he was either nicked in the ear or hit by glass and never fired anybody? That's not a particularly logical theory from everything we know about that collection of nitwits.

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Remember when Trump pretended to be slightly nicked on the ear? [View all] Orrex Mar 23 OP

trump's miracle ear fulfills the prophecy of revelations 13 :3 rampartd Mar 23 #1

I had read that some of his 'supporters' MyOwnPeace Mar 23 #23

Corey Comperatore ninjanurse Mar 23 #41

Exhume him! BidenRocks Mar 23 #48

He died for his orange idol Bettie Mar 23 #78

They will all tell you, their "Classic" answer popsdenver Mar 23 #100

And so does.... Escape Mar 23 #104

It wasn't the Lord working in mysterious ways Grim Chieftain Tuesday #151

Hell, when I was kid I modelled that "Beast* bobalew Mar 23 #120

Yeah! The miracle ear. BobsYourUncle Tuesday #135

I believe that is supposed to be the Antichrist it happens to. kerry-is-my-prez Tuesday #148

they like him as the anti christ rampartd Tuesday #156

Yes he is the Seven Headed wild beast Oppaloopa Tuesday #149

Putin's plan for Orban to do the same was just discovered Easterncedar Mar 23 #2

Interesting factoid. yellow dahlia Mar 23 #39

Here's a link but no way to know if it is true. The WP ran with it also but they are no longer trustworthy lostnfound Tuesday #145

Thanks! yellow dahlia Tuesday #146

Interesting that Russia and the US are both backing Orban MadameButterfly Mar 23 #52

SAG Whip-poor-will Mar 23 #74

K&R 2naSalit Mar 23 #3

Yep. That was staged. Scrivener7 Mar 23 #4

It was clear from 1/6 that he would do ANYTHING. Anything. themaguffin Mar 23 #5

Just look at who his head of education is. Nuf said n/t Cheezoholic Mar 23 #6

It was obviously.... Staged. ashredux Mar 23 #7

If Trump is on aspirin or prescription blood thiner Delmette2.0 Mar 23 #53

But nothing requiring a pound of gauze. Beartracks Mar 23 #119

Of course not needing a pound of gauze--or a sanitary napkin. MervinFerd Sunday #171

All I know is that we had 3 stray cats fixed. Conjuay Mar 23 #73

I thought it odd that the Secret Service agents did not keep him... 3catwoman3 Mar 23 #106

But how would he have raised his fist and said, "Fight, fight, fight" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Tuesday #141

All anyone has to do with phoney blood is all the time Trump spent with WWE Bengus81 Tuesday #159

I STILL have a noticeable scar r�is�n_dubh Wednesday #164

I wasn't very vocal about it, when it happened, mercuryblues Mar 23 #8

There is. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #16

I have more of a scar on my ear cartilage from getting my ears pierced. MorbidButterflyTat Mar 23 #92

I agree, he was most likely mercuryblues Mar 23 #98

I do not see any scarring of his right ear Dave says Mar 23 #113

I believe he was nicked by a fragment of debris misanthrope Sunday #174

That wouldn't surprise me at all. Ms. Toad Sunday #177

Agree completely misanthrope Sunday #180

and the blood was on his CHEEK. Trueblue Texan Mar 23 #61

I just looked at timeline images on NPR and I didn't see a bloody hand. Trueblue Texan Mar 23 #65

It's amazing that the secret service stood him up like that in the line of fire Orrex Tuesday #140

I take it you've never cut yourself, Ms. Toad Mar 23 #82

The blood appeared instantly... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #133

None of the videos I've seen show the right side of his face Ms. Toad Tuesday #142

The ear is scarred, in every image I have seen of it since the incident. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #9

Thank you for being a voice of reason and common sense. Jedi Guy Mar 23 #10

I take a lot of guff for it, too. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #14

Well, I suppose that's one way to put it. Orrex Mar 23 #70

"Perhaps you'll next assure us that those pics of Trump with bikini-clad children are photoshopped, too." Jedi Guy Mar 23 #89

The kooky theory is that an unhealthy bag of shit healed from a bullet wound in three days Orrex Mar 23 #91

Hm. Jedi Guy Mar 23 #111

How many of them have blabbed about Trump raping children? Orrex Mar 23 #115

Your claim falls apart when you realize those aren't comparable situations EdmondDantes_ Mar 23 #117

You are mistaken Orrex Mar 23 #118

"How many of them have blabbed about Trump raping children?" Jedi Guy Tuesday #121

Fair enough Orrex Tuesday #129

Also.. Orrex Tuesday #131

What the hell is kooky about trusting your own eyes? Trueblue Texan Tuesday #162

I agree with you. Also, the bag of dicks he hangs out with could NEVER Maru Kitteh Mar 23 #11

