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'Trump rushed from White House correspondents' dinner after suspected gunshots heard'

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 01:52

Surely he's not pulling this trick again?

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Catpuss66 · 29/04/2026 23:40

Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 29/04/2026 22:08

I don’t think that there is any doubt that the Democrats lost both the elections against Trump, rather than Trump winning. If they want to win next time they have got to come up with a viable leader for the free world.
Just like in this country, the losers have to take some responsibility for losing, while the winners must take responsibility for not making the positive changes they promised

Sure Trump had help from his mates in Russia & Elon.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/04/2026 22:18

Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 29/04/2026 22:08

I don’t think that there is any doubt that the Democrats lost both the elections against Trump, rather than Trump winning. If they want to win next time they have got to come up with a viable leader for the free world.
Just like in this country, the losers have to take some responsibility for losing, while the winners must take responsibility for not making the positive changes they promised

Its god awful to say but

If i were the Democrats, i'd put a young ish man in the presidential race. A big chunk of America isn't ready for a female president, and the Democrats need to win.

Kamala wasn't going to be president sorry 😐

Maybe i'd have a female vp, someone from the South

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Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 29/04/2026 22:08

PomplaMouse · 28/04/2026 00:05

The left are in power? It's the left's fault.

The right are in power? It's the left's fault.

God forbid anyone on the right ever he held accountable.

I don’t think that there is any doubt that the Democrats lost both the elections against Trump, rather than Trump winning. If they want to win next time they have got to come up with a viable leader for the free world.
Just like in this country, the losers have to take some responsibility for losing, while the winners must take responsibility for not making the positive changes they promised

Tinytimmy123 · 29/04/2026 12:04

user6791 · 29/04/2026 10:06

Ok maybe not you but a lot of people just believe anything as long as it's anti-Trump
Ps: I don't like him either except for what he did protecting women's spaces

I think for alot of people they are immediately suspicious of anything to do with trump. And rightly so. NOTHING is ever as it seems.

He is now asking the tax payers to pay for the ballroom when initially the funding was supposed to be from donors .

He was selling trump mobile phones in a gold colour...for 500 dollars, noone has received theirs yet.

He is supposedly 224lbs and 6ft 3in. 🤫

The 'shooter' has been seen on social media wearing an IDF top not something usually linked to left wing ideology.

The suggestion now is that the shooting of the agent was by another agent....and it actually took place a couple of floors above where the dinner was.

The 'security' was anything but robust.

In his first speech afterwards he said it was a valid reason for these events to be held in his ballroom when the building had so very recently been stalled due to a legal block.

To say its all a bit 'timely and opportune' is an understatement.

user6791 · 29/04/2026 10:06

sleepwouldbenice · 28/04/2026 20:17

I believe it was real and they all were

i still think Trump is vile. I don’t have TDS I have a hatred of abhorrent people

Ok maybe not you but a lot of people just believe anything as long as it's anti-Trump
Ps: I don't like him either except for what he did protecting women's spaces

JohnTheRevelator · 29/04/2026 01:48

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 02:35

Not again! Funny that this is the first WH Correspondents Dinner he has attended and someone allegedly tries to shoot him again.

War not going so well so he’s trying to curry favour again. It worked during the campaign, I guess.

Although seeing all those delegates at the RNC wearing sanitary towels on their ears was comedy gold,

I thought it was a rather a coincidence that he has 'boycotted' all the previous WH Correspondents' Dinners,then at the first one he does attend,this happens! Especially as he he has a getting a lot of bad press at the moment.

sleepwouldbenice · 28/04/2026 20:17

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

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I believe it was real and they all were

i still think Trump is vile. I don’t have TDS I have a hatred of abhorrent people

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 12:49

JHound · 28/04/2026 12:36

Don’t let Trump know that - he would have a meltdown such is his obsession with Obama!

🤣🤣🤣

JHound · 28/04/2026 12:41

PomplaMouse · 28/04/2026 00:05

The left are in power? It's the left's fault.

The right are in power? It's the left's fault.

God forbid anyone on the right ever he held accountable.

THIS!!

This sees to be a newish trend but there is a shocking lack of accountability observed among right -leaning / conservative voters. And this trend can also be seen in the UK too.

JHound · 28/04/2026 12:40

Nothavingagoodvalentinesday · 28/04/2026 00:00

The Democrats destroyed your country with their arrogance. Couldn’t believe that their oh so proper Hilary Clinton and their oh so woke Kamala Harries could possibly be rejected because the left wing is always right. Well your own people told you what they thought of your choices. It’s no good complaining about what you got when you refuse to choose a sensible candidate.

Technically speaking Clinton was not “rejected” as she secured more votes than Trump.

JHound · 28/04/2026 12:38

BeAmberZebra · 27/04/2026 21:29

Last thread on this was pulled by mumsnet as it breached guidelines. Suspect won’t be long before this is as well. The lack of humanity, empathy and common decency is sad and depressing. On the other thread many posters provided great detail on the many things Trump did which they hated. So what. This does not excuse the behaviour demonstrated on this thread. As I mentioned on the other thread this is whataboutery at its worse. We teach our children at a very young age that no matter what another person does or doesn’t do that is no excuse for their bad behaviour. People need to decide what sort of people they want to be not justify frankly reprehensible behaviour with “well look what he did”.

