The FBI says Donald Trump's would-be assassin acted alone; the CIA denies any association with him. But experts say the complex reasons for belief in conspiracies will likely keep people believing.
  • mommykink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 months ago

    In 2024, people struggle to believe the fact that individuals are complex and often contradictory. The fact it’s impossible to look at Crooks and say definitively “he did it because he was an x who thought y,” etc. is incompatible with how most people process new information these days.

    • Today@lemmy.world
      55·
      5 months ago

      We believe there’s something fishy because Trump is a lying liar who lies and will do anything for attention and ego. Do you think he practiced that fist thing? How can there be that level of failure by police and secret service to stop the shooter with 30 minutes notice, plus his ability to get a drone into the area beforehand. And what’s up with the shoes? Something is just not right.

        • Dasus@lemmy.world
          9·
          5 months ago

          Remember that they also trained him to be so good as to only scratch Trump.

          And ofc this was coordinated. Trump is famous for not improvising weird bullshit on the spot. So ofc he’d be able to coordinate with the shooter to just turn his head. /S

          “Something’s not right here” is always people who somehow assume bad things literally only happen in movies, despite their explanation for what is missing being something more complex than Ocean’s 11 heist plans.

          That Mitchell and Webb Look - Diana Assassination

          • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
            13·
            5 months ago

            Nah, anything that dramatic wasn’t necessary. Tell the kid to aim to miss, assure him he’ll just be arrested.

            You just need a sucker, an attempt, an SS agent on your side, and a squib.

            • Dasus@lemmy.world
              2·
              5 months ago

              Don’t needlessly increase entities.

              Which is more likely, a crazy person going after a crazy person, or ELABORATE GOVERNMENT SCAM LOZARD PEOPLE ARE ON YOUR TAIL

              ffs, go touch grass

              • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
                13·
                5 months ago

                You’re the one who thinks this shit is complicated and not easy. Next thing you’ll be saying Trump wouldn’t accept someone else dying for his personal gain!

                • Dasus@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  5 months ago

                  There’s nothing complicated about a would be presidential assasin who acted alone.

                  History is literally riddled with them.

                  But your ideas of comic book level conspiracies? Occam’s razor says no.

        • Today@lemmy.world
          11·
          5 months ago

          No, I’m just saying something is fishy. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that he cut his own ear.