You underestimate his desire to stay in power. Ritabert Mar 23 #12

Those were live bullets. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #13

Right With You ProfessorGAC Mar 23 #18

Agreed. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 23 #20

My shoes! BidenRocks Mar 23 #51

He removes his shoes because his feet swell if he stands for an hour. /nt MervinFerd Sunday #172

My guess is the shooter thought he had blanks. Ritabert Mar 23 #22

Right - and blanks killed Corey Camparatore. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 23 #27

This entire thread is an embarrassment sarisataka Mar 23 #46

Prove it! BidenRocks Mar 23 #58

Investigation into that so-called assassination was shelved very quickly. Ritabert Mar 23 #62

Are we going with crisis actors sarisataka Mar 23 #64

How about hospital records of Piggy's heroic survival? MorbidButterflyTat Mar 23 #95

I remember Reagan. BidenRocks Mar 23 #114

Me too! MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #123

Why does that surprise you? It was a setup. Ritabert Mar 23 #60

Would you let someone shoot at you sarisataka Mar 23 #67

Maybe only his hand hit his ear CivicGrief Tuesday #160

What about "thought he had blanks" don't you get? Ritabert Mar 23 #59

So the shooter either couldn't remember to grab the clip with the blanks EdmondDantes_ Mar 23 #72

The guy was recruited and was told there would be blanks. Ritabert Mar 23 #93

So is your theory that the shooter thought he had blanks and the Trump team knew he had real bullets and EdmondDantes_ Mar 23 #102

I agree with you that Orange Julius Caesar would never put himself in the line of real live bullets. generalbetrayus Mar 23 #49

He was too cavalier about it. He knew it. Ritabert Mar 23 #63

Your explanation is the correct one MustLoveBeagles Mar 23 #56

He knew he wasn't in danger. Ritabert Mar 23 #66

His life was never in danger JokeHer Mar 23 #84

Seriously? Anytime live bullets are flying, the lives of everyone in the general target range Ms. Toad Mar 23 #85

One agent hid behind him with the SS. Melon Mar 23 #45

I wish you'd post some images that illustrate the scarring. I've never been able to see it, but maybe I Crunchy Frog Mar 23 #35

I don't go hunting for them. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #38

+1 demmiblue Mar 23 #42

Ms. Toad, what I was thinking when this happened... jmowreader Mar 23 #55

That could well be. Ms. Toad Mar 23 #88

yeah I like it was a puppy nip or box cutter just enough of the slice to make it flow. n/t SonOfNebanaube Mar 23 #107

I agree though the situation is really, really off. Seriously off. Jbraybarten Tuesday #153

As I recall, this came a few days after he said CivicGrief Tuesday #161

K & R Emile Mar 23 #15

He is an evil being purr-rat beauty Mar 23 #17

I'm an athiest Bettie Mar 23 #79

It's gotta be tough to carry water for that boy Torchlight Mar 23 #19

I never doubted it Tree Lady Mar 23 #21

The same Secret Service that didn't secure the area before the assassination attempt? EdmondDantes_ Mar 23 #29

Obviously our country needs Tree Lady Mar 23 #86

The same one or ones who crouched behind trump after the gunshots Melon Mar 23 #110

I'm so old sarisataka Mar 23 #24

Remember when DU was the "reality-based community"? Jedi Guy Mar 23 #90

Yours is the first post in this thread I've found that sounds sane. nt LAS14 Mar 23 #97

Making liberals look like nutty conspiracy theorists and extremists helps the right-wing. betsuni Tuesday #127

I've been saying this exact thing for years on this site... Fix The Stupid Tuesday #150

lol, this nonsense is nothing. 9/11 truthers used to run rampant years ago. tritsofme Tuesday #130

I remember when I was told I was intellectually inferior for saying Epstein didn't kill himself. Scrivener7 Tuesday #132

I may be older: I remember the 911 Conspiracy Theories. Thermite! Mini-Nukes! CGI Airplanes! MervinFerd Sunday #173

The USSS is trained to cover the president with their own bodies. If it wasn't staged the USSS never would have... usaf-vet Mar 23 #25

That crew was completely incompetent Melon Tuesday #124

I keep thinking of the My Lai Massacre KT2000 Mar 23 #26

Green Light To All Iranian Assassins 2na fisherman Mar 23 #28

Thank you for the sanity. hamsterjill Mar 23 #30

He probably has. MorbidButterflyTat Mar 23 #96

+1000 hamsterjill Mar 23 #99

How is it that people here don't understand that cartilage doesn't regenerate? Crunchy Frog Mar 23 #31

