Photographers steered to best spots for Trumps "assassination attemp"

[Swede]

Ummm….Have you seen this?

Behind the stage when Trump is shot.

Two aids physically steer the photographers into position for the best angle. What?!

— ✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ (@the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social) 2025-07-16T06:57:49.991Z

[Bayard]

1. We knew that

The whole thing was fishy.

[stopdiggin]

3. So the kid climbed up on the roof ..

looking for spare change most likely ..
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[EarlG]

4. From what I remember of the original video, Trump wasn't moved until

Secret Service audibly called "clear," which happened after the shooter was killed. In this new video it looks to me as if the photographers were allowed into the space after that happened. And of course they were going to want access to that space -- they're news photographers. It's not every day you get to photograph an assassination attempt on the president.

It looked like even though they had called "clear" the guy behind the photographers was trying to shield them while they got their shots.

And let's be honest, if they hadn't been allowed to take those pictures, the conspiracy theory would be, "This is a presidential campaign event, how come nobody got any pictures, hmm? Why were photographers prevented from taking pictures?"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. We can always ask Doug Mills.

AI:

In 2025, Doug Mills won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his dramatic images of the assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, including a photo of the bullet in mid-air.

Doug Mills lives in Arlington, close to the Safeway I used to shop at. He works for the New York Times.

Of course, he’s in on it too.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Looks like he was trying to make sure that they didn't rush the steps Trump and agents would be coming down.

...and, doing that without obstructing their line of sight to the events.

[Cheezoholic]

17. Exactly. Go watch the Raygun attempt. They body slammed people across the street. I still say WWF BS here

Not discounting tragedy of innocents but you have to sacrifice somebody to make it look good

Edit: sorry didnt see post #6

[EarlG]

22. I still say it's a daft conspiracy theory

If this was a plot, here's how it was carried out: A man climbed onto a roof and fired live ammunition at the president. He missed on purpose, was shot dead, and then Trump deliberately injured himself, or used a blood capsule, to make it look like he was bleeding.

In order to believe that the above was meticulously planned, you have to believe that the shooter was suicidal (because he would know that he would most certainly be immediately shot dead following the attempt). Which means you also have to believe that Donald Trump has the courage to stand in the line of fire of a suicidal man who is firing live ammunition at him.

In other words, anyone who says this was faked is giving Trump MORE credit than he deserves. To believe this theory, you'd be saying that Trump has the guts to stand in front of a suicidal shooter using live ammunition, not flinch, and then carry out a fine piece of acting work to pretend he's been shot, with dozens of cameras pointing at him.

Whereas the reality is, that in the moments after the shooting Trump appeared completely disoriented and confused while the Secret Service struggled to cover him up, then he fell out of his shoes.

[sdfernando]

20. It wasn't an assassination attempt on the president

"It's not every day you get to photograph an assassination attempt on the president"

oranganus was NOT President!

[EarlG]

23. Good point, I labeled him incorrectly

It's probably even less likely that you get to photograph an assassination attempt on a former president who is also running for president.

[sdfernando]

26. True that /nt

[Basso8vb]

5. Evander Holyfield still wants to know how his ear grew back.

[sop]

7. The Purple Ear

[Swede]

32. .

[sop]

6. "(Compare) this video with the one when Reagan was shot in the 80s. The Secret Service response difference

is fascinating." (Bluesky comment)

It is fascinating. Reagan was immediately shielded by his SS detail, grabbed up and thrown into the back of his limo. In sharp contrast, Trump was allowed to stand back up, with his head above all the SS agents surrounding him, so he could perform for the crowd.

[Melon]

21. How about the SEcret Service agent crouching behind

Him after the shot? And she couldn’t get her pistol in the holster later. The entire thing was a cluster. Do they have A and B teams for the president and then all others?

[3catwoman3]

30. I did think it was odd that the SS did not keep him down longer...

...and that his first instinct was to bounce right back up with that stupid raised fist.

If you'd just been shot/shot at, would you be in a hurry to get right back up and make yourself a target again? I sure as hell wouldn't.