He celebrated when Mueller died. You cannot ask for decency and empathy to be shown to somebody who has none.

JHound · 28/04/2026 12:36

TopPocketFind · 27/04/2026 18:22

Obama had over 11 attempts on his life foiled

Don’t let Trump know that - he would have a meltdown such is his obsession with Obama!

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 12:26

EmeraldShamrock000 · 28/04/2026 09:58

Putting conspiracies aside. If DT was under such a severe threat from the left and radicalised sleepers, why on earth is his security so weak? Had that been a group of people who hated him with machine guns, bombs,they have had no problems entering the building. Tickets were not checked, no identification was requested, hotel rooms were open for the public. Absolutely crazy set up. Of course people were will think WTF is happening.

Incompetence. Kash Patel who seemed more intent on phoning his errant girlfriend that directing anyone after the 'shooting'.
The doors to the hotel were being held open by the hotel staff. Watch my previous posts link. Prior to the 'attack' a couple of fox employees were caught on camera laughing at how lax the whole thing was.
Commentators have come.on speaking about previous WHCDs and the difference in the level of security .

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 12:18

RingoJuice · 28/04/2026 11:21

No it wouldn’t. The Boomerposting on FaceBook is full of this rot. Nobody is trying to censor it

On the day trump asked for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired ...again. All media and TV companies are becoming monopolised by trump friendly CEOs....and then there's the niggly issue of the censorship of the Epstein files. Nora ODonnell caught him short on that one today though! 😆

TopPocketFind · 28/04/2026 12:18

Cesar Sayoc, a Trump super fan & obsessive Fox viewer, sent pipe bombs in 2018 to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, & many other top Dems.

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

In the wake of the attacks, Trump said about his rhetoric: "Tone down, no. Could tone up."

RingoJuice · 28/04/2026 11:21

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 09:35

Thw irony is this discourse would be banned in the US, too anti trump. They would have it shut down to control the narrative that their leader is perfect. North Korea vibes anyone.

No it wouldn’t. The Boomerposting on FaceBook is full of this rot. Nobody is trying to censor it

PurplishGemstones · 28/04/2026 11:00

I wonder - and this is quite tin foil hat, I accept - whether he has a cohort of vulnerable men, who think theyre doing their 'patriotic duty' to Trump by taking the rap for these non events?

I absolutely believe there are people who would do that.

catmum44 · 28/04/2026 10:32

In pieces as separate deliveries & assembled in a store room

catmum44 · 28/04/2026 10:31

Unreasonable comment. The shooter has been interviewed. People could have died.

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 10:14

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

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What you are completely ignoring is that djt has lied, deflected, and misinformed from day 1. He has also called all media , unless it agrees with him ,fake news. So its fascinating that once 'the other side' start saying 'fake news' it becomes an assault on them, a conspiracy, the looney left and my absolute favourite... tds....a good indicator of the lack of a coherent argument.

This is why the president keeps having people taking pot shots at him. Utter incompetence.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IVVQWHwGeL4?si=3PZnSpZvvhrjwMJH

Every president regardless of dem or republican has attempts but it relies on competent people around them to ensure that theyre thwarted at the earliest point. Instead what we have is kash Patel 'director' of the the fbi standing with his mobile in the immediate aftermath of the incident. They have fired all the competent and questioning longstanding servicemen because the trump administration can't take the pushback or questioning of the illegality of their actions.

Before you continue to YouTube

https://youtube.com/shorts/IVVQWHwGeL4?si=3PZnSpZvvhrjwMJH

PomplaMouse · 28/04/2026 09:58

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

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Divided we fall...
Yes, does look that way.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 28/04/2026 09:58

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

Edited

Putting conspiracies aside. If DT was under such a severe threat from the left and radicalised sleepers, why on earth is his security so weak? Had that been a group of people who hated him with machine guns, bombs,they have had no problems entering the building. Tickets were not checked, no identification was requested, hotel rooms were open for the public. Absolutely crazy set up. Of course people were will think WTF is happening.

TopPocketFind · 28/04/2026 09:58

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

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United?

Have you read Trump's posts?

user6791 · 28/04/2026 09:53

Interesting. I didn't take MN for a load of conspiracy theorists. I totally believe it was real, the lefties hate him so much they have TDS. I think everyone needs to sit back a bit and take a breather.

United we stand, Divided we fall...

Tinytimmy123 · 28/04/2026 09:35

PurplishGemstones · 28/04/2026 08:46

There seem to be quite a few Americans who somehow seem to be under the impression that this is a US website, and that this thread is a US left vs US right discourse

American defaultism. It's rife on some social media.

I think those MAGA-morons might want to realize that most of the reactions in here are coming from citizens of countries who the US - under Trump - has repeatedly threatened

Quite.

Thw irony is this discourse would be banned in the US, too anti trump. They would have it shut down to control the narrative that their leader is perfect. North Korea vibes anyone.