Former President Trump survived an attack by a gunman today during a campaign rally.
Here’s a short summary of what we know so far:
The suspected gunman is dead as well as a spectator
Trump appeared to be bleeding from the ear, not from the bullet but from glass shrapnel
The suspect was posted up on a nearby roof, per an eyewitness
The Secret Service is supposed to screen for firearms, so if this is what it looks like, it could be a major scandal for the already scandal-plagued agency.
Below is a satellite image of the roof where the shooter was said to be located.
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This does seem like a major Secret Service failure, but after reading Zero Fail it’s not as surprising. I was expecting that maybe there was a dense collection of roofs to cover, but these seem to be some of the closest structures to the site and therefore an obvious place to maintain clearance of. Any thoughts on why such a major oversight might have happened? Something in this overhead visual that might not be capturing the full environment in a meaningful way?
Events of this nature make me think that all the vids and images and audio records need to be captured independently asap. ABC and CBS, for ex. as of this writing, don’t even have written stories online, just “breaking news” video because they have zero writers on staff who can put out a single sentence without an overseer spin doctor. They already said in a caption “Trump fell to the ground” which to me looked to be wrong, as it appeared he was pulled down by the security staff. There is no reason to trust anything emerging from corporate media. I’m nonpartisan for what it’s worth.
Initial accounts in these situations are almost always wrong; not for any nefarious reason but just because these events are extremely fluid, witness testimony during traumatic events is unreliable, etc.
I don’t believe anything that comes out of DC and all the formerly major “news” networks are husks. I was alive during the Reagan assassination attempt optics a lot different. Letting someone up and exposed again during a live shooter. Schoolchildren in the US unfortunately are apparently better drilled on active shooters. The thing about all right wing coup attempts is some fake thing like Erdogan, Putin, Chile you name it. So what is the truth? Everything that Trump “is” is a lie so why would I believe this? Set up some misfit with an off sited AR one of your patsies takes bullet and your on a roll with a minor scratch heading to the UFC and golfing. Come on we all no he’s a baby a REAL attempt and he’s crying in the basement of Mar Lago until the election.
Understood, I saw Rashomon, and been on a jury. Today, the further out an incident is, the more almost always wrong the Memory Hole Media makes it. Speculators don’t help.
I had to quit local social media because of hysteria, people screaming “Is there a horde of zombie rapists setting fires!!” when all they heard was a limb fall off a tree. Part of why people get into that space so fast is because we have lost honest local reporters to tell reliably relate who, what, when, where, and why. There are no answers, nothing makes sense, so they fill in the blanks with raving imagination.
‘is there a horde of zombie rapists setting fires’ just killed me. 😹 i mean, i live in kensington philadelphia so with love, that’s kind of always possible but the zombies here aren’t rapists if we’re being real - just people struggling with life and drug misuse disorders. haven’t experienced them being arsonists either but you’d never know that from what the media and press tells you lol
He is lucky to be alive as the shot was clearly intended to hit him through rather than on the side of the head. I suspect that this might put him in the White House though I think that was already almost certain. One never knows what will happen between now and November even regarding natural mortality.
Erm, glass shrapnel from what? I’ve heard the “teleprompter” report but that doesn’t make any sense to me, unless it is customary to position teleprompters behind or to the far side of the speaker (given that Trump grabbed at his right ear as he was looking toward his right side).
I saw the Nazi salute as well. It was brief but very clearly visible. I mentioned this to a family member who is an avid supporter of Mr. Trump and he was outraged, saying that he was just waving to the crowd. B.S. I've never seen anyone wave like that. Visiting family member still pissed off about this, this morning. Sad.
Maybe they felt some responsibility to report objectively in the context of violence that was quite possibly inspired (at least in part) by their own industry's maximally uncharitable interpretations of everything the would-be victim has ever done.
I saw it too and I started googling immediately to see who picked that up in media but crickets! He definitely gave a Nazi salute! He pulled it back because it dawned on him that he shouldn’t. You don’t pump your fist and yell fight then wave with a straight arm. Sorry. I posted this to another message board and I was accused of having some kind of Trump delusional disorder. I want to scream with frustration for the flipping sheeple lemmings of humans we’ve all become. This event was staged. Yes, people died. People die when you stage events with real guns. Nothing else can explain the pure negligence of the security. Nothing else can explain the eerie calm of the crowd. Nothing else can explain how Trump seemed so prepared to fire up his base after being shot. If it wasn’t staged, the amount of panic and adrenaline would not have produced those optics. Sorry not sorry, people need to wtfu!
Saw StatusCoup news during the whole shooting. They grabbed the BBC interview of a guy who saw the shooter crawl onto roof with his gun. He tried to warn cops...
From @cnsnews: eye witness says that the police and attendees spotted the shooter moving building to building BEFORE the shooting. If true, why the hell didn't they get T off the stage right away?? Something doesn't smell right to me but tell me what y'all think. I haven't heard this important tidbit reported anywhere else.
It seems borderline impossible to me that a shooter could have been on a building that close to the rally, given that good marksmen could hit a target with a good sniper rifle from twice that distance
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This does seem like a major Secret Service failure, but after reading Zero Fail it’s not as surprising. I was expecting that maybe there was a dense collection of roofs to cover, but these seem to be some of the closest structures to the site and therefore an obvious place to maintain clearance of. Any thoughts on why such a major oversight might have happened? Something in this overhead visual that might not be capturing the full environment in a meaningful way?
Like to see the Biden regime try to deny secret service protection to RFK Jr. now.
They will.
Appreciate the clear summation. And you have the first overhead picture that I've seen published.
