White House photo of Trump sparks conspiracy theory

Every move and word from Donald Trump draws intense scrutiny. Recently, a new White House photo sparked fresh conspiracy theories online about the 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania.

While campaigning for re-election in Butler, Trump was shot in the upper right ear by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crook, who fired eight rounds from a rooftop. Miraculously, Trump survived the attack, though two audience members were critically wounded and one man, Corey Comperatore, was killed.

Crook, a quiet engineering student, had stockpiled explosives and was killed by a Secret Service agent immediately after the shooting. Trump credits a large chart displaying immigration stats for potentially saving his life—he had turned his head toward it just before the shot, possibly reducing his profile to the shooter.