4th or 5th (12th) assassination attempt on DJT

Published on April 26, 2026

אִם יִרְצֶה הַשֵּׁם

Updated from August 2024 penultimate report

Prepared by: dyb and friends

Executive Summary

The security failures surrounding President Donald Trump began with the catastrophic breach in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. The threat profile expanded significantly over the next two years. What initially looked like a singular failure in perimeter control has evolved into a pattern of severe systemic vulnerabilities. The Secret Service and allied agencies failed to stop multiple subsequent breaches. These include the September 2024 attempt in Florida, the February 2026 Mar-a-Lago incident, a confirmed foreign murder-for-hire plot, and the April 2026 breach at the Washington Hilton. The evidence shows a total collapse in protection protocols. The risk of foreign involvement is no longer theoretical, as proven by recent federal convictions. This ongoing crisis threatens the physical safety of the executive branch and the stability of American political institutions.

Background

The timeline of threats against Donald Trump spans several high-profile incidents between 2024 and 2026. The initial attack occurred on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks fired on Trump from an unsecured roof, resulting in one death and multiple injuries. Subsequent investigations revealed massive security failures. On September 15, 2024, Ryan Wesley Routh attempted an attack at a Florida golf course. In early 2026, the threat matrix worsened. Secret Service agents killed an intruder at Mar-a-Lago in February. In March 2026, a Pakistani national was convicted in New York for a murder-for-hire plot linked to Iran. Most recently, on April 25, 2026, Cole Tomas Allen breached the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Allen fired at least one shot before agents subdued him.

Evidence Analysis (Selected Key Indicators)

The evidence now shows a deliberate pattern of information withholding and protocol abandonment. The most damning recent disclosure is bodycam footage proving local law enforcement warned the Secret Service about the specific warehouse used by Crooks days before the event.

Ranked Hypotheses (2026 Assessment)

H4 (Coordinated Conspiracy) - EXTREMELY HIGH: The pattern of "incompetence" is too consistent and targeted to be accidental. Deliberate withholding of information from Trump's detail (E52) and the rejection of requested resources (E44) function as intentional sabotage.
H8 (Iranian Involvement) - PROVEN/ACTIVE: The March 2026 conviction of Asif Merchant (E58) proves that foreign actors are actively funding and planning hits on Trump. Internal failures create the "open door" for these external actors.
H1/H2 (Incompetence & Negligence) - MODERATE: While the official Bipartisan Task Force (E57) adopted this as the cause, the "sloped roof" and "lack of manpower" excuses have been proven as fabrications or gross misrepresentations.

IV. Timeline (Extended)

July 9, 2024: Butler Township officer warns USSS to post guys on the warehouse roof. USSS confirms but fails to do so.
July 13, 2024: Butler assassination attempt. Crooks neutralized in 26 seconds.
Sept 15, 2024: Routh attempt in Florida; further USSS perimeter failures noted.
March 2026: Federal conviction of Asif Merchant for Iranian murder-for-hire plot.
April 25, 2026: Cole Tomas Allen breaches Washington Hilton with multiple weapons.

Addendum A: Evidence Inventory & Classification Log (Updated April 2026)

ID	Evidence Description	Classification	Weight	Interpretation/Notes
E1-E6	Witness testimonies, early video, and anecdotal reports.	Testimonial, Real	4	Establishes the chaos and immediate security gaps.
E7	Shooter's Profile (Updated 2025): 17 social media accounts found with conflicting extreme views.	Documentary	4	Suggests a "manufactured" profile to hide a specific motive.
E44	USSS Denied Requests: WAPO confirmed written requests for more security were denied.	Documentary	5	Proves top-down weakening of the protective shell.
E51	Drone Rejection: USSS refused local LE drone support.	Documentary	5	Direct refusal of technology that would have spotted Crooks.
E52	Communication Blackout: Command center knew of Crooks 20 mins early; never told the stage detail.	Testimonial	5	The most critical breakdown; indicates internal compartmentalization.
E57	Bipartisan Task Force Report: Official finding of "stunning security failures."	Documentary	5	Establishes legal negligence.
E58	Asif Merchant Conviction: Legal proof of Iranian assassination scheme.	Admissible	5	Validates the foreign threat hypothesis as reality.
E59	Cole Tomas Allen Incident: Hilton breach manifesto and shotgun recovery.	Real, Documentary	5	Demonstrates perimeter security has not improved by 2026.
E61	Butler Bodycam (Released 2024): Officer stating he talked to USSS on Tuesday about the roof.	Digital/Real	5	Smoking Gun. Proves USSS was aware of the roof vulnerability 4 days prior.

Addendum B: Legend & Weight Definitions

Weight (1-5): 5 is "Critical Fact," 1 is "Contextual Noise."
Classification: Admissible (legal court standard), Real (physical items), Documentary (written record), Testimonial (eyewitness).

