Donald Trump has watched a video clip of the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania rally “over and over again,” leading to fears that he may be suffering from PTSD, according to a report.

The former president has viewed the “seven-second” clip, in which his right ear was grazed with a bullet, multiple times – an act which has not helped a reported mental spiral brought on by Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race.

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    5410 months ago

    Can someone spread a credible-sounding rumour that due to this shooting Trump is considering a ban on guns?

    It would be the death of MAGA, as they internally wrestle their love of guns for their fanatic support of Trump.

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    10 months ago

    He doesn’t have trauma, he is watching because that was the moment everyone told him he won the election. It was his glory moment and he wants to relive it because he fears it slipping away. Spare me this disingenuous sympathy plea.

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    If it were anyone else it’s not a stretch to say nearly being killed would shake a normal person and cause some trauma. With Trump on the other hand that behavior seems almost masturbatory, like he is trying to re-live the moment where he was the center of attention

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      TBH, I would believe it.

      Someone pointed out that he has always had a paranoia about people harming him. For instance, preferring takeout to avoid poisoning. He has played a very dangerous game with very serious players as a property developer, and in the process has made a lot of enemies.

      So yeah, one of his greatest fears was realized. What other fears lurk just past the penumbra of the stage lights? What waits in the wings, should he lose the election? If only he could control things a bit more, maybe get Joe back in the race…

      At least he can control the remote, and maybe if he watches his assassination attempt again, he can control that too

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      And as an event that almost changed everything, it was forgotten about in about 3 days. It is crazy to me how quickly no one gave a fuck that he’d almost been assassinated. It fell off the news cycle before Biden stepped out of the race. I guess once they figured out it was a crazy guy and not politically motivated, no one cared.

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        Yeah I was like oh shit, Biden is out, someone tried to kill Trump, he’s gonna win for sure… and then the response to Kamala’s campaign was crazy. It gives me hope.

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        But you know that if it was a minority or someone on the left, they would have milked that shit until it was desert dry, then try to milk it some more

        But instead it was a white guy who seemed to be a republican, or a centrist at best. So, not interesting to talk about

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          110 months ago

          I think it more like they’re afraid of triggering an all out “night of the long knives” situation. The media isn’t stupid. They know Trump’s rhetoric has been leading to violence. It’s just that it’s been directed at the poor and PoC. Now that it’s coming home to them and other elites they’re being careful now.

          They did the same thing with the black guy that went on a shooting spree in Dallas because of Ferguson. It was the perfect race baiting story, the shooter was a genuinely mentally ill person who was a hardline black nationalist that attempted to join numerous anti police protest groups and just had that “scary black man look” that Fox News loves.

          But once it came out that

          1.) He had been ridiculously effective in killing cops using the “shoot and scoot” tactic he learned serving in Iraq. Only being stopped once the police tied a bomb to a robot they sicked after him.

          2.) He had killed to hardcore white nationalist police officers, kinda proving his point that the police were a force for black subjugation.

          The story seemed to disappear from the headlines over night.

          Compare that with the Ft. Hood shooter that was Muslim that Fox News talked about for YEARS after it occurred.

          • Great post. Same for the Vegas shooter. He was apparently trying to prove a point about mental health and fun control. Nobody said shit.

            Also, thought you might like to know it “sicced.”

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        1310 months ago

        I suspected that would happen. It’s like that time he got COVID and almost died. Huge story at the time, now people barely remember.

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          1310 months ago

          We decided as a nation that people getting shot wasn’t worth getting excited about decades ago.

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          1810 months ago

          As soon as it’s clear that something isn’t going to kill him no one cares, he is so unpopular he has crossed some kind of public opinion event horizon.

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        710 months ago

        Was it entirely NOT politically motivated, though? Has there been anymore word on the shooter?

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          No one was inside his head, but he donated to Dems and registered Republican. He googled both Biden and Trump events and seemed to pick the most convenient one. So we can’t know for sure, but none of the evidence points to any particular political motivation, just wanted to go out famous.

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          What I found most interesting is he apparently had pretty good opsec and kept his communications private and encrypted. You don’t usually get that with people who actually commit violent crimes. They usually either loudly tell the undercover FBI agents all about their scheme in a public venue or coordinate over FB Messenger or other extremely obvious opsec fails

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        He has spoken to many many smart people, experts, they are called. At least that is what he calls them. They know a lot of PTSD, he knows all about PTSD, those ex-perts know more. They asked him, how does he have such good PTSD. He told them, he didn’t know, he just does. They are shocked at how good his PTSD is. Remarkable, they call it. Sleepy Joe Bi-den doesn’t even have PTSD. He couldn’t, and if he did, Lord God King President Donald J Trump knows it would be poor. And his diversity hire? Not even worth mentioning. What a loser.

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        110 months ago

        Mental illness isn’t something I really find funny joking about, even with Trump. It’s not a good look.

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          110 months ago

          I consider that less making fun of people suffering PTSD and more making fun of that idiot’s narcissistic need for embellishment and to be seen as the best despite all evidence to the contrary.

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    I’ve said it before. I do not believe Trump has PTSD. I do, however, believe he is a carrier.

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      His Doctor lied, you can see the top of the ear still attached in this very picture. Are we sure this isn’t someone else’s blood?

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    10 months ago

    ABC News: The U.S. Secret Service is making arrangements for former Pres. Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies by surrounding his podium with bulletproof glass

    NOW Hannibal Lecter comes to mind.,