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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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ElenOfTheWays · 26/04/2026 15:25

Wearenotborg · 26/04/2026 06:16

Stormtrooper school of shooting innit?

Except Trump is more Darth Vader than Luke Skywalker

ElenOfTheWays · 26/04/2026 15:22

PomplaMouse · 26/04/2026 06:15

Were you saying similar when Trump had Iran's head of state assasinated a few weeks back?

Wrong post quoted

Puzzledandpissedoff · 26/04/2026 15:17

fabstraction · 26/04/2026 03:41

Some of the worst of MN on display...

Ain't that the truth Sad

And no I can't stand the man either, but I don't express hope that he'll be killed and if this concerned anyone else the thread would almost certainly have been pulled. Looks like the mods are okay with calls for murder as long as it's someone disliked, which seems a shame

juldan · 26/04/2026 15:17

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 15:02

Ringojuice has been carping on about the threat from the gun totting left when Kirk and trumps shooters ( present one i have no idea) have all been maga. Not one tweet about the ear clipper. She fears for her own existence its so bad....while living elsewhere...China, likely the middle east and the UK by the sound of things...while simultaneously belittling immigrants who dont speaky de lingo in the USA...im sure she is fluent in Chinese and Arabic.

Then there is her insistence we butt out of having an opinion on trump because we're from europe, while this American is tenaciously populating a UK based website pontificating about how the UK needs to be improved and advocating for the antifree speech administration, that currently has one pedo, 2 alcoholics, a far right loon, and a supposed christian spokeswoman as their front line...rubio doesnt count because he cant fill trumps shoes...literally. The UK may have many issues and not have the money or the army of the US but it appears to have developed a harder line when it comes to having a pdfile for an elected leader.

I agree. Funnily enough I don’t remember having 100+ consecutive threads about Biden’s presidency. People might have created an odd thread about him being sleepy or disoriented, but mostly we left American politics to Americans as it did not affect our lives so much.
This shitshow is affecting negatively people all around the world so not sure why Ringojuice is surprised that we have an opinion on that.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 15:17

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 14:33

It’s only a conspiracy theory if it has no basis.

Believe what you like, if it really happened then it’s quite a series of events.

And Trump is an unhinged motherfucker - it’s hard to discount anything when it comes to him

Why would the profile of the person who did it be part of a staged event? And the other person too who got shot.

JustSawJohnny · 26/04/2026 15:11

'Lucky', isn't he?

The ear-grazing bullet caught him huge sympathy and additional votes in the run up to the election.

Republicans are down in the midterms and Oh look! Another near miss!

Interesting that the meal just carried on after the supposed attempt in his life.

I'm not buying it.

TessSaysYes · 26/04/2026 15:04

And when will Americans learn to shoot straight. All those hours on Call of Duty for nothing!🤣

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 15:02

juldan · 26/04/2026 14:01

@RingoJuice

What are you on about? The shooter is American so what does he have to do with immigrants being free to leave and “leftist enabling their worst elements?”

Ringojuice has been carping on about the threat from the gun totting left when Kirk and trumps shooters ( present one i have no idea) have all been maga. Not one tweet about the ear clipper. She fears for her own existence its so bad....while living elsewhere...China, likely the middle east and the UK by the sound of things...while simultaneously belittling immigrants who dont speaky de lingo in the USA...im sure she is fluent in Chinese and Arabic.

Then there is her insistence we butt out of having an opinion on trump because we're from europe, while this American is tenaciously populating a UK based website pontificating about how the UK needs to be improved and advocating for the antifree speech administration, that currently has one pedo, 2 alcoholics, a far right loon, and a supposed christian spokeswoman as their front line...rubio doesnt count because he cant fill trumps shoes...literally. The UK may have many issues and not have the money or the army of the US but it appears to have developed a harder line when it comes to having a pdfile for an elected leader.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 14:38

And it’s certainly easier to believe than people ‘spontaneously’ deciding to wreck the Capitol and that the vote was rigged.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 14:33

dottiehens · 26/04/2026 14:27

Ridiculous! Why do people criticise MAGA types is they are on board with similar conspiracy theories?

It’s only a conspiracy theory if it has no basis.

Believe what you like, if it really happened then it’s quite a series of events.

And Trump is an unhinged motherfucker - it’s hard to discount anything when it comes to him

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 14:28

Fair play to you @RingoJuice

You sure are... tenacious... in your support of the orange man

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dottiehens · 26/04/2026 14:27

Ridiculous! Why do people criticise MAGA types is they are on board with similar conspiracy theories?

juldan · 26/04/2026 14:17

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:56

Let’s just say that it is a risk in some of the countries I have lived in, sure.

But I’ll give you an example of an American citizen detained by ICE. A guy that was detained at a worksite full of illegal aliens, his own brother was an illegal alien, he couldn’t speak English. Geee … not hard to understand why that guy was picked up, was it? And they released him several hours later when he produced the correct paperwork.

Green card, by the way, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you like. It can be revoked if you commit a crime or commit some sort of immigration fraud, lied on your application.

@RingoJuice
It was not one American citizen but more. What about the indigenous people being arrested by ICE? What is your justification of that?
If anything, they (indigenous people) would have a right to deport all the white Americans as they are all immigrants who came to America without permission.

