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Imagine being such a hated coward that you're literally surrounded by the military, and still have to hide behind bullet proof glass
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He's not going to risk one of his own taking more potshots at him again...
He wasn't at risk before, staged PR stunt. Why do you think he put so many WWE employees in his cabinet?
This is a joke, right?
I miss when conspiracy theories could just be fun.
Yeah.. yeah.
Like UFOs and cryptids and shit. Yeah...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cheung_(political_advisor) I mistook UFC with WWE on this one, but the theater is very similar.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon Literally co-founded the WWE
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/19/donald-trump-pro-wrestling-wwe-00298303
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/trumpmania-professional-wrestling-influence-presidency/
Trump has even participated/hosted WWE events so he's very familiar with the theatrics of professional wrestling. If you were to look up the videos of other presidential assassinations/attempts, note the response of the Secret Service and compare that to the Butler stunt. Not to mention that CNN had not televised any of his other rallies up to that point, the fact that his ear is completely unscathed, or how lackadaisical they're conducting the investigation into the shooter.
That shit was staged, pure professional wrestling theatrics and the optics to gain a sympathy vote, and people ate it right up.
One word: mortars.
Fragging used to be a thing.
That's why they took hand grenades during the W years. Soldiers were getting pretty sick of fighting for Halliburton.
That's what righteous men do while been righteous.