What I think you are doing here is what you just accused me of doing. You're getting emotional.

Of course it's some kind of conspiracy. All assassinations, either real or fake are conspiracies by definition if they involve more than one person.

In this case, you just have to look at the evidence to see that we are being lied to. No way could the apparent injury result from a sniper shot with 30.06 ammunition from in front in the way the MSM has told it.

We are DEFINITELY being lied to. Make peace with that and look carefully at the evidence and only then will I take you seriously, whether you agree with me or not.

Because using fake assassinations to manipulate the public is not how you rebuild trust in authority. It would enrage the population and would make MAGA no better than the current ruling establishment.

This bit is a very good point and I didn't address it, I'm just going on the apparent evidence at this point and not addressing the issue of the white hats doing a fake assassination and the serious implications of that.

It is what it is, we have to follow the evidence.

My own idea is that there was a real assassination planned which the white hats thwarted, but allowed it to continue in the public eye. So in that sense, there really was an assassination attempt if I'm right there. Anyway, that is my conjecture at this stage.