The ongoing clash between former President Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell reignited over the weekend when the actress circulated an unhinged conspiracy theory about his assassination attempt.
O’Donnell shared a fringe left-wing theory on TikTok, alleging that Trump was not hit by would-be assassin Thomas Crook’s bullet during his July 13 rally in Pennsylvania.
In the video, she dissected Trump’s immediate reaction after getting shot and urged further investigation into the incident.
“Now, I don’t know what happened that day,” O’Donnell said. “But I don’t think it was a bullet that him. I don’t.”
Rosie O'Donnell spreads the conspiracy theory that Trump wasn't shot.
Can we sue her for $1 billion, like they did to Alex Jones? pic.twitter.com/afa9uj43ta
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“I think it was maybe a fragment of something,” she theorized. “But I don’t know. Without a scar to be seen yet blood all over it.”
O’Donnell also raised questions about the infamous image of Trump raising his fist in the air following the assassination attempt.
“Look at the photos of him right after with his fist-pumping – a normal reaction, right? To almost being assassinated?” she continued. “There’s something really hinky about the whole thing.”
“I don’t know what it is, but I am saying this: for people who go on conspiracy theories for endless cycles, deep dives, how come this isn’t getting a deep dive?” the former co-host of “The View” questioned.
O’Donnell is perplexed why Americans haven’t wondered why “his ear is normal now.”
“He’s not an octopus,” she ridiculously added. “He doesn’t regrow his limbs, his ears, his nose, or whatever. We don’t regrow, we’re humans. You don’t regrow your arms, or your ears.”
O’Donnell’s insane conspiracy theory was disproven by FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate at the end of July, when he told the Joint Hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees that Trump’s ear had been hit by a bullet.
There is absolutely no doubt in the FBI’s mind whether former President Trump was hit with a bullet and wounded in the ear. No doubt, there never has been,” Abbate remarked.
“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces,” the FBI also confirmed days earlier.
In a recent interview, Trump said his belief in God has deepened after he almost lost his life.
🚨RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SAID HE BELIEVES IN GOD MORE AFTER HE SAVED HIS LIFE!
"I'd like to think that God thinks that I'm gonna straighten out our country."
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Fox News host Mark Levin asked Trump whether his faith in God had increased after the assassination attempt, where Trump survived getting grazed by a bullet, while one person was killed and two others were injured in the shooting.
“I think you think like, if you believe in God, you believe in God more. And somebody said like, why? And I’d like to think that God thinks that I’m going to straighten out our country,” Trump remarked during the interview on Fox News’s “Life, Liberty & Levin.”
“Our country is so sick and it’s so broken. Our country is just broken. And maybe that was the reason, I don’t know. I don’t know, a lot of people have said that,” he noted.
During the interview, Trump suggested the shooter was “hurried” when he fired at the rally.
“I think you believe more, because when you speak to experts, like my sons who are shooting experts,” Trump stated.
“But when you speak to experts, they said there was no chance that he could have missed from that distance.”
“I think he was hurried. I think he was rushed because people were starting to say, like, you know, there’s a guy up there with a gun. And I think he was probably rushed,” he explained.
Trump also commended the Secret Service agents who protected him that day, describing them as “very brave” and noting their quick response response.
He also praised the sniper who eliminated the gunman but did say that security should have been tighter on the rooftop where the shooter was positioned.
“Now, obviously, somebody should have been on top of that roof. And there was some problems. But I have to tell you — Secret Service,” Trump concluded.
They were on top of me and they were bullets were flying over us — and there wasn’t one of them that said, ‘Oh gee, I’m not doing that.’”
Elsewhere, Trump supporting country star Jason Aldean encouraged a young audience at his concert to “get out and vote” if they dislike the current state of the country.
“It’s a crazy ass time when the media makes me out to be the asshole for calling out people doing stupid s**t. This country is crazy,” he told his fans.
Jason Aldean is right! If you don't get out and vote, you have no excuse for complaining about the outcome! Vote, vote, vote❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/oyAqBgiJHw
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“It’s gotten really weird over the last few years and I will say this: November is a huge month for our country. Huge month.”
Aldean did not specify who to vote for, despite firmly backing Trump, but urged their participation.
“It’s not place for me to stand up here and tell you who to vote for and who not to vote for. That ain’t my business. It ain’t my place to tell you that,” he continued.
“But I will say is I see a lot of young people out here … People that can actually vote now – you’re of age to vote.”
Reflecting on his younger days when voting wasn’t a priority and socializing with friends took precedence, Aldean told the audience they couldn’t whine about how the election turns out if they refuse to participate in the process.
“I’m telling you, it’s a big deal. It’s a really big deal and I see a lot of people b***hing about the state of the country. They don’t like what’s going on. That kind of thing,” he remarked.
“If you don’t get out and vote, you got no right to b***h about the outcome of the election. If you want to see some shit change, then get out. It takes 30 minutes out of your day,” he noted.
Aldean spoke about his hit “Try That in a Small Town” and expressed his gratitude to the audience for their support.
“I know who I hope wins and I hope they’re jamming this song when my man walks into the White House,” he concluded.