Way too many "marks" have fallen time and time again for the con man's tricks Blue Owl Mar 23 #32

Zero scars on that ear. Blue Full Moon Mar 23 #33

Upthread it was declared that scarring is evident Orrex Mar 23 #75

and Epstein wasn't suicide. Time will tell Evolve Dammit Mar 23 #34

Nothing is past the grifter. yellow dahlia Mar 23 #36

Absolutely staged shooting, and he set up and sacrificed 2 people to win. Greybnk48 Mar 23 #37

You are advocating an impossible, irrational Conspiracy Theory. MervinFerd Mar 23 #40

Not impossible at all. There are many ways it could have been pulled off and many analyses showing the official story is LymphocyteLover Tuesday #147

So. What are those ways? MervinFerd Saturday #165

Knowing if the assassination was fake or a set-up is not the most pressing issue right now but it is LymphocyteLover Saturday #166

There are "anomalies" in every real event. MervinFerd Saturday #167

A small fragment of what? Shouldn't we know by now? LymphocyteLover Sunday #169

The glass shield in front of him; part of the lectern; a piece of his shoe... MervinFerd Sunday #176

Not -completely- impossible. MervinFerd Sunday #178

No, there are not many ways it could have been done.... MervinFerd 15 hrs ago #181

I have no opinion as to whether the assassination attempt was staged or not. ShazzieB Mar 23 #43

I had a vision after accidentally inhaling chem-trails emitted from a black helicopter that told me the same thing! tritsofme Mar 23 #44

The bullet fired by the shooter traveled approx 3,200 ft per second, which is faster that the speed of sound Martin Eden Mar 23 #47

I don't know about AI hearing loss sarisataka Mar 23 #68

I'm no expert, so I may have misconstrued the answer from AI Martin Eden Mar 23 #76

Most likely it is just a poor AI response sarisataka Mar 23 #77

AI May Have Said That ProfessorGAC Mar 23 #81

I loved how the blood splattered in the opposite direction of the bullet and with Hollywood movie blood too ffr Mar 23 #50

Not the corporate media, nor his tireless defenders Orrex Mar 23 #71

Just wait one darn second there! Javaman Mar 23 #54

Well, as for whether or not his ear was damaged and completely healed, I see a possible small ding generalbetrayus Mar 23 #57

Let's not forget about all our assets/spys offed during first stolen term. tazcat Mar 23 #69

tRump is not a builder, he's a destoyer. BigmanPigman Mar 23 #80

It was total bullshit MorbidButterflyTat Mar 23 #83

That FAT SLOB of a cowardly draft-dodging scumbag some_of_us_are_sane Mar 23 #87

Maybe the question should be does anyone doubt Trump would do ANYTHING to maintain power?? NoMoreRepugs Mar 23 #94

Somehow the GOP made a silk purse outta that sow's ear Blue Owl Mar 23 #101

And dead schoolchildren murdered here in America? Trump says: 'get over it.' Norrrm Mar 23 #103

You don't seem to understand Cirsium Mar 23 #105

The greatest "evidence" of a fake assassination attempt... Escape Mar 23 #108

Either he didn't know that he was in danger, or he knew that he wasn't in danger Orrex Tuesday #137

so... how was this staged? Takket Mar 23 #109

Stop! Who are you people????? What's happening to this website???? nt LAS14 Mar 23 #112

Numerous unresolved irregularities abound. Orrex Mar 23 #116

Bannon set it up and did not care if turd died or not because Bannon wins either way krawhitham Tuesday #122

And it allowed for this parade of bs jfz9580m Tuesday #125

IOW.... MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #154

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor usonian Tuesday #126

And today I hear that Russian intelligence... returnee Tuesday #128

I told my son: " Trump just won the election" mainer Tuesday #134

I believe it was a real assassination attempt, but he capitalized on it. JohnnyRingo Tuesday #136

Kooky CT nonsense Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #138

Thanks for the kick Orrex Tuesday #139

Right. MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #155

So, was Trump in on the plot? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #157

Find one post in which someone has claimed that the dead were crisis actors Orrex Tuesday #158

Look at what he has "pulled off" MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #163

Statler and Waldorf ain't too happy about this one. Torchlight Tuesday #143

Some words that would cause me to have a visit with the Secret Service. chouchou Tuesday #144

If it wasn't clear before 1/6, it certainly was after, that he would easily take whatever action needed for himself Jbraybarten Tuesday #152

A unified theory of Trump's ear. MervinFerd Saturday #168

In summary, he wan't shot--despite what he and his fuckhead KKKultists claim. Orrex Sunday #170

He was shot AT.... MervinFerd Sunday #175

There was no conspiracy theorized in the OP MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #179