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10 Burning Questions That Every American Should Be Asking About The Trump Shooting
(From ZeroHedge https://www.zerohedge.com/political/10-burning-questions-every-american-should-be-asking-about-trump-shooting)

#1 How did the shooter get so close without being seen by the Secret Service? It is being reported that he was able to crawl on to a roof that was just 130 yards away from Trump…

How on earth did a gunman who was acting suspiciously crawl onto the roof of a building 130 yards away from where former president of the United States was speaking and manage to fire at least eight shots before he was taken down?

That is just one of the damning and terrifying questions that are unanswered after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump that is being described as an enormous security failure.

Terrifying new video from TMZ has captured the moment Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, lay down on the roof of a nearby building, in full view of horrified Trump supporters, and fired towards the stage.

#2 Why weren’t security personnel on that roof? Every roof that had a direct line of sight to Trump should have been covered, and a former SWAT commander is saying that what we just witnessed was “a fundamental security failure”…

Steve Nottingham, a former SWAT commander in Long Beach, California, called Saturday’s shooting “a fundamental security failure.”

He has worked security details for visiting world leaders, including presidents, and now trains officers on how to respond to critical incidents. He pointed at likely breakdowns in the pre-event scouting and real-time monitoring of places a gunman could shoot from.

“They were behind the curve, because they should have had those places covered ahead of time,” Nottingham said.

#3 Why didn’t authorities respond when they were warned about a man with a gun? One witness says that he repeatedly tried to warn law enforcement about the shooter but he was ignored…

A man who was present at the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet during a failed assassination attempt Saturday night said police ignored him when he told them there was a man with a rifle crawling on a rooftop moments before the shooting.

In the immediate aftermath of the deadly shooting, a man wearing a red “Trump 2024” visor spoke to BBC News from the community of Butler and claimed he tried to warn law enforcement officers about imminent danger regarding the president.

“Probably five to seven minutes of Trump speaking… we noticed a guy crawling – bear crawling – up the roof of the building beside us, fifty feet away from us,” the man said.

#4 According to testimony from another eyewitness, the shooter actually had time to “move from roof to roof” before he started shooting at Trump. If people in the crowd could see this movement, why couldn’t the Secret Service?

An attendee at former President Donald Trump’s rally at the Butler County fairgrounds says he saw the alleged shooter on a nearby rooftop as Trump was delivering remarks to supporters Saturday.

Trump is safe after he was rushed offstage by Secret Service agents and whisked away to a secure location. Blood could be seen coming from his face after shots rang out. The shooter was fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

Ben Macer told KDKA-TV’s Jennifer Borraso that he was up along the fence line and “saw the guy move from roof to roof. [I] told an officer [the alleged shooter] was on the roof.”

#5 Once the shooting started, why did it take so long for the Secret Service to get to Trump?

There should always be agents just a couple of steps from Trump at all times.

But somehow Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to get off at least eight shots at Trump.

As I watch video of the incident over and over, it seems like an eternity before Secret Service agents get there.

After Trump is shot, there are several long seconds before a couple of agents finally get to Trump.

If the shooter had better aim, Trump would not have survived.

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is calling this entire episode a “catastrophic failure”…

Actively communicating with a number of former colleagues from the Secret Service about the assassination attempt.

This is an obviously catastrophic failure and NO excuses should be made, or even attempted.

The failures are profound and questions must be answered about ground surveillance, air surveillance, post-stander support, and counter-sniper advance work and response.

We have ONE job, and we came within inches of a deadly failure today. An uneventful failure is NOT a success.

#6 Why was security so much better at previous Trump rallies? One man that was there when Trump was shot said that there was a “noticeable” difference between security at this rally and security at a previous rally that he had attended…

Robert D. Philpot said he attended a Trump rally at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport during the previous presidential campaign and immediately noted that the location had a lot of buildings similar to those from where the shooter took aim during yesterday’s attack.

“Every rooftop of every hanger had three, four five guys on top,” said Philpot, noting that armed Secret Service and law enforcement were everywhere.

“First thing I did when I got here yesterday, was I did a complete look around at every rooftop and I said to myself that’s strange, I don’t see one cop, sniper, nothing, I don’t see anything, and I just thought that was kind of weird,” said Philpot.

The eyewitness said it was “so noticeable” that the security was so lax for yesterday’s event compared to the one he attended four years prior.

#7 U.S. Representative Mike Waltz claims that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas turned down requests for better Secret Service protection for Trump on multiple occasions. Why did he do this?…

A House Republican lawmaker is alleging that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied stronger Secret Service protection for former President Trump multiple times.

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., made the accusation hours after Trump was grazed by a bullet at his Saturday Pennsylvania rally.

“I have very reliable sources telling me there have been repeated requests for stronger secret service protection for President Trump. Denied by Secretary Mayorkas,” Waltz wrote on X.

#8 Did inflammatory rhetoric inspire the shooter to do what he did? As J.D. Vance has aptly observed, the Biden campaign has been labeling Trump as “an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs”…

Today is not just some isolated incident.

The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.

And many have pointed out that less than a week ago Joe Biden stated that it was time to put a “bullseye” on Trump…

President Joe Biden reportedly told donors on a phone call on Monday that it was “time to put” former President Donald Trump “in the bullseye.”

“Biden told donors on a private call this afternoon: ‘It’s time to put Trump in the bullseye,’” Kenneth P. Vogel, a reporter with the New York Times, wrote in a post on Monday.

#9 I think that the timing of this shooting was very interesting.

If Trump was killed just before the convention, he would not be the Republican nominee.

So who would have come out of the convention as the replacement nominee?

#10 How will this shooting affect the general election?

When Ronald Reagan was shot, his poll numbers went up dramatically. Will the same thing happen to Trump?…

The polls already suggest that Trump is likely to win back the presidency in November, after a torrid few months for his opponent and a criminal conviction that has had little impact on his popularity.

If history tells us anything, the events of Saturday will only increase his support. In the months after Mr Reagan was shot, the newly-elected Republican president saw a poll boost of eight points.

We’ll have to wait and see what happens to the poll numbers, but already Trump’s odds of winning in the betting markets has been spiking…

On Saturday, prior to the assassination attempt, Trump’s odds of winning the 2024 presidential election were 8/15 (65.2 percent) according to William Hill, a U.K. based betting company. However, after the shooting, this was slashed to a 4/11 (73.3 percent) chance of Trump achieving victory.

I know that Trump likes to hold big open air rallies where he can interact with huge crowds of people.

But I really do hope that he will be a lot more careful in the future.

We really are moving into a time of unprecedented chaos, and what we have witnessed so far is just the beginning.

It certainly isn’t going to take much to push our nation over the edge.

If Trump had not moved his head at the last moment, he almost certainly would have been killed.

That would have completely ripped our nation apart, and it is probably only a matter of time before someone else tries again.

Jesus, how many ex-snipers are there? By social media, you'd think 10% of the Male Population was an Elite Marine Recon or SEAL Sniper and that 30% of US Army troops are snipers.

"As a former sniper"

Watch: New Video Shows Trump Shooter Climbing To Roof - People Warning Police

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-new-video-shows-trump-shooter-climbing-roof-people-warning-police

komputodo says

oh, the lone wolf assassin again? Like Oswald? And killed before he can talk. Like Oswald killed by Jack Rubenstein.

What, you don't believe that this Crooks kid is Ree Tardy Oswald?

Also, the FBI is going on 48 hours allegedly unable to get open a 20-year old loser's phone. Funny how they were tracking people and reading their messages who were NOT in DC over their phones remotely on J6 in near real time.

"They WAITED 42 Seconds to shoot Trump's Assassin" New Questions Emerge | Redacted w Clayton Morris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t9Qc3MOPww

It wasn't a 'security failure' it was an 'anti-security plan'. Let's just skip the part where the presumption is people operating on good faith making an itsy bitsy little mistake.

They saw the shooter minutes before he fired.

Never mind not getting the permission to shoot the clear threat...

Why the fuck was Trump not taken off the stage?

From the zerohedge article above,

“#9 I think that the timing of this shooting was very interesting. If Trump was killed just before the convention, he would not be the Republican nominee. So who would have come out of the convention as the replacement nominee?”

It is very interesting. NeverTrumpers and war-with-Russia cheerleaders would have liked Trump out before he could pick his anti-interventionist VP Vance. Then Nikki Haley would have been the likely pick, with her second place finish in the primary. She’s a hawk for sure.

Where did the assassin get the ladder from that was needed to get onto the roof? Don't you think the very first thing you would do is remove all access to roof tops?

Secret service waited to see whether the patsy succeeded. If not, then take he/she/xir out to prevent interrogations. This is the Dealy plaza playbook, for God's sakes.

AmericanKulak says

Jesus, how many ex-snipers are there? By social media, you'd think 10% of the Male Population was an Elite Marine Recon or SEAL Sniper and that 30% of US Army troops are snipers.

"As a former sniper"

They were likely just trained to shoot and probably did an exercise at long distances just to have some skill in it. My ex-Army buddy did sniper training, but he'd never call himself a sniper. Keyboard tough guys. It's not an easy skill from my understanding of it.

Can't remember if it's 1% of Americans have served. Snipers would probably be less than 5% of that 1%. My guess is it's ex-police from big departments. SWAT types. That got some formal training, but rarely use it. Gun owners I'm fine with, but a lot of them have small cock syndrome and overhype their knowledge and skill.

BREAKING: Secret Service chief reveals BIZARRE reason why agent wasn’t on the roof of shooter’s building at Trump rally…

"Too much slope for her Secret Service agents," yet, the assassin had NO PROBLEM with the slope!

‘That building in particular has a SLOPED ROOF AT ITS HIGHEST POINT. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,’ she told ABC News in an interview Tuesday.

‘And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from INSIDE.’ - Kimberly Cheatle, Head of the Secret Service

https://therightscoop.com/breaking-secret-service-chief-reveals-bizarre-reason-why-agent-wasnt-on-the-roof-of-shooters-building-at-trump-rally/

NOTE: the 'sloped roof' sure didn't stop the assassin from safely negotiating that 'slope.' When I was very young, I worked part-time for a residential roofer. Trust me, that roof is not a dangerous roof in the slightest, in fact, you could easily walk all over that roof without the slightest fear of falling.

The shot that grazed Trump's ear COULD NOT have come from the position where they murdered someone on a roof(name still unknown). Basic geometry and physics tells you that. Also, the civilan shot dead was in the same far left position(facing the stage), NOT behind Trump.

You want to know the truth, start by asking who the fuck actually shot at him.

Ron Paul: Why We'll Never Know What Really Happened In Butler, PA

Just days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, theories are flying from all directions. Many who ridiculed the “conspiracy theories” of conservatives are now suggesting the whole event was a set-up to boost Trump in the polls ahead of the election. Others suggest it was the “deep state” or even foreign actors who organized it.

Former US Navy Seal and founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, claims that “The fact that [the Secret Service] allowed a rifle armed shooter within 150 yds to a preplanned event is either malice or massive incompetence.” He went on to observe that, “unaccountable bloated bureaucracies continue to fail us as Americans,” adding that “unserious and unworthy people in positions of authority got us to this near disaster. Merit and execution must be the only deciding factors in hiring and leadership, not the social engineering priority of the day.”

Video has emerged showing that for at least two minutes law enforcement knew someone with a gun was on a roof aiming at the former President and no one communicated the need to pull Trump from the stage. You can clearly hear the crowd warning law enforcement that someone was on the roof. Yet he was unhindered until the first shots rang out.
Considering this fact, Erik Prince has a point.

If this is like any previous governmental foul-ups, we can expect hearings, investigations, and commissions that will actually serve to hide the official errors or even malicious intent by some in the government. That’s what government does no matter who is in office: protect itself from actual scrutiny and resist being exposed as incompetent or worse.

But what if there was a genuine investigation that actually revealed the truth about what happened at the Trump rally over the weekend? Could we rely on the mainstream media to even report it? This is the same media that, after Trump was clearly shot on live television, reported “Trump escorted away after loud noises at PA rally.” (Washington Post). And “Secret Service rushes Trump offstage after he falls at rally.” (CNN).

This is the same mainstream media that has been comparing Donald Trump to Hitler for years, and now pretends to be shocked that their vile rhetoric ended up in violence. There is a good reason why the mainstream media is regarded by the American public with record levels of contempt.

The current Director of the Secret Service has been interviewed expressing her dedication to “diversity” in hiring agents. What if her dedication to DEI goals led to an agency that is more “diverse” but fails at its core mission? Can we rely on the media to inform us of this? Or will they, as usual, just blame it all on the Second Amendment?

What if the problem with the Secret Service is that it was moved into the bloated, incompetent, and menacing Department of Homeland Security, the creation of which I strongly opposed when I was in Congress?

We shouldn’t count on hearing the truth about the attempted assassination from the mainstream media. No wonder the elites remain determined to censor social media sites like Twitter/X and TikTok. We live in an empire of lies, propped up by the mainstream media. And seeking the truth in this empire of lies is the greatest challenge for us in the moral bankruptcy in which we live.

https://ronpaulinstitute.org/why-well-never-know-what-really-happened-in-butler-pa/

Wow, Ron Paul made a cool statement and acknowledged the opaqueness of any real answer due to the machineries of State.

If Trump did it, it was a masterpiece of reverse Illuminati strategy. That's highly unlikely simply because the probability of the staging to that degree of precision is nil. The one close up of Trump's face showed that he thought he was dead or shortly dead, not knowing how many bullets might still be coming. To me, it's the most telling of his attitude of the situation. "If I'm dead, what is the one last thing I can do?"

However anybody who triangulates, speculates, etc. AWAY from the manufactured Mockingbird press or the Intel Agency flash bang narrative is demonstrating healthy skepticism rather than bland sheep following, no matter what conclusion they draw. They are acting on the premise that somehow they are being lied to and they want the truth. That is a good start.

Second/primary shooter confirmed:

https://youtu.be/srdWYMOcN0U

Another conspirator in the assassination, fuck the fake bullshit about the fake shooter, who is this?

What do you see here? Thanks Apolo pic.twitter.com/gaJ8UWQnl6

— KrisHunter (@ KrisHunter ) July 16, 2024

NuttBoxer says

Another conspirator in the assassination, fuck the fake bullshit about the fake shooter, who is this?

What do you see here? Thanks Apolo pic.twitter.com/gaJ8UWQnl6— KrisHunter ( KrisHunter ) July 16, 2024

Are we talking about that woman in sunglasses? She moved weird.

Why are these security officers standing on this roof? Don't they realize that it is too dangerously sloped to stand on? It's obvious that any moment they are all going to tumble off that roof and crash to the ground. You just can't fix stupid now can you.

Yep. I called it. HANLON'S FUCKING RAZOR

So much for all the efforts wasted here and elsewhere with grand conspiracy theories.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

Yep. I called it. HANLON'S FUCKING RAZOR

So much for all the efforts wasted here and elsewhere with grand conspiracy theories.

Let's see how many of the agents on site that day were not SS. Leaking such a rumor is to the benefit of the SS since the SS would rather be accused of incompetence rather than malice.

HeadSet says

Let's see how many of the agents on site that day were not SS. Leaking such a rumor is to the benefit of the SS since the SS would rather be accused of incompetence rather than malice

I already addressed that:

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

I know what is coming next: "Those whistleblowers are plants! To save the SS' rep by saying they weren't SS at all!"

My answer: Yep! And that too strengthens the Hanlon's Razor argument. Have a nice day!

RWSGFY says

Are we talking about that woman in sunglasses? She moved weird.

Yes, the one who immediately pulls out her phone. Supposedly there's audio of her calling shooters name.

HeadSet says

Let's see how many of the agents on site that day were not SS. Leaking such a rumor is to the benefit of the SS since the SS would rather be accused of incompetence rather than malice.

Sure, and police in Maui totally didn't direct people into a dead-end so they could burn in their cars. And Norfolk created a mushroom cloud because they totally knew that was the best way to contain the chemicals. And the Biden debate was a complete shock to everyone, not staged to remove him in any way. Vegas was a lone shooter with bump stocks. Kennedy was shot by Oswald.

Shall I go on..?

Water tower provides the perfect angle for the real shooter. But not too worry, as Massie pointed out the same team who investigated Vegas and J6 pipe bombs in on the case. We will know all facts shortly.

Another point of investigation. Who was behind the massive shorting of Truth Social the day before the shooting?

NuttBoxer says

Water tower provides the perfect angle for the real shooter. But not too worry, as Massie pointed out the same team who investigated Vegas and J6 pipe bombs in on the case. We will know all facts shortly.

Don't worry, Christopher Wray is in charge.

No official statement from the FBI in 6 days.

When Reagan was shot, multiple agencies held multiple conferences and issued multiple statements daily if not more often.

In the era of the smartphone, laptop, and internet, the last official statement from the FBI was July 14, 6 days ago and the day after the shooting with four shot, a fatality, the rest injuries including a Presidential Candidate.

AmericanKulak says

When Reagan was shot, multiple agencies held multiple conferences and issued multiple statements daily if not more often.

In the era of the smartphone, laptop, and internet, the last official statement from the FBI was July 14, 6 days ago and the day after the shooting with four shot, a fatality, the rest injuries including a Presidential Candidate.

This is what I'm most curios about. There were cops there likely walking around with body cams. Trump supporters with phones recording things. Those SS sunglasses likely have cameras in them at outdoor events. You have TV crews there and local reporters likely. Tons of still photographers. No one leaves that property without giving the SS media/photos/video on any device they brought with them if I were in charge.

As I've said I'd be equally pissed if this happened to Biden even though I dislike his politics and mush brain. We need an answer sooner than later. You can't just sit for one week and not update the American public. At least find us a SS fall guy/gal that gets fired for not securing the location. They can't even make shit up about what happened for not covering that roof? There's better coverage from you tubers that at least dug up as much imagery as they could.

Even though it's summer, I think Trump going to have to move indoors for events. The owner of that property (public or private) is going to get sued by the other people shot. They in turn will sue multiple government agencies. It's going to be a financial mess. It's almost certain the person that died already has a train of attorneys at the funeral trying to get the lawsuit. That family is going to be set for life over this embarrassment and they should be.

I actually don't think this is deep state shittery. I think it's just a senile POTUS that didn't manage the executive branch. This ultimately lies at Biden's feet if you think about it. It's possible he doesn't even know his SS details are doing a shit job. Give employees an inch, they'll take a mile if they know you're a senior retard.

Chris Martenson: 'Rock Solid' Evidence of 'At Least' Two Shooters in Trump Assassination Attempt (32 minute video)
https://rumble.com/v57mm0s-chris-martenson-rock-solid-evidence-of-at-least-two-shooters-in-trump-assas.html

RayAmerica says

10 Burning Questions That Every American Should Be Asking About The Trump Shooting

The 1 burning question that I would like to ask patnet members:

Did any of you people really believe the 1 shooter on the roof MSM narrative after all the lies you have been told by them?

No Gell-Mann sickness here...

komputodo says

Did any of you people really believe the 1 shooter on the roof MSM narrative after all the lies you have been told by them?

Let me guess. You're hunting for customers for the Brooklyn Bridge.

komputodo says

Did any of you people really believe the 1 shooter on the roof MSM narrative after all the lies you have been told by them?

I'm not looking at that yet. Not that I am dismissing it out of hand, just that to me it's not as big of a "Tell" as the official reaction.

To me, the evidence is the lack of communication and the complete lack of being upfront about the shooter, whose home was raided that very day. We should be on the 6th-10th Press Conference from the FBI about what was found and debating whether it was this or that or if the government is holding other stuff back.

That we aren't is proof enough. Add to that a narrow time to act: SCOTUS immunity ruling, RNC convention imminent (perfect time to slide in a RINO while everybody is distracted/chaos), Jack Smith's case schlonged, and Biden's Debate Flop.

It is now 8 days since Butler. The last press release or statement from the FBI was still on 7/14, the day after Butler.


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RayAmerica says

Chris Martenson: 'Rock Solid' Evidence of 'At Least' Two Shooters in Trump Assassination Attempt (32 minute video)

I've actually met Chris Martenson because we both used to write about the housing market.

Well, the 'Warren Report' never examined evidence. They just took 'testimony' from a handful of selected and intimidated witnesses with childish drawings.

We as the public will get the same crap. Fake testimonials and no evidence and a fake narrative. The Globalists have determined that it is all we need and all we deserve.

If you want to read a brief history(or longer if you follow the sources) of Lone Wolf assassinations...
https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-political-assassinations

The organization behind this hasn't released the data, just some screenshots. Looks legit, but as they are based in DC, take it with a grain of salt:

🚨ASSASINATION INFO DROP🚨

We found the assassin’s connections through our in-depth analysis of mobile ad data to track movements of Crooks and his associates.

To do this, we tracked devices that regularly visited both Crooks’s home and place of work and followed them.🧵 https://t.co/T5HETLhkgM pic.twitter.com/hMsI9dFwNk

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) July 22, 2024

Cheatle evaded and obfuscated on virtually every question with statements such as "because of an ongoing investigation, I cannot comment on that," etc., etc. However, there was ONE question that she answered without hesitation which was asked by Rep. Nancy Mace. Mace asked:

"Was there a conspiracy to murder Donald Trump?"

Without any hesitation, Cheatle answered with a resounding "NO." How did she know that without conducting a lengthy and precise investigation? Her answer, in my opinion, indicates to me that she was definitely in on the plot and gave a knee jerk, protective answer.

Audio confirming SS shot Crooks before shooting him..

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Oay2RbZtNKk?autoplay=1

Who was Crooks talking with prior to becoming the latest "lone wolf" patsy...