DISINFO: Attempt on Trump means that US is terrorist state
SUMMARY
The assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump fits into this general outline of the United States as a terrorist state, where methods of solving problems are completely unimportant. What matters is that these methods should justify the goal, set by the American deep state.
RESPONSE
A conspiracy theory and a disinformation narrative about global elites and the US Deep State. This claim was made in the context of an assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump on 14 July 2024.
There is no evidence that the assassination attempt is related to global elites and the US Deep State. The shooter who tried to kill Trump has been identified as 20-year old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Although his motives remain unclear, his former classmates described him as conservative-leaning and as a “misfit” and a “loner”. There is nothing indicating that he may be linked to any broader conspiracy. The FBI said it believes that Crooks acted alone and was not involved in a larger plot.
Promoting conspiracy theories is a frequent pro-Kremlin technique to sow mistrust in institutions in democratic countries. See other examples in our database, such as claims that the West is behind the attempt on Slovak PM Robert Fico's life, that JFK was assassinated by Israel which controls US deep-state, that globalists aim to destroy Russia because Russia supports transition to a multipolar world order, or that there was electoral fraud in the US because the Deep State didn’t want Trump reelected.
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