I was not talking about criminals but people who had their visas revoked with no reason. For example Ukrainian war refugees, normal families working hard and paying taxes. I deliberately did not mention other nationalities as I am sure for you not being white would be an enough reason to be deported.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 14:11

Pocahontasandme · 26/04/2026 14:05

Do the people who believe It’sa hoax honestly believe that these young men - the shooters- would sacrifice their lives and spend the next thirty years in jail all for a hoax shooting?

Do you genuinely believe that anyone with a gun would have got past the Secret Service once, let alone the three times it’s allegedly happened?

And on the night of the first correspondent’s dinner he’s ever bothered to attend?

And after claiming he needs the ballroom for security purposes?

The thing is, if this had happened to anyone else, people would believe it but Trump is reaping what he has sowed.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 14:08

Pocahontasandme · 26/04/2026 14:05

Do the people who believe It’sa hoax honestly believe that these young men - the shooters- would sacrifice their lives and spend the next thirty years in jail all for a hoax shooting?

And that’s if you’re not shot dead as others were.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 14:05

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:58

His Boomer posting can be a bit cringe.

But its not going to make me vote for the migrants eating toddler’s faces party (but I never thought the migrants would eat my toddler’s face!)

nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/indian-national-who-brutally-attacked-mom-and-daughter-is-illegal-immigrant-dhs-says/

Most boomers aren’t unhinged paedos. And this isnt someone’s parent ranting on social media for the three people who follow them. This is supposed to be a statesman.

But I think we get it - foreigners bad, paedos good.Its an unusual view but you do you.

Pocahontasandme · 26/04/2026 14:05

Do the people who believe It’sa hoax honestly believe that these young men - the shooters- would sacrifice their lives and spend the next thirty years in jail all for a hoax shooting?

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 14:02

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 13:59

Do you speak the language of the countries you immigrated to?

Yes, I speak Chinese and yes, they interviewed me in Chinese because it’s expected that foreigners learn it

juldan · 26/04/2026 14:01

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:49

They are free to leave whenever they like.

And leftists are dangerous when they enable
their worst elements. Imagine thinking the only thing wrong was his shooting abilities, as has been expressed in this thread (or that other thread, but posters have said this)

@RingoJuice

What are you on about? The shooter is American so what does he have to do with immigrants being free to leave and “leftist enabling their worst elements?”

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 13:59

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:56

Let’s just say that it is a risk in some of the countries I have lived in, sure.

But I’ll give you an example of an American citizen detained by ICE. A guy that was detained at a worksite full of illegal aliens, his own brother was an illegal alien, he couldn’t speak English. Geee … not hard to understand why that guy was picked up, was it? And they released him several hours later when he produced the correct paperwork.

Green card, by the way, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you like. It can be revoked if you commit a crime or commit some sort of immigration fraud, lied on your application.

Do you speak the language of the countries you immigrated to?

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:58

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 13:55

Can you honestly defend this man? He sounds unhinged when interviewed, he embarrasses himself on social media and he’s a dishonest pervert.

How would you feel if someone decided to annex the US for no good reason?

His Boomer posting can be a bit cringe.

But its not going to make me vote for the migrants eating toddler’s faces party (but I never thought the migrants would eat my toddler’s face!)

nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/indian-national-who-brutally-attacked-mom-and-daughter-is-illegal-immigrant-dhs-says/

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 13:57

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:56

Let’s just say that it is a risk in some of the countries I have lived in, sure.

But I’ll give you an example of an American citizen detained by ICE. A guy that was detained at a worksite full of illegal aliens, his own brother was an illegal alien, he couldn’t speak English. Geee … not hard to understand why that guy was picked up, was it? And they released him several hours later when he produced the correct paperwork.

Green card, by the way, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you like. It can be revoked if you commit a crime or commit some sort of immigration fraud, lied on your application.

Yet it’s okay to have a paedo in the WH because he was born in the US? Fuck me - the bar is low.

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:56

juldan · 26/04/2026 13:47

@RingoJuice
I was talking about American citizens and people who have visas and were still detained by ICE.
There are people who had green cards and the right to stay revoked with no reason. Ukrainians who fled the war have had their visas revoked under Trump just because.

So you will be happy if someone drags you off the street, revokes your visa and kicks you out of the country without any reason whatsoever.

Let’s just say that it is a risk in some of the countries I have lived in, sure.

But I’ll give you an example of an American citizen detained by ICE. A guy that was detained at a worksite full of illegal aliens, his own brother was an illegal alien, he couldn’t speak English. Geee … not hard to understand why that guy was picked up, was it? And they released him several hours later when he produced the correct paperwork.

Green card, by the way, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you like. It can be revoked if you commit a crime or commit some sort of immigration fraud, lied on your application.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 13:55

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:49

They are free to leave whenever they like.

And leftists are dangerous when they enable
their worst elements. Imagine thinking the only thing wrong was his shooting abilities, as has been expressed in this thread (or that other thread, but posters have said this)

Can you honestly defend this man? He sounds unhinged when interviewed, he embarrasses himself on social media and he’s a dishonest pervert.

How would you feel if someone decided to annex the US for no good reason?

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 13:54

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 13:49

They are free to leave whenever they like.

And leftists are dangerous when they enable
their worst elements. Imagine thinking the only thing wrong was his shooting abilities, as has been expressed in this thread (or that other thread, but posters have said this)

So are the far right.

There is no evidence that 'the left' is behind this shooting or any of the other attempts on Trump, or Kirk.