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Trump Wounded, Shooter Killed; Staged Claims Flood Social Media

4/27/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump was wounded at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, after which Secret Service killed the gunman.
Online posts labeled the shooting as staged, generating over 300,000 mentions on X within hours.
In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump called the conspiracy theories ‘sick’, said he had not heard them until asked, and referenced his claims the 2020 election was rigged and Epstein files were a Democratic hoax.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump was wounded at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, after which Secret Service killed the gunman.
Online posts labeled the shooting as staged, generating over 300,000 mentions on X within hours.
In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump called the conspiracy theories ‘sick’, said he had not heard them until asked, and referenced his claims the 2020 election was rigged and Epstein files were a Democratic hoax.