Conspiracy theories about the president Trump shooting attempt being staged are rife following a ‘slip-up’ in a Karoline Leavitt interview.
Within hours of shots being fired at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25, 2026, two parallel conversations were taking place on the social media.
One was about the verified, documented facts of a sh0cking security breach: a gunman armed with a sh:otgun, handgu:n, and multiple kn:ives rushing a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, firing on a Secret Service agent, and being tackled to the ground while President Trump, the First Lady, the Vice President, and dozens of senior officials were evacuated from the building.