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On July 13th, 2024, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. The would-be assassin, armed with an AR-style rifle, fired several shots from a nearby rooftop.
One bullet grazed Trump’s right ear! But the Secret Service promptly ended the threat with a precise shot!
While the attempt failed, it ignited a storm of conspiracy theories online. Some speculated the event was staged, and others debated the ballistics involved.
If you think Trump staged his own shooting you are on another level of stupid
— Avatar Kyle 🤘🏼🌬🌊🌏🔥 (@YungVersaceLord) August 24, 2024
It was 1000% an inside job tho
The thing is we both see the suspicious aspects from it… but your conclusion is so ridiculously stupid while mine actually has proof to back it up https://t.co/XyO58VbooT
Enter Brandon Herrera, a popular YouTuber known as “The AK Guy,” who decided to tackle these theories head-on.
Herrera, who has built a following by blending technical gun knowledge with a heavy dose of humor and high-energy content, saw this as an opportunity to set the record straight—and have a little fun while doing it.
Herrera’s latest video (see below), “Testing The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump” does what he does best: breaks down complex subjects with a mix of sarcasm, hands-on demonstrations, and a touch of irreverence.
He starts by debunking the idea that the shot was staged. Using a budget AR similar to the one reportedly used by the shooter, Herrera shows just how difficult—if not impossible—it would have been to intentionally graze Trump’s ear from 130 yards out.
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Next, Herrera tackles the “experts” who claim that a shot from an AR-15 to the ear would have been fatal. To counter this, he and his team recreate the shot using a ballistic dummy, complete with high-speed cameras capturing every detail.
The result?
A fascinating, if slightly gruesome, demonstration of what actually happens when a bullet grazes an ear. Definitely worth a a watch.
For the finale, Herrera indulges his cinematic flair by recreating the Secret Service’s return shot on the shooter.
Using a high-end Accuracy International rifle, he captures the moment in ultra-slow motion, providing a satisfying end to the dramatic sequence.
“We have a constitutional republic, a representative democracy, where we’re allowed to express our differences and decide together as a country at the ballot box exactly what direction we want this country to go in,” he said.
“That’s the proper way to go about it, and if you think the alternative of taking innocent life is acceptable or that’s the thing you should do… well, that’s your fate,” he said, referencing the obliterated head of the dummy “shooter.”
As always, Herrera’s commentary is full of jokes and off-the-cuff remarks, keeping the tone light even as he dives into serious topics.
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That three letter federal agency, the same agency that “lost” track of the perps who departed from Phoenix, AZ to Garland, TX Curtis Culwell Center to carry out a terrorist attack, should have culpability. The unarmed security officer at the Center was shot, filed a lawsuit against the three letter agency for knowingly having an undercover agent present. The lawsuit was dismissed under sovereign immunity. Obviously, no justice can be expected.
With a senile imbecile as president and a moronic asskisser as VP, what would you expect from the “Deep State”? They can do WHATEVER they want to and right now that is to keep the presidency exactly where it is now.
A local SWAT Sniper possibly engaged the shooter first.
The slo-mo showed how an ear made of ballistic gelatin reacts, but we all know theres cartlidge there, which with the way skin is constructed makes it more spectacular than realistic, but “those who know better, know better”.
Still, in all, a good episode.
Totally I agree it was an inside job and the investigation of Of the Secret Service involvement Fbi, whoever else was involved needs to be totally brought to the public eye and prosecuted to the fullest extent, I do hope that the ones responsible will be punished without mercy.
Too many complications for a 20 year old to implement on his own. I guess in 50 years we will know. Hmmm!
Since the perpetrators are the investigators we will never get truth from the fbi… this is probably as close to an actual investigation as we will see.
A lot quiker and much better than the Warren Commission. Still wondering how the failed assassain was ID’ed?
Within 30 minutes Crooks was identified ({[WOW]}) in the Bethel Park assassination attempt. He was NOT carrying an ID, his head features were certainly drastically altered, he apparently had no fingures prints on file since he was not arrested, was never backgound checked for a job and was never in the military, and no DNA record was at hand.
Somehow though, the FBI, ATF and the SS (who could NOT track a rifleman on a roof despite a myriad of warnings) traced the a decade old gun sale to the shooters father and deduced it was the son’s corpse on the roof. AMAZING work clerical investigation, if true.
A similiar immediate post shooting ID of supposed shooter LHO also took place. To me, the ID is best explained through incompetance in the cover up than the preposterous light speed paper record search and disclosure by the feds.
IOW words, the American public is being played for fools by the feds once again.