Donald Trump has experienced three assassination attempts in his second term alone—more than any sitting president—and each one has benefited him immensely. The first attempt swayed the election. The second one clenched it. And the third might have gotten him that goddamned White House ballroom he’s so obsessed with. 

To many, that’s not surprising. Trump might be the most loathed political figure in the world, after all. With political tension at a fever pitch in the Land of the Free, some fringe radical weirdos are taking their shots at glory by taking shots at the president. 

It’s a logical enough explanation. But under the high-powered lens of a tin-foil microscope, it falls apart. All three of Trump’s assassination attempts are bizarre, have major plot holes, and clear ties to deep state activity. This is political theater on a grand scale, and the director of the show is standing somewhere in the shadows, using hypnotic techniques developed by Project MK-Ultra to create sleeper agent Manchurian candidates—assassins who can be activated to execute a directive (i.e., “execute the President”).

It sounds stranger than fiction. But the truth often does. 

What is a Manchurian Candidate?

The term “Manchurian Candidate” comes from a 1952 novel by the same name. In the book, a Korean War veteran is brainwashed by Russian commies to become an unwitting assassin, hypnoprogrammed to kill a prominent American political candidate. Acting on subconscious impulses and hypnotic urges, he attempts to complete his mission. 

It’s a fictional depiction of something real: hypno-programmed assassins. Everyone knows that the CIA’s Project MK-Ultra successfully developed the techniques to do this in the ‘50s. Targets are identified by medical records or referred by doctors and psychologists on the spook payroll. They’re then lured into a hypno-radicalization process that winds them up like a toy, that can be planted in society and activated whenever needed. When the time comes to deploy the assassin, mainstream media outlets repeat a specific word or phrase — an activation mechanism — and then, click! The unassuming, unsuspecting citizen becomes a political assassin. It’s old hat at this point, but the system has proven effective time and again. 

Case and point…

The Attempts

Attempt #1: Butler, PN — 2024 —Thomas Crooks

There is no evidence to show that Crooks was politically radicalized. He was a quiet kid with Republican tendencies. Beyond that, he’s a total ghost. His online footprint was erased. His residence was scrubbed. His body was cremated before an autopsy could be completed. What we do know is that Crooks appeared in a commercial for Blackrock (a corporate extension of the CIA), and his parents were government behavioral psychologists. Weirdest of all? Loud-mouthed and vindictive Trump has been silent about it ever since. The FBI closed the investigation without ever identifying Crooks’ motive. 

This attempted assassination tipped the 2024 election heavily in Trump’s favor.

Attempt #2: West Palm Beach, FL — 2024 — Ryan Routh

Routh was fresh out of Ukraine, where he’d been fighting and recruiting for a subversive military operation (so he claimed). He shot at Trump at his Golf Club, missed, was arrested, and is now serving life in prison. Routh pleaded not guilty to all charges — an odd choice for a political assassin ready to become a martyr for his cause. 

This attempt clenched the election and convinced many Trump supporters of his divine protection.

Attempt #3: White House Correspondents’ Dinner — 2026 — Cole Tomas Allen

Allen, a teacher with no criminal record, history of violence, or radical political attitude, decided on a whim to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Red Rover his way through the Secret Service security checkpoints, and try to kill the president. Allen had known ties to the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), which works closely with Mossad and the CIA. He was apprehended at the scene. 

Trump, who seemed smug during the security breach, used the assassination attempt to push his agenda to build the East Wing White House Ballroom, which had been stopped by a judge just weeks prior. 

So What’s Happening?

These assassination attempts are about as organic as a bag of Velveeta cheese. All of the assassins had bizarre ties to the CIA or adjacent agencies. The investigations were all swept under the rug. More questions remain than answers, and the deeper you look, the muddier the water gets. 

What’s clear is that Project MK-Ultra is alive and well. Our government is still churning out Manchurian candidates, using them to stage assassination attempts, and force their agendas (read: ballrooms) on us. 

For Trump, it’s all fun and games — at least until one of those assassins isn’t programmed to miss