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GenThePerservering

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22. It's not whether the attempts were fake or not

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 10:59 AM

15 hrs ago

but the fact that you not only cannot believe anything coming out of this maladministration, but they're complete manipulators.

The groper comments on that article show pretty much that they don't want to see the real reason for skepticism.

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Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago OP

Who was incompetent? The Butler, Door Dash Grandma, or a guy with empty shells? bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #1

Remember the acronym from the time following 9/11? LIHOP? EYESORE 9001 18 hrs ago #2

When is Cole Allen going to expose the whole thing? At trial? MichMan 18 hrs ago #3

I would argue they are trying to set that up by placing him on an unjustified suicide watch including isolation. Ford_Prefect 17 hrs ago #11

Real or not, I have compassion for the young person who fell for this mess. efhmc 16 hrs ago #19

They knew he was coming well in advance. He took a long train from the coast and travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #15

As a gmother of two young men in this age group, I so want to help him. I hope he has a loving, well grounded person to efhmc 16 hrs ago #20

Sarah Longwell of the Bulwark talked about this tishaLA 18 hrs ago #4

Honestly given how they have happened I wouldn't be surprised. cstanleytech 18 hrs ago #5

;-{) ....... Goonch 18 hrs ago #6

That is hilarious! Ray Bruns 18 hrs ago #7

Isn't it obvious by now that EVERYTHING about Dump is fake? Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #8

Yup Botany 17 hrs ago #10

Instead of finding common ground and bipartisan consensus in the center... Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #9

Given that the majority of his assertions are objectively false, Torchlight 17 hrs ago #12

Or the plaque he had put up on his golf course in VA to honor a battle that never happened. Botany 17 hrs ago #14

Hope you are right. efhmc 16 hrs ago #18

It's all about the image, the show, for trump... Wounded Bear 17 hrs ago #13

How else would ALL Republicans be sending the same text about the need for travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #16

How do you recruit someone to throw their life away for Donald Trump? Gaugamela 16 hrs ago #17

Totally Fake, unlikely. Totally manipulated, definitely. ThreeNoSeep 16 hrs ago #21

It's not whether the attempts were fake or not GenThePerservering 15 hrs ago #22

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve 15 hrs ago #23