The recent shocking assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump has led to many questioning the incident and going as far as to make baffling claims.
Sick conspiracy theories are speaking about the attempt being staged for more fame and sympathy to attain more votes. It took a few minutes for Donald Trump’s posts to arrive online and most of them were related to showing hate for the Republican leader.
Many theorists felt the shooting was staged to boost his electoral prospects as blood was seen running down the right side of his face.
Tech experts shed light on how the term ‘staged’ ranked fourth in search today, followed up closely by Trump, Antifa, and the Secret Service.
This was before law enforcement agencies confirmed the gunman’s identity.
Some X users were quick to hang their theories in relation to the defiant images of Trump seen online after the shooting took place.
The fact that the images released were so picture-perfect in nature made it hard for some to believe that it was not staged. Comments like ‘photo of the decade’ and ‘absolutely incredible’ were just some of the many comments getting published online and attracting viewers.
‘How can the bullet strike his ear but not his face, and there’s a lot of blood rolling down his face.point 210 |
Perhaps it was all fake and only done for the attention’- another baffling comment mentioned.point 85 | Some felt it was a pellet shot because the sounds were so weak while another highlighted how no one moved after he was struck.point 188 | What do you think?point 203 | 1