There seem to have been rather huge bets placed on polymarket on the no side of all of these "what will he say at the WHCA dinner" bets right before the event.

You're not gonna get flak from me, 'swhat I'm saying. polymarket.com/event/what-will…

RE: infosec.exchange/@jernej__s/11…

@hacks4pancakes

Jernej Simončič �

2026-04-26 10:23:31

From a month ago: bsky.app/profile/kartoonistkel…

“old man who has needed to be dragged into public view over the last week honors commitment to attend perhaps the most cognitively dissonant event possible where his greatest enemy (people who are supposed to tell the truth) can be implicated as would-be assassins” does lend itself well to “this was staged,” yeah. Claiming it sounded like a dropped tray is also weird as fuck for someone who should probably be extra concerned about gunfire due to A) the “previous incident” and B) what I will only summarize as “public sentiment.”

(I have not engaged with coverage of the event beyond that because our media apparatus is particularly bad at breaking news coverage and introspection so this is probably not going to get decent coverage until Ronan Farrow’s kid writes a book 20 years from now.)

You mean that the dinner that Trump has historically avoided (after having a national sense of humour failure at one many years ago) just happened to be interrupted / he could get rushed away from...

By an "assassination attempt" - which is a well-known tactic by certain foreign actors to increase support for failing politicians prior to a notable election - which happens in a location / way that can be used as supposed-justification for one of his gaudy vanity projects?

What was on the menu for the dinner? Because something definitely smells fishy.

"Staged" was my first and immediate reaction the moment I first saw a headline about it...
The explanation under that headline solidified my initial thoughts.

🤷‍♂️🤡🫏💩💩

@lisamelton Even the SS agent that was allegedly shot was only mentioned by Trump. Reporting indicates the suspect was taken to the hospital, but no mention of the agent in reporting I’ve seen so far.

Speaking of other missing people, where’s the airman that got allegedly got rescued in Iran?

I mean, normally the guy would be dead 🤔.

Then again, maybe he was just white & they gave him the benefit of the doubt ...

I thought the optics were bad last time, but this time looks even more bizarre.

<sarcasm> I'm sure it's just a _coincidence_ that folks have been thinking recently about how an assassination attempt is good for votes. For examples, see the attached screenshots. </sarcasm>

IMHO, people are going to believe whatever they want to about today's event, but one important difference this time is nobody will give Trump any sympathy or a measurable boost in the polls. Nor will it stop people asking questions about Trump's involvement in the Epstein Files.

#Trump #USPol #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

TBH a few failed assassination attempts ago, I thought you were being paranoid. Each new failed attempt pushes me closer to convinced that "they" are attempting to orchestrate their own Reichstag Fire moment.

There's obviously a lot built around Trump specifically, but I refer to an ambiguous *they* because I wonder if he might become expendable if a bigger push is needed. i.e. martyrdom.

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I realise this is a big swing from "you're crazy" to "what kind of tinfoil makes the best hat", but I'm not being presumptuous about anything yet. Just being more open to the liklihood of a conspiracy at play.

most of us believe it was a 'coup de theatre'.
There certainly is a lot of tv/media people involved in this regime.

But I actually expected a Cercei

It's time we rewatch 'Wag the Dog'

Wag the Dog - Original Theatrical Trailer
youtu.be/steA_PZPkc8

Think of how Paramount is merging with WB

IMO it must be staged. I mean, from an outside perspective. If this was a true reaction of the US Secret service, I'd be less embarrassing and more believable to say it was staged than to pretend it was real.

For me, this was a full Frank Drebin Naked Gun style of incompetence displayed here, with politicians shielding themselves pregnant women! (Stephen Miller)

This will make people from outside the USA think way, way less of them. More than the Iran war is doing already.

no.
Because there are still a lot of closeted Nazis.

(It was so obviously staged. They instantly went to the target and didn't even pretend to secure the scene, much less check for a second shooter.)

Yes! 💯 As part of the Stalinist/Putinist tactic, leave everyone unsure of what IS happening, and what actually happened and untrusting of the Media (who were invited to the event).

And why the hell is hte security cam video in black and white and so out of focus? Did they filter that for some reason? More uncertainty, more questions, everyone untrusting of all source of truth.

It's fine with me, because you're 💯 right!

#Staged #Fake #Epstein

if it helps, I'm normally one of the "gotta wait for more info before drawing conclusions" folks... but this assassination attempt is just so monumentally moronic that I'm convinced this was either a staged attempt, or the failed shooter was really high on *something*

the real mind-numbing part of me is: if this was staged, it was for justifying the fucking ballroom??? who's writing this script???????

No. You're fucking retarded.

People like you are what is wrong with the world.

Looks staged to me.

chaos.social/deck/@MaryAustinB…

If this was an RPG scenario, I’d list the possibilities as:
1. Genuinely slipped through cracks
2. (1) & installing loyalists = bigger cracks
3. (2) & reassigning feds to immigration = cracks are gaping holes
4. Feds knew the guy’s plans, tracked him and planned to arrest on-site as a political stunt — willingly risking lives
5. (4) & the feds helped him along to make sure he got there
6. Wholly staged

4+ is conspiracy land, but not sure I’d be surprised tbh