Donald Trump was allegedly shot on July 13th, 2024. The question will be resolved N/A if he was not shot at. Can resolve to "Dead" and another answer as relevant.
"Motivation" is with respect to the motivation for the particular act of shooting at Donald Trump.
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3.00Resolving indiscernible.
“Police and agencies investigating have been unable to identify a motive so far.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gw58wv4e9o.amp
“Lack of motive, past writings puts Trump rally gunman in rare class among high-profile shooters” https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/08/11/thomas-crooks-butler-trump-rally-shooting/stories/202408110072
“The FBI reportedly told Trump that Crooks’ motive was still unknown as of last week.” https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-assassination-attempt-thomas-matthew-crooks-strikingly-intelligent-1500-sat-score-report.amp
I would argue it could be self-directed and self-staged attempt.
Basically ask Qui Bono:
+ security is beefed up after that (so likely no real successful attempts)
+ makes more likely to generate sympathy for the face sitters
+ martyr/savior image inside GOP
Some facts:
+ young loner guy easy to manipulate
+ known to be bad at shooting straight
+ was visible for a time - no one took action
+ although hundreds of cameras no recording of the hit - we only see bleeding after lying down for a while
+ no medical testimony of the actual shot
+ secret service lets his get up with his head exposed (to make a photo-op)
Looking how sinister the people are and how high stakes the game nothing suprises me any more so it is in the realm of possibility.
Some countries who are keen on having GOP/T president: Russia, Israel, Saudi-Arabia etc.
One video which brings out all the suspicious things that dont add up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvm5BWXSq9E
A third classmate, who asked not to be named, said that Crooks was very smart, took honors classes, and was shy. She said that he had a group of friends who were fairly conservative, some of whom would wear Trump hats.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/us/trump-rally-gunman-thomas-crooks-invs/index.html
Another ex-Bethel Park student, Max Ryan Smith, recalled him as an intelligent student with conservative political leanings.
Smith recalled participating in a mock debate with Crooks in an American history course in which the teacher had students stand on opposite sides of the classroom to signal their support or opposition.
“The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side,” Smith said. “That’s still the picture I have of him. Just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other ... It makes me wonder why he would carry out an assassination attempt on the conservative candidate.”
~ Philadelphia Inquirer
Former classmates of the suspected shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, described him to ABC News as a student who was "quiet" and did not have many friends.
"He was somebody who came across as lonely a lot," said Jameson Myers, who said he attended both elementary and high school with Crooks.
Myers described him as "more socially reserved" and someone who "didn't have a ton of friends."
But he said he never heard Crooks discuss politics or, specifically, Donald Trump.
"I was friends with him. He never acted, like, by any means, a political revolutionary," Myers said. "Was a very nice, even sweet guy, from what I knew."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/donald-trump-rally-shooting-assassination-attempt
The only link with the character is that he appeared in Black Rock ad that they have now pulled from the web.
Edited - waiting for more info.
Random twitter person says the rooftop was unusually under-secured.
https://x.com/johncardillo/status/1812279702566179170
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