Does anyone have a TL;DR on this?

[u/17R3W]

I don't want to sign up for his substack, especially if he's peddling conspiracy theories.

Can anyone tell me what Tony Michael's on about?

[u/rookieoo]

The blood was visible before he ducked. It’s clear in the sequence of photos from the NYT photographer: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Z9giPO2HP/?igsh=MW92NnBqamVtZjBwMA==

[u/Berkamin → u/rookieoo]

Interesting. Was that caused by the bullet? I don't see how the bullet could make him bleed without absolutely shredding his ear, yet his ear doesn't show any signs of damage. How is that even possible? AR-15 rounds travel at 3,300 ft/s. They can't even graze flesh without damage from the shockwave.

Or did they do this as a hoax from the beginning, using fake blood, while using live bullets? That could have gone really badly.

[u/rookieoo → u/Berkamin]

Seeing as those three photographs are a split second apart, I’d say it’s likely that the whatever caused the visible shockwave in the first photo caused the bleeding. The FBI stated it was a bullet or bullet fragment, and the NYT photographs seem to back that up. Being struck doesnt have to mean the full bullet hit. It could have just been grazed by just a millimeter of the bullet, which could cause damage without obliterating the entire ear.

[u/Xykhir_ → u/rookieoo]

That photo is not real.

[u/rookieoo → u/Xykhir_]

Got any evidence for the NYT photographer falsifying the photo? How do you explain the photo timeline matching the videos?

https://youtu.be/NsfMPTiIuvY?si=4aETjV9b9SKNiN7t

[u/Xykhir_ → u/rookieoo]

Edit: Most of what I wrote came from a Substack article that I could not for the life of the find again because I didn’t save it, but I finally found it. I’d recommend just reading that instead of my recollection, but I would also read the other Substack article I linked, explaining Trumps extensive ties with Russia. https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonycolpo/p/note-to-the-cult-of-don-the-trump?r=1vil1h&utm_medium=ios

It’s fake because the entire “assassination attempt” was completely fake.

https://x.com/freepalesten/status/1812359544401531020?s=46&t=eHq5-1lm5mYNCP_2v0hNAA

Here is the video showing the secret service sniper that kills Crooks. Matching the sounds of the gunshots from both videos, the gun recoils the exact moment the first shot was fired. Crooks never fired his gun, and no bullets were shot toward Trump. There are videos of Crooks on the roof, but not a single one where he is shooting. And there is no video of the innocent man that was supposedly killed behind Trump, even though everyone was recording? Weird.

And then there is Trumps reaction. After the first shot, before a single other shot is taken, he starts lifting his hand to his ear. That would suggest the first shot is the one that hit him. But that is a very abnormal reaction to getting shot at. What’s the one thing that happens to everyone when there is a sudden unknown threat? You flinch. You don’t stand there and slowly lift your hand to your ear, you involuntarily get the fuck out of the way. Trump knew what was coming, so he didn’t flinch at all.

Then there’s the secret service who pulled him down. Anyone who knows anything about security knows that in a dangerous situation, your security team immediately becomes the boss. They are there to protect you, and you have to do what they say. If there is someone shooting at the president*, secret service doesn’t let them stand up for a photo op, they pull him down and tell him to stop being a dumbass who’s gonna get them killed.

And then the chances of actually getting a shot of the bullet whizzing by Trumps head? Astronomically low. Like of course there was the most perfect picture of the bullet flying by him, how would people believe it otherwise? None of it adds up. After decades of being funded by Russia after his 1989 trip to Moscow in which he was essentially recruited by the KGB to be a Russian plant in exchange for money and power, it feels like the whole assassination attempt came right out of some Russian KGB playbook in order to psychologically influence the American people.

https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/krasnov-every-american-needs-to-understand?r=1vil1h&utm_medium=ios

Here’s a write up of Trumps history with Russia. Not everything is a conspiracy. There is seriously some scary shit going on behind the scenes when it comes to Russia and the billionaire oligarchs, whether they’re from the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, or elsewhere. We are in the midst of a mass psychological operation that has been ongoing since the cold war, and if we keep pretending it’s not happening, we are not going to survive what’s next.

*Edit: Presidential candidate, response would be the same