"The attack on Trump was a staged event"the Maga conspiracy theory goes crazy

That the failed attack on Donald Trump on July 13, 2024 had been one hoax is a conspiracy theory which, in the aftermath of the attack, circulated especially among progressives. Now this conspiracy thesis is going crazy among the former loyalists of the most radical ‘Maga’ world, where the discontent with the war in Iran and its economic consequences. The frustration of the Trumpian base for a war that betrays the old promises of pacifism and isolationism is also expressed in this way: more and more disappointed supporters say they are convinced that the president of the United States had orchestrated the attack on Butler to increase his consensus.

Thomas Croocks

And the death on the spot of Thomas Crooks, who shot three people and killed one before exploding the shot that grazed Trump’s ear and being shot down by Secret Service agents, is the classic element capable, as happened with the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, of exciting the imagination and giving rise to the most bizarre hypotheses. Whether Trump’s election campaign took full advantage of his close encounter with death is in doubt. The image of the tycoon raising his fist to the sky as, with his ear bleeding, he was taken away by security immediately became iconic, as did the large bandage he wore wrapped around his ear in the following days.

Tucker Carlson’s podcast

It was the most illustrious of the old ‘Maga’ who became fierce critics who brought the thesis of staging back into fashion: Tucker Carlson. At the end of last year, on his very popular podcast, the former Fox commentator had claimed, without providing evidence, that the FBI had covered up the details of the shooting. The theory soon began to circulate again and the former director of the US National Counter-Terrorism Center Joe Kent, who had just resigned in protest against the war on Iran, appeared on Carlson’s podcast a month ago and underlined that the investigations into the attack had been closed without the administration providing more information on the matter.

“Israel’s Puppet”

Now, Wired has reconstructed, the hypothesis of the fake attack is on the lips of all the extremist ‘Maga’ who accuse Trump of having become a puppet of Israel. “I think maybe it was staged,” he said recently Tim Dillon, another podcaster who was a fervent supporter of Trump and today invites him to admit that “the attempted murder was staged to show people how important it was to vote for him and how far he was willing to go for them”. The comments on the episode in question are eloquent. “I know a Mark Burnett production when I see it,” quipped one user, regarding the reality TV show “The Apprentice,” starring Trump himself. “Not even Wolverine heals that quickly,” quipped another internet user, posting a photo showing the president’s apparently healthy ear shortly after the attack.