Those close toĀ Donald Trump fear the former president ā€œmay have legit PTSDā€ from the assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last month.

Thatā€™s according to aĀ Vanity FairĀ report published Wednesday that claimed those in Trumpā€™s inner circle have noticed that heā€™s become fixated on a seven-second clip that shows the moment he nearly lost his life.

ā€œHeā€™s been watching that seven-second clip of how close he was to getting shot right in the headā€”over and over and over again,ā€ said a Republican close to the campaign, reportedĀ Vanity Fair.

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    Well, the violence came from his side. Thatā€™s how they roll. Expect more of it. They canā€™t stop. Be prepared.

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      They donā€™t see it that way. This is another ā€œblack helicopterā€ thing where they just assume itā€™s part of the CommieLib-MkUltra-Deepstate and that every piece of evidence that runs contrary to that narrative is so obviously manufactured by Nancy Pelosi using a 3D printed, Jewish-space-neuralizer organized by AOC to delete her feet pictures off the internet.

      Itā€™s clearly just aconspiracy to ruin the lives of the UberMerican loud minority of manly lifted truck driving estranged fathers wearing Izod Sport jackets with iron-on bald eagles and American flags.

      If he were a real RepublicanĀ® ChristianĀ© Americanā„¢, he wouldnā€™t have done a violence, but if he had, his aim would have been true, and and he would have gotten away.

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      If youā€™re talking about the assassination attempt, I donā€™t think we know which side the shooter was on. We only have remarks from classmates saying he was conservative and that his house (owned by his parents) had Trump signs. We also have a donation to progressives and a Google search for both Trump and Biden events. Thatā€™s everything Iā€™ve heard I think. It doesnā€™t paint a particularly clear message. It seemed more like someone trying to leave a mark in history with his suicide (who will only be remembered as the kid who missed, and also didnā€™t get into the shooting club because he was a dangerously bad shot), not a politically motivated assassin.

      The attack on the capital, yeah for sure, and yeah weā€™ll certainly see more of that.

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        the shooter was a right winger. we know this. it was not ideologically motivated, dude just wanted to do something ā€˜importantā€™, and his right wing beliefs led him to believe shooting someone, which he was insecure about, was what he should do.

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          You can say we know it all you want. We really donā€™t. We can make assumptions, and we can hope for things that make us feel more secure in our beliefs, but it doesnā€™t actually create proof. What proof is there that I didnā€™t list that you must have? Saying ā€œwe know thisā€ doesnā€™t make me any more confident. You must know more, right?

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            1. his social media accounts.

            2. journalists have talked to people who knew him. he was like a center right dude, in the way stupid teens sometimes are.

            3. the whole reason he decided to do this is because he got laughed off the schoolā€™s rifle team for being bad, and was so upset about it he decided to try to kill an ā€˜importantā€™ person to prove it to them.

            4. I think he said why? IDR the medium. I donā€™t super care. look it up.

            5. why are you saying we donā€™t know? are you just now stumbling into the fundamental limits of knowledge and epistemological uncertainty and having an existential crisis and getting an urge to build a time machine so you can go back to when kurt godel was alive so you can MURDER HIM and never have to think about this again? are you okay? do you need a hug and an ice cream koan? can I help? not with the time machine; kurt godel is one of like three mathmeticians whose work I actually like,but, you know, with your feels?

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              I addressed everything you said, except for 4 which I donā€™t think exists as far as Iā€™m aware. As for the rifle team thing, there are plenty of leftists who like to shoot guns. For example, I do.

              Why Iā€™m saying we donā€™t know is because the top comment made a claim that we do know. Why did it say that? Isnā€™t that the issue if someone is making a claim without it being backed up by evidence? I like that youā€™re making an attack on me as if Iā€™m being emotional. I promise you Iā€™m not. I just donā€™t appreciate people spreading false information. It can only work to undermine us if we make a false claim and itā€™s proven false in the future. Letā€™s just stick to what we know. Weā€™re on the right side. We donā€™t need lies.

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                plenty of people like to shoot guns. lefties, however, do not get butthurt because its a core part of our identities so when someone says ā€˜youā€™re so bad at shooting we dont even trust you to point that thing in the right ~120 degree arc to not risk shooting at us, go awayā€™.

                you addressed everything I said. soā€¦ what IS up with you? lets go back to point 5. feels like thatā€™s more what this is about.

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                  I promise you there are lefties that would get pissed off if they were told they were a bad shot. Stop assuming everyone on the left is your perfect model of person. They arenā€™t. We can have issues too.

                  I addressed point 5 multiple times at this point I think. Pretending like we have information we donā€™t have leaves us in danger, and lying about information we donā€™t have makes our standing fragile. We have no need to lie because weā€™re on the right side.

                  Just be honest. The kid had conservative parents, supposedly expressed some conservative views to other students, wanted to join the gun club but was dangerous whole shooting so was denied, donated a small amount to a progressive fund, and searched for both Biden and Trump events. Thatā€™s what we know (I think, unless more has come out). He obviously wasnā€™t a leftist, but he was a dumb teenager. I donā€™t know if he knew what he believed.

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                    pissed? sure. ā€˜murder someone about itā€™? unlikely. the things we get THAT upset about are entirely different.

                    okay but we do have information. I addressed that in points one and two. we do have information. I told you what information we have. so I return to point five, and wonder if you need a hug.

                    he searched for both biden and trump (and I think some others?) events because he didnā€™t care WHO he shot, just that it was important. the kid was a right winger, in specifically the way that children can be, and that motivated that he did a shooting, but not who he shot. correct. this is what I said originally.

                    I dont know if he knew what he believed

                    that is what I meant by ā€˜in the way that kids areā€™