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False flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidency

Published May 13, 2026 6:45AM (EDT)

President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Let’s be clear up front: There is no evidence that Donald Trump has staged any of the three high-profile attempts on his life in the past two years.

I’ll likely get some angry reader feedback to that assertion because a lot of people believe at least one of the would-be assassinations — and quite possibly all three — were false flag operations. A new survey from NewsGuard shows that 54% of Americans are open to the theory that at least one of the attacks was staged, with only 38% saying definitively they believe all three were real.…