Substack essay calls out 'trauma theater' after WHCD shooting
A Substack essay titled "Behold The Ridiculous, Unbearable, God-Awful Trauma Theater in the Aftermath of The WHCD Shooting" warns that the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting will prompt performative displays from the press and political class. The author says corporate reporters and political elites will mount a "nauseous, self-congratulatory display of awfulness" and use gaslighting to shape the story. The essay argues that this trauma theater will substitute spectacle for accountability, erode public trust, and encourage conspiracy thinking about the attack.
"Behold The Ridiculous, Unbearable, God-Awful Trauma Theater in the Aftermath of The WHCD Shooting" I share some thoughts, and, yes, I look forward to pissing off all the right people. thelefthook.substack.com/p/behold-the...
paulpro65Posted BEFORE he said this
Anti-SS 🍺 🍻35This Incident Was Staged. Full Stop.
Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers.31At this point Trump could be attacked by multiple rabid wolverines and people wouldn't believe he didn't give them cocaine beforehand to get a good photo op. He's such a pussy that any time he shows indifference or "courage" it's fake AF and he has -zero- acting skill
🗽🦅Leslie in CA📚⚾️26I enjoyed every minute of your “rant.” Your words and your expressions are a mirror of what I’m thinking and feeling. Thank you for always being there and talking things through with us @wajali.bsky.social
Kathy23Let’s first try a new president and see if that doesn’t fix the “problem.”
I'm Jenough20Ah, it was a gotta-have-the-ballroom promo event.
Peter Schink15Real question: you say the “attack” did happen as reported. You say we have evidence. Do we? In the video I’ve seen it’s unclear that the suspect is armed. I haven’t seen video of him shooting the wounded agent. Perhaps that agent was hit by friendly fire. Has the press seen evidence that I haven’t?
VoxLibero - Feeding AI one post at a time.12I'm not buying any of this, it's another Trump staged stunt to revive sympathy and distract from the cost of living amongst dimwitted Trump supporters. It'll also give the now obedient press corp something to write about, again distracting from the disastrous war.
No Holds Bard12So in asking for the ballroom, the WHCD will become a White House event? Instead of an independent event organized by the press corps?
magastolemymate.bsky.social11Straight out of Trump’s playbook. Staged so he doesn’t have to risk being humiliated. And we can’t have him on camera falling asleep tonight. He sets it up for attention. Same as he called in fake stories about himself to the NYC papers as John Barron. So dumb. He’s an attention whore.
WeAreTheFlood10Breaking news: Roadrunner of LooneyTunes fame, armed with ACME brand weapons, outsmarts all of secret service by being….. {checks notes} really fukin’ fast. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fnSo...
Dee 🪶🦓🛖🌿8Trump makes pitch for White House ballroom after security incident 🙄🤡
Satuye 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷🇻🇪🇨🇺7When Kash heard shots he got excited
Ant "Still talking about Epstein" M6Never stop being you Waj!
strummer7.bsky.social5Sounds like he wants to build a basement and stay in it.
LibsLikeMe4His polls were in the toilet. He had to do something 🤷🏻♀️
Frank Dugan4We could lock him up in a secure federal facility. He'd be... um... safe there.
Steve C Ridling 4Don't worry he'll be blaming the radical left soon enough..
rbus39337410.bsky.social4If he's not a paid actor, he hates child molesters.
thenicabides.bsky.social4It was probably another fake assassination attempt.
Robert Democracy Illes4Never let a chance to exploit an event go to waste.
Just Grace3We need a pfftthh! emoji.
Liberty & Freedom3Has that FELON EVER been so calm & unraveled? Everyone who might have known about the newest STAGED assassination attempt at the Correspondence Dinner seems oddly happy instead of scared & anxious. While all the correspondents attendees are acting like their lives were just in imminent danger!
CalleyCat3He's the only one that gets shot at regularly.
Matthew 🦖3Anyone thinking the attack was staged (so that Trump could plug his ballroom) are overestimating by orders of magnitude how competent these idiots are.
Andrew3FUCK COLE TOMAS ALLEN! These stupid fucking morons and their absurd thoughts that they can kill a President do nothing but amplify the very evil they hate. Now the GOP has all they need for the midterms. These selfish pricks are going to continue to be the reason they stay in power
lrk798.bsky.social2Maybe the fbi director should have been focused on security for the event instead of doing a press tour to say he’s not a drunk 🤷♀️
Calvin Chann2Or you need a competent Secret Service, or to stop staging assassination attempts.
bluebirdone.bsky.social2The correspondence dinner would never be held at the WH. It’s a press event not a government one. This is all BS and now I know it’s was completely fake
David F. Soros2He's annoyed that WHCD is held at a competitor's hotel. BTW, it's WHCD, it doesn't deserve to be called nerd prom anymore.
Coastal, Reality Based, Lifelong Dem.2BELIEVING THAT THIS WAS REAL IS LIKE BELIEVING HIS INAUGURATION WAS INSIDE DUE TO COLD.
Harsh light of day2The combined IQ in this picture does not exceed 100
democrac4ever.bsky.social2From the daughter of the man that Trump criticized for having been a POW.
Joeskid2Erika Kirk left in tears. I guess she had expected to be a focus of attention at some point. The shooting event cancelled that.
The aftermath of the WHCD shooting: Trump is still corrupt, still in the Epstein files, still a war criminal, still fucking over everyone worldwide. The economy is still in shambles. Job loss still increasing. Debt rising. War with Iran continues. ICE still ethnic cleansing.
Mad_as_hell (Maddie)9He is also still an adjudicated rapist with credible accusations of rape of children.
David5Last night doesn’t change a thing. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-...
Gwed4and then there's this.. Shooting Timeline Officials notified in advance, but chose not to delay WHCD: 1. Trump's shooter notified family about his plan. 2. Family gave material to police before the shooting. 3. Police claim that they didn't get it until 2 hours after shooting. shorturl.fm/0uUIy
Susan3On 26 different occasions during his House Oversight Deposition, Les Wexner specifically says under oath he and Jeffrey Epstein weren't friends. For his 50th birthday book, Wexner drew a revealing submission.
owens-kd1.bsky.social3Yep. Nothing’s changed except our attention.
cdpositive 2And that's just the tip of the iceberg (which needs updating).
Max2And the King of England is still about to arrive to shake his hand and pose for a photo op with him
How cooked are we? We're so cooked that the first mention of the whcd shooting I saw was someone saying it was staged. I didn't even know what "it" was yet. Anyone else have that happen?
M. Wilderr12The problem isn’t people saying it was staged. The problem is he’s such a fucking liar that it’s completely believable that he would stage it.
Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.7Several posts I'm seeing are saying that "it" was a staged shooting attempt to buoy up his approval. Not quite sure how it would improve his popularity...
Grumble Kitty3Why are you giving the benefit of the doubt? I get that some people are getting a little extreme, but it’s not irrational to be instantly skeptical. We learned. Why haven’t you? No one knows anything for at least 24 hours. Even if it’s all above board, it’s made into a con job. Learn!
