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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's Thomas Matthew Crooks on the right. It's wild how easily I forgot that at least 2 people have tried to assassinate him.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't believe for a second that the first attempt was legitimate.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This guy was on a roof and shot his ear.

The second attempt would be from Ryan Routh, NATO obsessed guy who loved Biden and Ukraine and could summon 10,000 volunteer soldiers he recruited to help Ukraine, if only he got to charge his ult.

how in the ever loving fuck did I not hear about Ryan Routh. that should have been everywhere

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I was sure to phrase it "at least", because who knows if there's been other attempts that we don't know about or have been foiled before they got the chance to.

[–] teft@piefed.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rosie is giving me Christopher Pike vibes in that pic. Love it.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Comments like this prove lemmy is insurmountably better than reddit

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Am I too European to understand what this is about?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rosie O'Donnell criticized Lord God Emperor Trumpus Maximus and like the true narcissist he is, he has never stopped being mad at her for it. He recently threatened to revoke her citizenship even though she was born in the US to US citizens.

The guy on the right literally tried to assassinate Trump, but he's dead now. Not sure why Trump never mentions him though, other than he's probably satisfied with the fact that he died trying to kill him.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trumpus (~Trumpet) Maximus

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fact he never mentions the guy on the right is odd because there are a lot of unanswered questions. Two phones, foreign (Mossad) tech used to hack them, never mentioned again. His lone-gunman (CIA/Mossad agent) background is suspect. Yet, Trump isn't digging down into him, or maybe he was told not to by his handlers (Zionist.)

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago

How do we know this about him? I hadn't really read anything about him after the attempt

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm not American, and thanks for asking. I had no clue either haha.

[–] Nico_198X@europe.pub 6 points 1 day ago

yes. appreciate that fact and enjoy your day.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 18 points 1 day ago

No. Matthew Crooks went after him because of his suspicion of Trump being in the Epstein Files.

Rosie was brought by Trump, in association with a heinously treasonous idea, to distract from Trump’s association with the Epstein Files.

Distraction is Trump’s preferred tool when he’s scared or grifting.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

He talks about Rosie because she's just living her life and not seeing massive consequences from his hatred. The would be assassin got the fury of the state stomping down on them.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He never mentions the guy because the "assassination attempt" was a poorly disguised hoax, and EVERYONE knows it.

Worse for HitlerPig is that he KNOWS that everyone knows that it is a hoax, so he's keeping relatively quiet about it. Now and then he makes a reference to it, but it ALWAYS falls flat. Even his own followers don't get worked up about it because they know it was a clumsy hoax. If they claim to believe it, then they have to explain the fact that the guy was a hard-core MAGA, another awkward fact they don't want to deal with.

It was a hoax that didn't work, and one guy had his head literally blown off, so best to keep it on the DL.

[–] TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

How can it be a hoax if it resulted in the death of 2 people. You really think Trump hired somebody to fire live rounds at him? I think you're in the minority here, I too thought it was awfully convenient with the timing and the lack of information about the shooter, but I just can't believe Trump would allow someone to take a shot at him.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Wow. I thought only the right had conspiracy theorists.