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Have you seen the video of the Trump aid that runs to fetch the cameraman to take the iconic picture of him from below with his fist raised? Along with the flag being lowered down into frame for the picture.
https://youtube.com/shorts/q5RVIMyINqg
A) Who says those photographers were Trump's staff, a rando YouTuber? There will always photographers at a campaign event for a major contender.
B) Those sorts of photographers always rush in for the shot. That sort of action is covered in the job description, if one is a serious photographer.
C) See this obviously "fake" shot when Reagan's photographers were ushered in. (I can do this all day with similar historical pics.)
Kid with a rifle gets on the roof because Trump is surrounded by idiot "yes" men, even in the USSS. Kid, who washed out of his high-school shooting team, pops a couple off, misses Trump because he turned his head at the last second, wounds a couple and kills one, gets sniped by snipers.
Does anyone honestly think Trump would pay a kid to shoot at him for a photo OP?! There's no meat on this conspiracy theory bone.
A and B are both incorrect, you can clearly see the photographers being positioned by Trump staffers. They don't need to be Trump staff.
Point C is the tricky one. That does not have clear evidence of conspiracy. It would have been simpler to not have a bystander and shooter killed. People have been convinced to carry out assassinations in the past. Throw in a sabotaged firearm. But yes, there is no evidence for it.
What do you think about the flag getting lowered into the shot?