Also, for the “we need the ballroom” crowd, Trump hosts events at Mar a Lago all the fucking time.
SleepyAtDawn on
This author is assuming competence in the face of years of demonstrated incompetence.
“This has to be real because no staged attempt would be so stupid.” Have you been paying any attention at all?
4n0nym0u5one on
The Fascists are attacking Teachers on X today, coordinated; they’re literally trying to collapse the system into stupidity. It is honestly gross and sickening.
Rough_Common6857 on
Here’s what I dont get. Was the gunman shooting or security? And if it was security, how did they not “neutralize” him at such close range?
*edit*
I see them now. But still, how is he not 💀 with all those people shooting at him?
No-Author-5240 on
And how exactly would an expensive new ballroom prevent this??
EnderCN on
If this was staged I doubt the agents on the floor would know anything about it so they would have acted like you expect them to. Heck, Trump wouldn’t even need to know it was staged. This entire article just seems really silly.
Happy_Coast2301 on
“No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic.”
Sloppy, amateurish and chaotic are three words that very much describe the Trump administration.
loud-oranges on
Occam’s razor tells us that the desperate game show host with cabinet members associated with WWE could and would stage a shooting.
ItsHammyTime2 on
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid… I would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?”
Trump, and his yes men, have created a culture so imbued with obvious falsehoods that the general public has lost the ability to trust their government, even in the most basic of issues. This is the start of a cascade of events that will snowball into bigger and bigger issues. The Nazis had it wrong. Its not repeating a lie enough that makes it true. But repeating a lie enough causes you to lose sight of what’s real and false. It distorts our reality until everything is false and nothing is ever true. As a Chernobyl taught us, there is always a physical cost for our lies.
sugarlessdeathbear on
>No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic. No stunt would leave Trump and those around him looking weak, old, and—some of them—terrified. No stunt orchestrated by Trump insiders would end in backbiting and recrimination inside his inner circle.
We must have been watching different administrations, because this seems the norm for them.
Am_Deer on
It could be that he lies about EVERYTHING! Maybe I’m the only one who notices that he is incapable of the truth. /s
HousingOk6362 on
So several days prior White House aides had reportedly leaked that they were planning a “Mic’ Drop” moment for the Correspondents Dinner, so Trump could leave early. Add in the “Shots will be fired” comment hours prior. Then the fiasco it self and it’s follow up foolishness.
GreatGojira on
It’s hard to believe it when you have a guy with a shotgun show up, and you see some old guy eating his dinner in the video. Doesn’t give a damn about anything.
Illustrious-Fun8324 on
It’s so satisfying seeing them all get frustrated that we won’t blame ourselves and feel sorry.
MAGA has made their bed with conspiracy theories designed to avoid responsibility. They try to claim democrats were responsible for January 6th and refuse to admit Vance Boelter (who had a list of democrats to kill but got caught after targeting two of them and their spouses) was a Trump Supporter killing lawmakers because they were democrats.
Why? They don’t want this treatment back that they’re trying to dish out now.
They think they can point their fingers and place blame, and then escape every bit of blame when someone on their side does something.
Frustrating when we dish it back, isn’t it? Lmao we will not be taking blame, not sorry.
Trump is the one radicalizing people against him. This is Trump’s fault.
MAGA needs to accept that and get over it.
daddyneedsadrink on
So sick of hearing about this old fuck
synapse187 on
I was there as well. Watched mr t eat a human heart, jd inappropriately touched everyone. Everyone should listen to me instead.
Individual_Side_2689 on
Clearly the ballroom project is a money laundering scheme. Isn’t it obvious?
mishma2005 on
So I am assuming that MAL, UFC fights and his golf courses are not secure either? Haha I crack myself up
Ill_Neighborhood_131 on
He wants the ballroom because it’s a military bunker to hide behind when we come for him.
Bionic_Ninjas on
So their one point in favor of this not being staged is that “the Trump administration is too competent to do it this badly”? Where the fuck has this guy been the last ten years?
Signal_Minimum8509 on
In the never ending debate of, “is the Trump administration stupid or evil,” the answer is both.
Always both.
elementzn30 on
Even if the shooting was real, the fact that no one believes it is divine retribution for the most dishonest administration in history.
No one would be accusing this of being a hoax if we could ever trust literally a single word out of this administration’s mouth
Personal_Spend_2535 on
I don’t think it was staged, but i think it’s more like they knew of a credible threat and then they reduced security in certain places so it could happen.
TemperatureGood5019 on
Was this written by the guy who calmly ate his dinner while everyone was panicking?
ManderlyDreaming on
So wait, he thinks that because not EVERYONE THERE was in on this stunt, that some of the attendees were legitimately afraid, that means it wasn’t a stunt? Okay Jan.
-BluBone- on
I don’t honestly believe the attack was fake, but I think it’s hilarious that DJT has so little trust that it’s more believable that it was fake
hackingdreams on
> “No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic.”
