Images of Trump attacked: frame-up, accusations… Conspiracy theories flood social networks

QAnon, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, staging of the Republicans… Conspiracy theories are numerous on social networks in recent days after the assassination attempt targeting the former President of the United States, Donald Trump.

If social networks have a considerable reach, what can we say when the former President of the United States Donald Trump is the victim of a assassination attempt in the middle of a meeting ? Immediately, the most famous of them, embras&eac; to the rhythm of conspiracy theories, each more outlandish than the last. In reality, two camps are confronting each other, the pro-Biden and the pro-Trump. The first claims that the targeted American billionaire by automatic rifle fire is himself behind his own attack. The second, that  Joe Biden is à the origin of the assassination attempt to get rid of Donald Trump before the presidential elections at the end of the year.  

These conspiracy theories can flourish without moderation on X, almost encouraged, at least tolerated by the boss of the social network, Elon Musk . "The traditional media is nothing but a pure propaganda machine. X is the voice of the people" he wrote last Sunday after the attack on Donald Trump. As a reminder, former American President Donald Trump, formerly President of the United States, aged 78, escaped death an assassination attempt during a meeting Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Around 6 p.m. local time (midnight Paris time), the Republican candidate, who had just started his speech with one of his usual tirades on migrants, accusing Joe Biden of having let them enter the country en masse , suddenly held his right ear as shown by television images. He then stooped down. behind his desk and immediately began to speak. plated on the ground by Secret Service agents. 

“That's the price you pay when you eliminate elite satanic pedophiles”

A US-based account did not hesitate to write the following message, although it is known for sharing some unfounded allegations: “This is the price you pay when you eliminate elite satanic pedophiles.” According to the QAnon conspiracy entity, which apparently inspired this account, Trump is waging a war against a deep state, a state within a state seeking to to put obstacles in his way on a daily basis and to govern the country in secret in place of the American police. The account then indicated that the “assassination order” probably came from the CIA, accusing Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence of being involved in the July 13 attack on Donald Trump. The message was viewed 4.7 million times without being sourced. Conspiracy theories that may also be supported by Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger's recent statement: “Quite frankly, I'm surprised he was able to get up on that roof and shoot,” he said. on MSNBC.

Joe Biden and the left à the origin of the assassination attempt ?

Would Joe Biden have tried? to get rid of Donald Trump ? This is in any case one of the conspiracy theories that has flourished since the attack this Saturday.' ;nbsp;”Don't think this will be the last attempt to kill Trump. The Deep State really has no other choice now. launchedé a user of the pro-Trump website Patriots.Win. "It will take borderline martial law to get the country back on track" indicates a second. And the theories find a relay within the American political class itself. "Joe Biden gaveé orders" published on X (ex-Twitter) the MPé Republican Mike Collins. A message seen by more than five million people. In a second post, he asks that the American president be prosecuted for "incitement & the assassination.

Other Republican elected officials did not hesitate to take action. à agree in this direction. Senator James David Vance asserts that the "rhetoric" of Joe Biden "led directly" à the attack on Donald Trump. The assassination attempt would even have been carried out. "aided and abetted by the radical left and corporate media” believes Senator Tim Scott. Elected Trumpist Marjorie Taylor Greene indicates on were ready ê everything to make this happen. Radical positions taken which led to a torrent of reactions from anonymous people on social networks. Comments published without the slightest substantiation, or the slightest reliable source to support a statement. The idea of ​​a "deep State", in other words, a state within a state, has recently resurfaced on the web. An entity supreme, rather ôagrave; left of the political spectrum which would hold the real decision-making power in the country and which would prevent Donald Trump from arriving in power through the ballot box, ensuring victory for the democratic camp. "The Deep State attempted to to assassinate Trump live & television" even goes as far as post a Shadow of Ezra conspiratorial account on X.

A production by Donald Trump himself ?

&Conversely, on the left, the staging option has gained ground on social media and seems to be getting closer to the truth. In other words, Donald Trump is said to have planned an attack on himself this Saturday, July 13. The goal ? To make Trump a martyr for the Republican camp and ensure his victory in the presidential elections next November. Fake blood on his ear, gunshots from a pistol compressed air… Theories are multiplying on social networks and the term “stage”, which can be translated as the famous “staging” has been gaining popularity on the web since the attack. “He knows he's going to lose the election so he pretends and yells at the crowd to fight”, “no one in the crowd is running or panicking. No one heard a real gun, I don't trust him” explains an anonymous person on X.

While experts warn against conspiracy theories: “Incidents of political violence generate conspiracy theories when people try to use the event for their own ends,” explains Megan Squire of the Southern Poverty Law Center in the Washington Post, that doesn't stop rumors from spreading. A third option has even come to the conspiracy theory table. The person responsible for the attack is said to be an Antifa, as can be read on social media. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, is said to be called Marks Violets and is said to have explained his plan before carrying out the attack on a YouTube video. In reality, the video in question shows an individual who has nothing to do with the events of last Saturday.