Does Donald Trump assassination bid to have a ‘Deep State’ link?

Although false conspiracy theories are common in politically charged contexts, analysts say that tempers often flare during elections. In 2024, an assassination attempt was made against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, was assassinated two years ago. 

The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Despite this identification, various conspiracy theories have emerged: Some left-wing accounts suggest that Donald Trump staged the attack on himself. Right-Wing Theories: Some far-right accounts claim it was a hit on a political rival.

Meanwhile, Indian economist Sanjeev Sanyal hinted it wouldn’t be surprising if past assassinations were connected. “I would not be surprised if there is a link between the assassination of Abe, the attempt on Fico, and now Trump. The world is now in a very dangerous place,” wrote Sanyal on his personal account on X.

“It looks very staged,” posted one user on X, which garnered over a million views. “Nobody in that crowd heard an actual gun. I don’t trust it. I don’t trust him,” wrote the user about the Trump rally shooting incident.

Experts, however, ruled out Deep State theories. “Incidents of political violence spawn conspiracy theories and false narratives when people try to spin the event to suit their various agendas,” Megan Squire, deputy director for data analytics at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, told The Washington Post.