People who have been saying it was ‘staged’ are right, but not in the way they intend to be. I don’t think it was a conspiracy but when you look at the footage all the security people look so self-conscious. Trump himself was so self-conscious that he immediately started asking about his shoes and performing, turning it into a profile-building exercise, despite being in the middle of a firefight. What planet are all these people on? It was the same as the ‘insurrection’. It all looks so cheesy and amateur and dedicated to an audience.
Frankly, people act really weird in a crisis. Like totally unexpected behaviors and fixations on stuff you’d think you wouldn’t think about. Basically people tend to kind of short circuit when faced with an unfamiliar, panic situation. If people were acting particularly weird before the first shot, that would be suspicious. But once shots are fired, all bets are off for “weird” reactions. Haven’t been in a shooting event, but have seen people react to other traumatic stuff and it’s all over the place.
I know a guy who cased his dirtbike, ruptured his spleen, then walked back to the campground, sat down at the fire with a bunch of other people, and started drinking beer. They didn’t even know he had been in a crash until they noticed he was bone white, sweating profusely, and they asked him WTF was going on with him. Everyone there insisted he go to the hospital. Instead, he drove 2.5 hours home and sat on his couch, where his girlfriend had the same “WTF is going on with you” reaction. She ended up forcing him to let her take him to the emergency room. They admitted him immediately because his blood pressure was critically low. After surgery the doctor said he was like half an hour away from death. He acted like he was totally fine the entire time and he was literally dying.
People do, the Secret Service protection detail shouldnt. The fact that he got shot at AT ALL from an elevated position inside of a mile is a huge fuckup.
While I agree that can absolutely explain Trump’s behavior, it’s the Secret Service’s job NOT to short circuit in a panic situation. They’re trained to specifically handle moments exactly like this.
That’s how life looks, man. I noticed this same thing many years ago after the Reagan assassination attempt. There’s that photo in black and white of secret service agent Robert Wanko holding an Uzi, bodies on the floor. It’s so chaotic and normal, the president is just a regular person, same as everyone around him, just trying to keep it together.
Reminds me of the true meaning of that line from the Constitution, “we the people.”
People misread it. It’s about the people coming together to form a government, as commonly understood, but it also states affirmatively that no diety or higher power is going to come and govern for us, it’s just us; fragile, emotional, stupid, us.
People who have been saying it was ‘staged’ are right, but not in the way they intend to be. I don’t think it was a conspiracy but when you look at the footage all the security people look so self-conscious. Trump himself was so self-conscious that he immediately started asking about his shoes and performing, turning it into a profile-building exercise, despite being in the middle of a firefight. What planet are all these people on? It was the same as the ‘insurrection’. It all looks so cheesy and amateur and dedicated to an audience.
Frankly, people act really weird in a crisis. Like totally unexpected behaviors and fixations on stuff you’d think you wouldn’t think about. Basically people tend to kind of short circuit when faced with an unfamiliar, panic situation. If people were acting particularly weird before the first shot, that would be suspicious. But once shots are fired, all bets are off for “weird” reactions. Haven’t been in a shooting event, but have seen people react to other traumatic stuff and it’s all over the place.
Yup. Saw a guy obsess over his headphones after flipping an ATV and puncturing a lung. Trauma does weird shit to people.
I know a guy who cased his dirtbike, ruptured his spleen, then walked back to the campground, sat down at the fire with a bunch of other people, and started drinking beer. They didn’t even know he had been in a crash until they noticed he was bone white, sweating profusely, and they asked him WTF was going on with him. Everyone there insisted he go to the hospital. Instead, he drove 2.5 hours home and sat on his couch, where his girlfriend had the same “WTF is going on with you” reaction. She ended up forcing him to let her take him to the emergency room. They admitted him immediately because his blood pressure was critically low. After surgery the doctor said he was like half an hour away from death. He acted like he was totally fine the entire time and he was literally dying.
Yep, like the stories from 9-11 where people were going back up the stairs because they forgot to turn their computer off.
People do, the Secret Service protection detail shouldnt. The fact that he got shot at AT ALL from an elevated position inside of a mile is a huge fuckup.
You’d think at minimum they’d have a quadrotor drone keeping a camera on building roofs nearby.
While I agree that can absolutely explain Trump’s behavior, it’s the Secret Service’s job NOT to short circuit in a panic situation. They’re trained to specifically handle moments exactly like this.
So you’re saying Indiana Jones reaching back for his hat before the stone door slammed shut on his arm was a panic response? Lol
No. Indiana did that because he’s a cool cat who has his shit together.
You… are aware that Indiana Jones is a fictional character, right?
https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/the-realist-hatred-of-fun-80565cf369f6
WHAT?
That’s how life looks, man. I noticed this same thing many years ago after the Reagan assassination attempt. There’s that photo in black and white of secret service agent Robert Wanko holding an Uzi, bodies on the floor. It’s so chaotic and normal, the president is just a regular person, same as everyone around him, just trying to keep it together.
Reminds me of the true meaning of that line from the Constitution, “we the people.”
People misread it. It’s about the people coming together to form a government, as commonly understood, but it also states affirmatively that no diety or higher power is going to come and govern for us, it’s just us; fragile, emotional, stupid, us.
That is exactly how I would expect Trump to act in a panic though. That gives it more credibility as a real attempt quite honestly.