Social media users claimed Donald Trump assassination attempt was “staged”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sparked online speculation after she made a joke before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. One thing she said took on a chilling new meaning following the shooting.

As Leavitt spoke with Fox News ahead of the dinner, the press secretary teased what people could expect from Donald Trump’s appearance. Leavitt said he was “ready to rumble,” promising “classic Donald J. Trump” in his address, and that it will be “entertaining.”

As Karoline Leavitt referred to Donald Trump’s speech and the political roasting that many believed would follow, she said, “There will be some shots fired tonight in the room.” Now, many have been reading it as if she already knew what would take place.

One person wrote on X: “It was a planned fake assassination attempt directed by Trump, Karoline was literally saying out loud watch we need you to this so Trump polling goes back up sick monsters.”

A second added, “Tell us more, Karoline. How did you pick the guy? From central casting?”

A third said, “What an odd choice of words. Trump, so thin-skinned, he used another assassination attempt to keep from being roasted. He’s cried ‘wolf’ once too often!”

White House responds to claim that assassination attempt was “staged”

Now, the White House has responded. During a press conference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI did a “good job” in tackling the claims that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting was “staged.”

“It is very important for us that we get the truths and the facts about this case and any case out there as quickly as possible to get some of the crazy nonsense that you see running rampant online,” Leavitt said. “The Department of Justice and the FBI thus far have done a good job of disseminating the truths and the facts about this attempted assassin,” Leavitt said.

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