I don't understand.
The first report I saw of gunfire near MaL had it that two people were shooting *at each other* and not only was it not aimed at TFG, but here was nowhere in the vicinity.
Now *everyone* is talking as if there was another assassination attempt. Are we *really* falling for that shit here? Or did I miss something?
@stueytheround The first report was that there were shots fired at the perimeter of the golf course. Because Trump doesn't have press with him, it took time to get the full story out.
The secret service was a ways ahead of him on the golf course when they saw a guy poking a gun barrel through the fence, they shot at him and he dropped the gun, a couple backpacks and a GoPro and took off in a vehicle which was later stopped.
@stueytheround The shots that were fired were by the secret service. So no Trump didn't actually get shot at, but there was a guy with a gun so yeah it's a possible assassination attempt. There are some photos of the arrest and the gun and stuff he left behind.
@nonayadambidnes Thanks. Don't get me wrong, I know *something* happened but the way so many are jumping to conclusions, including conspiratorial ones, is maddening because we are way better than that here on coso. We know very well to wait, fact-check, trust but verify and not believe a word that comes out of TFGs mouth 😜
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I can't find it now, but on one of the live articles I read, they mentioned that most presidential candidates travel with a group of press so if something newsworthy happens, it's shared immediately. But Trump doesn't have that so even the ear incident took a lot longer for the story to get out. He probably doesn't want the press around to report on him pooping his pants or missing an easy shot. 😄