Addendum C: Alternative Analysis (Holden’s Contrarian Lens)

The "Managed Fail" Theory: The hypothesis that the Deep State doesn't need to pull the trigger; they just need to ensure the target is "accessible." By staffing the detail with HSI agents (E47) and ignoring warnings (E61), they create a statistical certainty of an event. It fits every scrap of evidence without requiring a "smoking gun" order to fire.

Addendum D: The Crooks Anomaly

The FBI officially closed the Butler investigation in November 2025. They never established a motive. Instead, they left a massive data void that we need to address in your report.

If we focus strictly on Thomas Matthew Crooks, his profile completely breaks the standard "lone wolf" model. He operated with a level of digital hygiene and ideological noise that actively jammed federal threat detection systems.

The official narrative frames Crooks as a socially isolated 20-year-old who got lucky. The physical and digital evidence from the closed 2025 FBI investigation contradicts this. Crooks possessed an operational profile that either points to external grooming or perfectly exploits the blind spots of a bloated intelligence apparatus.

1. Advanced Operational Security Crooks did not act like an impulsive shooter. He used virtual private networks (VPNs), aliases, and encrypted communication accounts to purchase firearm supplies and materials for the improvised explosive devices found in his car. A nursing home aide effectively bypassed domestic terror tripwires for months. He also researched the distance between Lee Harvey Oswald and John F. Kennedy on the exact day he registered for the Butler rally.

2. Ideological Camouflage In 2025, investigators revealed Crooks maintained at least 17 different social media accounts across platforms like YouTube, Snapchat, Discord, and Gab. The content on these accounts was entirely contradictory. Some accounts posted extreme anti-immigrant and antisemitic content. Other accounts linked to him actively defended the Biden administration's immigration policies.

This is not a manifesto. This is chaff.

3. Target Noise His search history lacked a singular fixation. He looked up Trump, President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and the recently attacked Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. He flooded his own digital footprint with conflicting targets.

Analysis of the Anomalies: If we apply the Coordinated Conspiracy (H4) hypothesis, Crooks looks like a groomed proxy. The encrypted channels suggest external direction. The conflicting political footprint is highly convenient. It provides plausible deniability for any political faction, ensuring that if he was caught or killed, the public would tear itself apart arguing over his true motives.

If we apply the Systemic Failure (H1/H2) hypothesis, Crooks is a "systemic ghost." Security state machines are built to catch established profiles. Federal threat algorithms look for clear patterns of radicalization. Crooks flooded the zone with contradictory data. The system could not classify him, so it ignored him. When local police flagged his physical presence at the rally, the federal command center had no prior digital box to put him in. The resulting administrative friction caused the fatal delay.

The immediate power-washing of the AGR roof and the cremation of Thomas Matthew Crooks just 10 days after the shooting represent a textbook case of spoliation of evidence.

In any standard forensic investigation let alone the attempted assassination of the US President the crime scene is preserved for weeks, and the body is kept on ice pending multiple independent inquiries.

1. Prevention of Independent Forensic Audits Power-washing the roof scrubbed biological evidence, precise shell casing locations, and micro-debris. This action permanently locked the physical narrative to the FBI's initial findings. It prevented independent investigators from conducting their own 3D scene reconstruction or verifying exactly where Crooks bled out versus where he fired from.

2. Blocking Congressional Oversight Releasing the body for cremation just 10 days post-incident effectively stonewalled the Congressional Task Force. Lawmakers, including Rep. Clay Higgins, explicitly complained that the FBI authorized the cremation before Congress could conduct an independent medical examination. Without the body, we cannot independently verify toxicology screens, exact bullet trajectories of the neutralizing shots, or the physical damage reportedly caused by a local SWAT operator's bullet striking Crooks' rifle stock.

3. Intentional Compartmentalization When a state machine rapidly destroys primary evidence, it is actively limiting the variables that can contradict its official report. It shifts the investigation entirely from "Real Evidence" (physical artifacts) to "Documentary Evidence" (official reports), giving the FBI total control over the narrative flow.

4. Spoliation of Evidence and Chain of Custody Failures The physical aftermath of the Butler attack was managed with a speed that directly violates standard forensic preservation protocols. This rapid sanitization of the crime scene isolated the investigation and crippled independent oversight.

The AGR building roof was power-washed shortly after the incident. This destroyed crucial biological evidence, chemical residue, and positioning markers required for secondary, independent 3D reconstructions. It forced total reliance on the FBI's initial, closed-door telemetry.

The FBI authorized the release of Crooks' remains for cremation a mere 10 days after the shooting. This preempted the Congressional Task Force from conducting an independent medical examination. Crucial data points including secondary toxicology reviews, exact wound ballistics, and verification of the local SWAT operator's counter-fire were permanently destroyed.

