The bid to murder Donald Trump became a Rorschach test of conspiracy theories on social media within minutes of Thomas Crooks firing at the former president.
On one side, Trump supporters claimed he was the victim of a “deep state” assassination plot. And on the other side, fanatics claimed that the shooting which left a man dead and two others critically injured was “staged” and a “false flag.”
The far-right’s premier conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, posted “Emergency! America Is Now Under Globalist Attack! More Assassination Attempts Imminent,” on X, formerly known at Twitter, two hours after the shots rang.
