The Bullet that Wasn't

Las Vegas-based podcaster Brian Shapiro believes that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in 2020 in Butler, Pa. was staged and claims (at 2:11 of this video)

It's the same reason Donald Trump is halting- or isn't allowing- an investigation into Epstein's ranch.

Have you heard this story? We've heard alleged (word indistinguishable) that there are children buried on that ranch and Trump is halting an investigation into it. Why would he do that? Why is it that Donald Trump doesn't want all the Epstein files to be released out there? Why is he halting an investigation into his own assassination attempt? I think I might be on to something here. That's what I think.

According to Tucker Carlson, Dan Bongino told him that Donald Trump had ordered that an FBI investigation into the Butler incident be terminated, which Bongino denies.  An email from 2019 alleged that rapes and murders occurred at the Zorro Ranch, Epstein's property south of Santa Fe. That prompted an investigation by the state of New Mexico. In March of this year the estate was raided after new allegations of serious crimes and the state's Attorney General later filed a lawsuit "to compel the Trump adminstration to turn over files that the state claims it needs to identify victims, witnesses and potential perpetrators connected" to the abuse which reportedly took place.  

So it appears that the Trump Administration has been stonewalling an investigation into the Epstein ranch, which since has been sold. It is less clear that the President has directly blocked an investigation into the assassination attempt in Butler, though it's likely that he has discouraged it. Shapiro adds

It's funny, though. The next day he plays golf and his ear grew back. It's intersting. We didn't see any cuts. We didn't see any bruises- nothing on his ear the next day when he was seen in public. I also find that to be a little interesting as well. It's the same reason Donald Trump is halting, or isn't allowing, an investigation into Epstein's ranch.

The Administration has done whatever it could, thus far largely successfully, to block release of anything pertinent from the Epstein files. That is because Donald Trump was deeply involved with Jeffrey Epstein and very likely with Epstein's criminal activities.

Donald Trump's behavior pursuant to Thomas Crook's attempt on his life on 7/13/20 comes from a different place. Medical records from the incident never were released. Recovering so quickly and completely after reportedly being hit by a bullet was extraordinary; such a resurection while daily taking 325 mg of aspirin- which greatly increases bleeding risk- is beyond that.

So how did Donald Trump pull it off? Not a fake assassination attempt, as Shapiro tends to believe he did. Though he probably did not play golf, he did fly to Milwaukee the following day for the Republican National Convention. The President is well known as an avid fan of professional wrestling (a fake admiring fellow fakes) and fortunately, a former wrestler and public official has an explanation: In March, former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura appeared on Piers Morgan's podcast and

 Morgan said, "To be fair to Trump, when he got shot, he got back up and said, 'Fight, fight, fight!'"

"Oh yeah, right, right, right," Ventura replied. "You ever hear of a blade job?"

 A "blade job" is a term used in professional wrestling for when the performers actually cut themselves out of view of the audience so that they bleed during the match.

This does add credence to the notion that the attempt on Donald Trump's life was staged. However, if Trump had kept his head straight rather than turning slightly to the right immediately before allegedly being struck, the bullet would almost certianly have killed him. As it was, the FBI concluded that the candidate was struck by either a bullet or a bullet fragment. Had Christopher Wray's FBI admitted that Trump was not hit at all, Wray would have been in very serious trouble in a second Trump Administration, and very quickly.

Credit is due to Donald Trump, though. He employed all his acting skill- which is immense- to cut himself while pushed down by the Secret Service agents and, fist raised, defiantly yell "fight, fight, fight"  It was spectacular optics and became emblematic of his campaign and vision. It was a snow job eclipsing a lake effect winter storm in January in western New York.

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