[Ars Longa]

8. Was the Perp/Shooter kid actually shot dead--or even shot? Or was

that part faked also? (Fake blood).
What have you heard about the shooter/shooters
body since? Was he cremated?
Who would sign up for a scheme where you were to
be shot dead??
'Lots of questions...
A lot of un-connected dots.

[groundloop]

9. What the hell, go for it.... the internet loves good conspiracy theories.

[BidenRocks]

11. Both 'dead' people are in witness protection

The wife comes out to stir the pot.

Show us the bodies or it's all more Bullshit!

[meadowlander]

33. So Biden's FBI arranged witness protection for them? How deep does this go?!?

[Kid Berwyn]

10. New York Times photog stood front and center

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/politics/doug-mills-trump-photo.html

Had it hit Trump, he'd have got a Pulitzer for the photograph maybe.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. He did win the Pulitzer Prize.

AI:

In 2025, Doug Mills won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his dramatic images of the assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, including a photo of the bullet in mid-air.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Thanks!

The guy really was in the right place at the right time.

If only he had won two Pulitzers, how exciting that would have been.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Arlington photographer wins third Pulitzer for photos of attempted Trump assassination

News
Arlington photographer wins third Pulitzer for photos of attempted Trump assassination

By Dan Egitto
Published May 22, 2025 at 3:45PM


Doug Mills (photo by Anna Moneymaker, courtesy of Doug Mills)

An Arlington-based photographer has won a Pulitzer Prize for his photos of last summer’s assassination attempt on President Donald Trump.

Doug Mills, a lifelong Arlington resident who discovered his love of photography at the Arlington Career Center, took home the honor this month for photos including a “one-in-a-million” shot of a bullet in midair — an instant before it hits Trump’s ear.

“I still can’t believe it, even when I look at the picture, how remarkable that image is, because it obviously proves that he was shot at,” Mills told ARLnow, referring to the photo in which the bullet appears as a gray line.

This is Mills’ third Pulitzer, following prizes for team coverage of the Clinton/Gore campaign and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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[Kid Berwyn]

19. "A one-in-a-million shot."

The major take-away for me, though, is how trump turned the event into a publicity bonanza to energize his base in November.

[rubbersole]

18. Everything about tsf becoming/being potus 47 seems hinkey.

Except the fact the oligarchs are making out like bandits. Just sayin'.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

24. "Friends, Americans, Countrymen, lend me your ears...oops, I mean ear!" --Thomas Crooks

[intheflow]

25. This is balony.

They moved into place after he was shot? As a former photographer, let me just say, this would be standard practice. The reason they were "moved into place" is that they needed clearance to be in that immediate space before the podium. But that would just be to be in as close proximity as possible to anything that might happen as they moved 45/47.

If they'd moved the photographers into place before the shooting, that would be another story entirely.

[AStern]

27. It was STAGED

Not investigation - no medical report.

And the press played along.

There is absolutely NOTHING that can be said that will change my mind.

[SheltieLover]

28. Not surprising, really, imo.

[flashman13]

29. It was obviously staged. There was never any indication that Trump's ear was ever injured.

It is impossible to believe that some clown could have been allowed to climb on that building as close to the stage as he was. He was clearly an inept amateur. He was out at about 150 yards. He was using a AR 15 variant with an unmagnified red dot sight. While I admit that a decent shooter could have made the shot, that weapon would hardly be the choice of a qualified shooter intent on a kill. In the hands of an amateur the chances of a hit were small. After the first shot, the chances of a hit were very near zero.

The secret service had to have been in on it. If it was real they would have never allowed tRump to stand back up after the first shots. They could not have known (if this was real) that there were not multiple shooters. They would have kept him down until they were sure there was no further threat.

The real tragedy is that a fireman/ family man had to die for the charade.

Did the shooter know that he was a lamb going to slaughter? Did he do it knowing he was going to die in order to elect his orange painted god?

[sinkingfeeling]

31. And what I notice, is no one in the crowd is alarmed, screaming, hiding, or running away.

Compare that to shootings in malls and festivals.

[Baitball Blogger]

34. Hmm...

This video needs to be compared to what the secret service did for Reagan when he got shot. It does look like the agents are awfully slow.