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>Trump could have staged it.
Sure.
When you put 'could have' in front of something you can describe any situation that isn't explicitly ruled out. Including absolutely crazy and wildly improbable scenarios that are impossible to disprove.
This guy 'could have' been a clone dropped off by aliens a few days before the attack. We haven't seen anything that rules it out.
This incident 'could have' not happened at all. [Maybe the devices and social media feeds of you and all of the people you socialize with are being modified as you read them creating the illusion that an event took place while the rest of the world goes on oblivious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality).
[You 'could have' not existed until this very moment when you suddenly popped into existence with your brain built in such a way as to have memories of your life that never actually happened](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain).
When you use 'could have' you open the door to fantasy scenarios. So yes, it could have been staged... by extradiminsional beings for which Trump is only their 3-diminsional form.
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What a nonsensical point.
Since you like links;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
"form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that following the logic of a contrary proposition or argument would lead to absurdity"
I need to add
You are setting up a false equivalence. There is a vast difference between a baseless, unprovable fantasy (like alien clones) and evaluating a public figure's actions based on a well-documented history of psychological projection.
When someone constantly accuses their opponents of staging events and has a documented history of projection, it creates a lack of trust. The reason people question the narrative is because of that history, not because they are entertaining fantasies about the Matrix or alien clones. Equating a discussion about someone's known behavioral patterns to science fiction doesn't address the core issue of trust.
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