MAGA loyalists believe Trump staged his assassination attempt and demand he admits it

Some of President Donald Trump's biggest supporters now believe his July 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania was staged, according to reporting by Wired.

Conservative podcaster Tim Dillon suggested the shooting was fabricated and called for Trump to publicly admit it.

The conspiracy theories gained traction after former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent told Tucker Carlson the investigation was prematurely shut down, though Kent provided no evidence.

QAnon promoter MJ Truth polled his 100,000 followers about the shooting narrative, and the vast majority agreed it had been staged.

Dillon joins a list of right-wing influencers who are pushing back on President Donald Trump's image and narrative. Some have further speculated that Trump is the antichrist, citing biblical prophecy and his comparisons of himself to Jesus Christ. Conspiracy theories also incorporate antisemitic tropes, including claims about Israeli involvement in the assassination plot.

Wired noted, immediately after the shooting, left-wing accounts had similarly pushed false staging claims.

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