Where the FUCK have you been for this President’s existence? The list of sloppy, amateurish and chaotic stunts this administration has pulled can fill more than a dozen Wikipedia articles. In fact: THEY HAVE.
mcinmosh on
They should call this sub “Paywalled articles with hundreds of people commenting on the headline”
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Also, for the “we need the ballroom” crowd, Trump hosts events at Mar a Lago all the fucking time.
This author is assuming competence in the face of years of demonstrated incompetence.
“This has to be real because no staged attempt would be so stupid.” Have you been paying any attention at all?
The Fascists are attacking Teachers on X today, coordinated; they’re literally trying to collapse the system into stupidity. It is honestly gross and sickening.
Here’s what I dont get. Was the gunman shooting or security? And if it was security, how did they not “neutralize” him at such close range?
*edit*
I see them now. But still, how is he not 💀 with all those people shooting at him?
And how exactly would an expensive new ballroom prevent this??
If this was staged I doubt the agents on the floor would know anything about it so they would have acted like you expect them to. Heck, Trump wouldn’t even need to know it was staged. This entire article just seems really silly.
“No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic.”
Sloppy, amateurish and chaotic are three words that very much describe the Trump administration.
Occam’s razor tells us that the desperate game show host with cabinet members associated with WWE could and would stage a shooting.
“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid… I would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?”
Trump, and his yes men, have created a culture so imbued with obvious falsehoods that the general public has lost the ability to trust their government, even in the most basic of issues. This is the start of a cascade of events that will snowball into bigger and bigger issues. The Nazis had it wrong. Its not repeating a lie enough that makes it true. But repeating a lie enough causes you to lose sight of what’s real and false. It distorts our reality until everything is false and nothing is ever true. As a Chernobyl taught us, there is always a physical cost for our lies.
>No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic. No stunt would leave Trump and those around him looking weak, old, and—some of them—terrified. No stunt orchestrated by Trump insiders would end in backbiting and recrimination inside his inner circle.
We must have been watching different administrations, because this seems the norm for them.
It could be that he lies about EVERYTHING! Maybe I’m the only one who notices that he is incapable of the truth. /s
So several days prior White House aides had reportedly leaked that they were planning a “Mic’ Drop” moment for the Correspondents Dinner, so Trump could leave early. Add in the “Shots will be fired” comment hours prior. Then the fiasco it self and it’s follow up foolishness.
It’s hard to believe it when you have a guy with a shotgun show up, and you see some old guy eating his dinner in the video. Doesn’t give a damn about anything.
It’s so satisfying seeing them all get frustrated that we won’t blame ourselves and feel sorry.
MAGA has made their bed with conspiracy theories designed to avoid responsibility. They try to claim democrats were responsible for January 6th and refuse to admit Vance Boelter (who had a list of democrats to kill but got caught after targeting two of them and their spouses) was a Trump Supporter killing lawmakers because they were democrats.
Why? They don’t want this treatment back that they’re trying to dish out now.
They think they can point their fingers and place blame, and then escape every bit of blame when someone on their side does something.
Frustrating when we dish it back, isn’t it? Lmao we will not be taking blame, not sorry.
Trump is the one radicalizing people against him. This is Trump’s fault.
MAGA needs to accept that and get over it.
So sick of hearing about this old fuck
I was there as well. Watched mr t eat a human heart, jd inappropriately touched everyone. Everyone should listen to me instead.
Clearly the ballroom project is a money laundering scheme. Isn’t it obvious?
So I am assuming that MAL, UFC fights and his golf courses are not secure either? Haha I crack myself up
He wants the ballroom because it’s a military bunker to hide behind when we come for him.
So their one point in favor of this not being staged is that “the Trump administration is too competent to do it this badly”? Where the fuck has this guy been the last ten years?
In the never ending debate of, “is the Trump administration stupid or evil,” the answer is both.
Always both.
Even if the shooting was real, the fact that no one believes it is divine retribution for the most dishonest administration in history.
No one would be accusing this of being a hoax if we could ever trust literally a single word out of this administration’s mouth
I don’t think it was staged, but i think it’s more like they knew of a credible threat and then they reduced security in certain places so it could happen.
Was this written by the guy who calmly ate his dinner while everyone was panicking?
So wait, he thinks that because not EVERYONE THERE was in on this stunt, that some of the attendees were legitimately afraid, that means it wasn’t a stunt? Okay Jan.
I don’t honestly believe the attack was fake, but I think it’s hilarious that DJT has so little trust that it’s more believable that it was fake
> “No stunt would be so sloppy, amateurish, and chaotic.”
Where the FUCK have you been for this President’s existence? The list of sloppy, amateurish and chaotic stunts this administration has pulled can fill more than a dozen Wikipedia articles. In fact: THEY HAVE.
They should call this sub “Paywalled articles with hundreds of people commenting on the headline”