Trump shooting - odd? Staged?

You haven't seen the footage? How on earth can you possibly comment

No, I don't think it was staged. I think it was typical stupid Trump behaviour. The secret service clearly wanted to keep him shielded and get him away as soon as possible (as you'd expect), and he insisted on being seen. Incredibly stupid since there was really no way of knowing at that point that there was just one shooter, and he could have put other people in more danger by not doing as he was told.

this is entirely normal and spontaneous behaviour for donald trump!

exactly, it’s very presidential!

Trump isn’t stupid enough to time turning his head with a bullet.

He didn’t want people to think he’d been fatally injured (like JFK) and, given his mindset, he assumed it was extreme left wingers responsible. So just responding to that. Yes, you are reading too much into it.

I find it weird that his supporters are believing God saved him. If he’d been killed, I doubt they’d believe it was “God’s will”. It’s more a personality cult than politics.

Sorry, am I understanding right that you think Trump may have been responsible for staging his own assassination attempt, resulting in 2 deaths and 3 people being seriously injured?

I don't think it was staged. I hear some of the reactions coming from 'my' side and I think 'You'd be sneering if this had been an attack on Biden and Trump types were saying that it's a set-up'. As with all conspiracies, there's too much treating things as though 'If X happens, this GUARANTEES Y will happen in response' and things just don't work that way. I agree Trump was just being himself when he started showboating - people are going 'But why didn't his entourage stop him sticking his head up'? and things like that. Well, they probably wouldn't expect a target to be dumb enough to do that so it's not something you're prepared for as a close protection officer.

I'm not sure we'll ever know the attempted assassin's motives, but I think it's not unlikely he's just one of those types who wanted fame at any cost.

this is entirely normal and spontaneous behaviour for donald trump!

how have you managed to not see the footage? That’s on a par with the episode of the likely lads where they don’t want to know the football score!

It's Trump being a showman.

Also I really doubt that Trump would trust anyone to just graze his ear, least of all a failed gun club member.

It crossed my mind too op! Which just shows how absurd this world has become. I really can’t believe that this was a publicity stunt though because innocent people actually died. Even Trump wouldn’t stoop that low. I think.

I think you need to see the footage and then you will realise that he’d already been surrounded by SS and the shooter killed by this point.

You're reading too much into it. It's not a normal reaction.