Events of this nature make me think that all the vids and images and audio records need to be captured independently asap. ABC and CBS, for ex. as of this writing, don’t even have written stories online, just “breaking news” video because they have zero writers on staff who can put out a single sentence without an overseer spin doctor. They already said in a caption “Trump fell to the ground” which to me looked to be wrong, as it appeared he was pulled down by the security staff. There is no reason to trust anything emerging from corporate media. I’m nonpartisan for what it’s worth.
Initial accounts in these situations are almost always wrong; not for any nefarious reason but just because these events are extremely fluid, witness testimony during traumatic events is unreliable, etc.
Color me skeptical. Because, well, you know, they’ve been fucking lying to us about everything since before you were born.
I don’t believe anything that comes out of DC and all the formerly major “news” networks are husks. I was alive during the Reagan assassination attempt optics a lot different. Letting someone up and exposed again during a live shooter. Schoolchildren in the US unfortunately are apparently better drilled on active shooters. The thing about all right wing coup attempts is some fake thing like Erdogan, Putin, Chile you name it. So what is the truth? Everything that Trump “is” is a lie so why would I believe this? Set up some misfit with an off sited AR one of your patsies takes bullet and your on a roll with a minor scratch heading to the UFC and golfing. Come on we all no he’s a baby a REAL attempt and he’s crying in the basement of Mar Lago until the election.
Understood, I saw Rashomon, and been on a jury. Today, the further out an incident is, the more almost always wrong the Memory Hole Media makes it. Speculators don’t help.
I had to quit local social media because of hysteria, people screaming “Is there a horde of zombie rapists setting fires!!” when all they heard was a limb fall off a tree. Part of why people get into that space so fast is because we have lost honest local reporters to tell reliably relate who, what, when, where, and why. There are no answers, nothing makes sense, so they fill in the blanks with raving imagination.
‘is there a horde of zombie rapists setting fires’ just killed me. 😹 i mean, i live in kensington philadelphia so with love, that’s kind of always possible but the zombies here aren’t rapists if we’re being real - just people struggling with life and drug misuse disorders. haven’t experienced them being arsonists either but you’d never know that from what the media and press tells you lol
The Secret Service has their hands full protecting Hunter’s massive hog.
Thank you for your clear factual reporting.
Thanks for all your great reporting. You always come with the facts and the receipts.
He is lucky to be alive as the shot was clearly intended to hit him through rather than on the side of the head. I suspect that this might put him in the White House though I think that was already almost certain. One never knows what will happen between now and November even regarding natural mortality.
Erm, glass shrapnel from what? I’ve heard the “teleprompter” report but that doesn’t make any sense to me, unless it is customary to position teleprompters behind or to the far side of the speaker (given that Trump grabbed at his right ear as he was looking toward his right side).
Agreed. I don't understand how anyone could know this without forensic evidence.
insert pic of trump hearing news of RBGs death (but pointing to left ear, i believe)
Why do none of the news agencies post the photos or video of him giving the Nazi salute as he’s leaving the stage? Gah! It’s crazy making.
I saw the Nazi salute as well. It was brief but very clearly visible. I mentioned this to a family member who is an avid supporter of Mr. Trump and he was outraged, saying that he was just waving to the crowd. B.S. I've never seen anyone wave like that. Visiting family member still pissed off about this, this morning. Sad.
yeah i thought that was kind of what he was doing too, glad it wasn’t just me tho who knows what tf goes thru his mind
You honestly think that was a nazi salute? Towards who?
Maybe they felt some responsibility to report objectively in the context of violence that was quite possibly inspired (at least in part) by their own industry's maximally uncharitable interpretations of everything the would-be victim has ever done.
I saw the Nazi salute too. Right after the 'fight, fight' fist pump. It looked exactly like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1e3ubsy/in_downtown_nashville_yesterday/
I saw it too, and wrote to NPR about it. It's certainly crazy making, that no one is talking about it.
I saw it too and I started googling immediately to see who picked that up in media but crickets! He definitely gave a Nazi salute! He pulled it back because it dawned on him that he shouldn’t. You don’t pump your fist and yell fight then wave with a straight arm. Sorry. I posted this to another message board and I was accused of having some kind of Trump delusional disorder. I want to scream with frustration for the flipping sheeple lemmings of humans we’ve all become. This event was staged. Yes, people died. People die when you stage events with real guns. Nothing else can explain the pure negligence of the security. Nothing else can explain the eerie calm of the crowd. Nothing else can explain how Trump seemed so prepared to fire up his base after being shot. If it wasn’t staged, the amount of panic and adrenaline would not have produced those optics. Sorry not sorry, people need to wtfu!
Re-open The JFK assassination files!!
As someone who shoots competitively, all I can say is that kid was a bad shot, or his nerves got the best of him (which is definitely understandable).
What did you talk about in our chat with Steve Bannon on his podcast „warroom“ ?
Saw StatusCoup news during the whole shooting. They grabbed the BBC interview of a guy who saw the shooter crawl onto roof with his gun. He tried to warn cops...
Weird interview, spontaneous, unedited
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPREK2y4g/
From @cnsnews: eye witness says that the police and attendees spotted the shooter moving building to building BEFORE the shooting. If true, why the hell didn't they get T off the stage right away?? Something doesn't smell right to me but tell me what y'all think. I haven't heard this important tidbit reported anywhere else.
*@cBSnews
It seems borderline impossible to me that a shooter could have been on a building that close to the rally, given that good marksmen could hit a target with a good sniper rifle from twice that distance
Yeah but he was armed with an AR15 and it looked like he had no scope. Reportedly 400m away. That’s not bad is it?
I'm not a gun guy but that seems crazy to me in a different way.