These actions constitute severe spoliation of evidence. Under the Coordinated Conspiracy (H4) hypothesis, this is an intentional scrubbing of the timeline to prevent external audits from finding contradictory data. Under the Systemic Failure (H1/H2) hypothesis, it represents an agency attempting to minimize embarrassment by quickly closing the physical footprint of their massive operational failure. In either scenario, the federal apparatus actively chose to terminate the chain of custody rather than preserve it for democratic oversight.

Addendum E: Attempts and plots to murder DJT

List of Attempts

All 12 confirmed assassination attempts or plots against Donald Trump in chronological order.

Date	Incident	Sentence / Outcome	Memorable Fact
July 12, 2024	Asif Merchant (Pakistani man linked to Iran) arrested for a murder-for-hire plot to kill Trump at a rally as revenge for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani.	Found guilty March 6, 2026; faces potential life sentence (sentencing pending).	He paid $5,000 in cash to undercover FBI agents he thought were hitmen, using a napkin to diagram the shooting.
July 19, 2024	Michael Martin Wiseman (68, Florida) arrested for threatening on Facebook to kill Trump and JD Vance, including graphic threats against their families.	Found not guilty by reason of insanity on Sept. 19; opted into a pre-trial diversion program.	He was arrested just miles from Mar-a-Lago, in the same Florida county where the next major attempt would occur two months later.
Sept. 15, 2024	Ryan Wesley Routh (58, North Carolina) points an SKS-style rifle through the fence at Trump's West Palm Beach golf course from 300-500 yards away.	Sentenced life in prison without parole (Feb. 4, 2026).	After being found guilty, he stabbed himself in the neck with a pen in the courtroom in front of the judge.
Sept. 2024	Iranian-directed plot involving Farjad Shakari (Iran), Carlisle Rivera (NY), and Jonathan Loddhoff (NY) ordered to kill Trump before the election.	Shakari: killed by U.S. military (March 2026); Rivera & Loddhoff: charges pending.	The Iranian official allegedly told the operatives money was "not an issue" and that it would be easier to kill Trump after he lost the election.
Feb. 11, 2025	Nikita Casap (17, Wisconsin) kills his mother and stepfather to steal their money to fund a plot to assassinate Trump with a drone.	Sentenced life in prison without parole (March 5, 2026).	He lived with their decomposing bodies for two weeks while waiting for instructions, until police arrived for a welfare check.
April 11, 2025	Shawn Morger (32, Pennsylvania) arrested by the FBI for posting multiple threats to assassinate Trump and preparing a mass shooting.	Charged with 4 counts of threatening to murder a U.S. official (May 2, 2025); outcome pending.	He was living in Butler, Pennsylvania, the exact city where the first assassination attempt on Trump occurred in July 2024.
May 1, 2025	Richard James Spring (35, Michigan) arrested after threatening online to rape someone in front of Trump before shooting him in the head.	Sentenced to 18 months in prison + $2,000 fine + mandatory mental health/anger management counseling (Oct. 20).	He was sentenced to only 18 months despite threatening to rape a bystander and execute the president on camera.
June 11, 2025	James Donald Vance Jr. (67, Michigan) arrested for posting on the social media platform Bluesty that he would put Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk "in a body bag."	Sentenced to 2 years in prison (Nov. 17).	He shares a name almost identical to the Vice President (James David "JD" Vance), causing intentional confusion.
Aug. 2025	Nathalie Rose Jones (50, Indiana) arrested for posting that she intended to "kidnap and disembowel" Trump with Liz Cheney watching.	Charged with making violent threats; outcome pending (mentally ill).	She cited the 1981 sci-fi novel *The Affirmation* as inspiration and claimed she was motivated by Trump's COVID-19 policies.
Feb. 22, 2026	Austin Tucker Martin (21, N. Carolina) breaches Mar-a-Lago security armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and a container of gasoline.	Shot and killed by Secret Service agents at the scene.	Despite being shot and killed by Secret Service, his cousin insisted he was "a good kid" who "wouldn't even hurt an ant."
April 25, 2026	Cole Thomas Allen (31, California) opens fire at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' Dinner with Trump inside.	Charged with attempt to assassinate the President (3 federal counts); outcome pending.	An old video resurfaced showing him as a Caltech engineering graduate demonstrating a wheelchair brake prototype for NASA.

