I'm not prone to conspiracy theories, and not inclined to repeat them. But I can't quite shake this idea that's been nagging at the back of my mind for awhile now. I'm not sure why the thought popped into my head, exactly, as it isn't anything I've specifically read, or that I've seen put to words in just so many words.
But here's a question:
What if the Trump shooting was organized by parties in his camp who knew he wasn't competent to finish the campaign much less be president, but also knew he wouldn't be able to step down because without the presidency he's very possibly looking at prison time?
It's outlandish. Crazy talk, I know. But it would explain a few things, like why the shooter had a history at least nominal Trump supporter, and whose family I believe may have had Trump flags and guns and paraphernalia everywhere. It can be presumed that they were, at some point at least, Trump supporters.
Most likely this has already been covered extensively elsewhere, and I'm revealing just how insular I've become.
But given that Trump can't really even string two cogent sentences together anymore, and that more and more "respectable people" (including a growing number of Republicans) are starting to notice. It could be that the big money propping up his campaign are having a wee bit of buyer's remorse. And by "wee bit" I mean pissing their pants, and pissed off about it.
At the same time, Trump has very few options now but to see this thing to the bitter end and pray to Orange Jeezus that he can pull it out of the nose dive. Not only is he possibly looking at prison, but his circle of enablers is shrinking. He has few friends left now. Rudy is bankrupt and hounding him for money. Half his former entourage have either done jail time, or turned for the prosecution. Even his own daughter is trying to gracefully keep daylight between them, at least publicly.
They can't just dump him and embrace, say, a Desantis. Trump's cult won't stand for it. They're stuck with him. But if something tragic were to happen to Trump, the party could get on with killing off abortion for good and siphoning off money to the 1%. Trump would be their martyr.
I'm just saying it doesn't sound entirely crazy to me that someone, somewhere in his camp may have decided to cut their losses and welcome in whomever would fill the sudden, and convenient, power vacuum. The Heritage Foundation could still push through their Project 2025 class project.
And, not to put too fine a point on it, but there's precious little new information or reporting coming out on this attempt on a former president's life, even one as feckless as Trump's.
I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing that they've tamped it down. I don't know the circumstances for why they feel silence is the most prudent option.
I'm just saying that it's... weird.
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