You'll have to be familiar with the general plot of the movie Diehard to understand this analogy:
In the movie Diehard there is a scene in which Hans Gruber (the main antagonist) encounters John McLane (Bruce Willis) on the upper levels of the tower. Hans pretends he was one of the hostages being held on the lower and has escaped. McLane appears to buy Gruber's story and eventually hands him a gun. When McLane turns his back, Gruber fires the gun and....surprise, Gruber! The gun wasn't loaded.
Gruber thought he was about to commit the crime but his action only served to exposed his true intent. Meanwhile McLane, though appearing vulnerable, knew he was never in any danger.
I hypothesize that the DS plotted a crime but a necessary element for the success of the crime was withheld from them without their knowledge. (Maybe the shooter was eliminated at the last moment or was a double agent, maybe the weapon provided was faulty. Maybe there weren't any bullets.)
If true, this would explain why the DS is now behaving as if they're covering up a crime while at the same time Trump behaved at the rally as if he weren't in danger (If you haven't already, watch the period of the event from when Trump ducks for cover behind the podium until he gets in the vehicle and ask yourself if his behavior is consistent with someone who has just been shot and is concerned about being targeted by a sniper.)
edit: this model would also explain why the outcome of this event that could have been overwhelmingly tragic was actually overwhelmingly positive (at least from a Great Awakening perspective). From the perspective of Trump's campaign there's really nothing better that could have happened, what fantastic optics! Plus the DS is thrown into defensive mode as the apparent crime is exposed and, more significant in my opinion, many of their tactics have been and will be exposed.
Note: I do assume there was a real professional sniper aiming at Trump (or that there was supposed to be). Here's why: if you rule out incompetence on the part of the SS then you're left with something like conspiracy to commit treason. I can't think of any possible in between. Nobody is going to involve themselves with this type of crime if the centerpiece of the crime (dead POTUS) is in the hands of a 20 year old kid without professional training. That would be like planning an Ocean's 11 style heist and employing a 16 year old kid with a driver's permit as the getaway driver. I don't believe any criminal would participate in something like that.
I was thinking something along these lines the day it happened.
It is an interesting theory, but falls apart when you think through on the details, like who shot Trump's ear? Lets assume not Crooks, then who? Another sniper who was actually professional, BUT 100% on Trump's side, who Trump trusted 100% with his markmanship to only graze his ear? What about the fact that Trump turned his head right as the shot was fired?
Or you think shots were fired far away from Trump, and the blood on Trump was fake?
I think this is too insane to plan to be executed correctly.
Maybe Crook was the DS patsy, and they had a backup professional sniper waiting in the wings to take the actual shot, in case Crooks missed, BUT that sniper was secretly on Trump's team, unbeknownst to the DS. Then Crooks took the shot and missed (I personally believe through Divine Intervention) and the other sniper got away.
The whole event is too insane to fully comprehend, I hope one day we will learn all the details.
In order for my theory to be true (which it may not be), I don't think Trump's ear took a bullet (at least not at the rally). Furthermore, it would be impossible that any rally attendees would have been hit with bullets intended for Trump. Believing that these elements were somehow faked or misunderstood is not impossible but I fully acknowledge it is going to be a stretch. For example, Trump could have his ear damaged or shot under controlled circumstances after the rally--after all, at some point we are going to see the damaged ear with the bandages off. And as for the rally goers who were shot it's possible they were crisis actors and it's possible they were DS actors who were neutralized by Patriots. (I'm aware this is very sensitive due to the loss of life at the rally and I don't mean any disrespect to real victims and their families.)
But even though it would be a stretch to explain away these apparent gunshot wounds the alternative if the necessity to explain away how nonchalant Trump and the SS around him were behaving immediately after the shooting. They all behaved as if there was no danger or that they were 100% confident the danger had passed. Any explanations of this are going to be a stretch as well.
Maybe it was divine intervention. Maybe it was magic. Maybe Trump had a high-tech secret technology force field. I'll acknowledge these are possibilities but using them to explain the events is also a stretch.