Sentence / Outcome	Count
Life in prison without parole	2 (Routh, Casap)
Killed by Secret Service / military	2 (Martin, Shakari)
Prison sentence (finite)	2 (Spring: 18 months, Vance Jr.: 2 years)
Not guilty by reason of insanity	1 (Wiseman)
Pending / awaiting trial	4 (Merchant, Morger, Jones, Allen)
Pending (Rivera & Loddhoff)	2 (counted under Iranian plot)

Update May

Executive Summary:

The security apparatus surrounding President Donald Trump has not only collapsed; it has fractured into warring bureaucratic factions. Following the April 25, 2026, breach at the Washington Hilton by Cole Tomas Allen, a stark contradiction has emerged between the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

While USSS Director Sean Curran publicly spun a narrative of tactical heroism and a "perfectly set up" site, federal prosecutors have filed court documents painting a picture of catastrophic inattentiveness saved only by "extraordinary good fortune" when the heavily armed suspect tripped and fell. The suspect, who traveled cross-country by train and checked into the Hilton as a guest, bypassed security with a 12-gauge shotgun, a .38 caliber pistol, and multiple knives. The ongoing legal proceedings have exposed deep institutional rot, with the USSS actively fabricating narratives to cover up a managed failure, while the DOJ attempts to prosecute a case where its own top officials are potential witnesses.

I. Background (Recent Developments): On May 11, 2026, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was arraigned in federal court, pleading not guilty to four counts, including Attempt to Assassinate the President. Allen, who dubbed himself the "Friendly Federal Assassin," breached the White House Correspondents' Dinner security checkpoint.

The fallout has been unprecedented. Defense attorneys are actively petitioning U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden to disqualify Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from the case, citing a conflict of interest since both were attendees at the targeted event. Furthermore, DOJ filings have directly contradicted Director Curran's May 1st media tour, confirming that Allen simply "fell to the ground" after blowing past agents, and that the responding officer fired five times at the tripped suspect and missed entirely.

II. Evidence Analysis (Updated May 17, 2026): The evidence now demonstrates an active cover-up by USSS leadership that is actively being dismantled by the DOJ's legal filings.

Addendum A: Evidence Inventory & Classification Log (Updated May 17, 2026)

ID	Evidence Description	Classification	Weight	Interpretation/Notes
E1-E61	[Previously established evidence regarding Butler, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, and the Asif Merchant Iranian murder-for-hire conviction.]	Various	4-5	Establishes the baseline of systemic failure, foreign threats, and internal cover-ups.
E62	Curran's "Perfect Setup" Claim vs. Reality: Director Curran claims the Hilton was set up perfectly and an agent was shot point-blank in the vest.	Documentary, Real	5	Proves the current USSS Director is actively fabricating narratives to cover up catastrophic breaches.
E63	Hilton Surveillance Video & K-9 Stand-Down: Video shows Allen casing the hotel a day prior. During the event, a USSS K-9 zeroes in on Allen, but the handler pulls the dog back.	Real, Admissible	5	Critical Anomaly. The K-9 handler's action mimics a "stand down" order.
E70	DOJ Court Filings Contradicting USSS: Federal prosecutors filed documents stating Allen was thwarted only because he fell. They explicitly contradict Curran's claim that officers "promptly tackled and detained" him, noting the agent fired 5 times and missed.	Admissible, Documentary	5	Institutional Civil War. The DOJ is legally documenting the USSS's incompetence and perjury.
E71	The Arsenal & Logistics: Allen traveled cross-country by train, checked in as a guest, and was armed with a 12-gauge Maverick shotgun, an Armscor .38 pistol, a Ka-Bar knife, and three boot knives.	Real, Admissible	4	Demonstrates a highly planned, heavily armed infiltration that completely bypassed the "perfectly set up" outer perimeter.
E72	Prosecutorial Conflict of Interest: Allen's defense team is moving to disqualify Acting AG Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro because they were at the WHCD and are technically victims/witnesses.	Legal/Documentary	4	Complicates the prosecution and threatens to turn the trial into a circus, potentially burying the deeper conspiracy.

III. Ranked Hypotheses:

H4 (Coordinated Conspiracy / Weaponized Incompetence) - EXTREMELY HIGH: The USSS is no longer just failing; they are actively lying to the public and the President about how they are failing. When the DOJ has to step in and correct the record that a suspect wasn't tackled by a hero, but rather tripped over his own feet while an agent missed five shots at point-blank range, the "incompetence" is a shield for deliberate sabotage. The K-9 stand-down (E63) remains the smoking gun of a managed breach.
H8 (Iranian Involvement / Foreign Exploitation) - PROVEN/ACTIVE: With the Asif Merchant conviction on the books, foreign actors know the USSS is compromised. They don't need to hire elite assassins; they just need to point unstable domestic actors (like Allen) at the gaping holes in the perimeter.
H1/H2 (Incompetence & Negligence) - SUBSUMED: The DOJ filings (E70) legally establish the incompetence, but Curran's subsequent cover-up elevates this to malicious conspiracy.

IV. Timeline (Extended to May 17, 2026):

April 24, 2026: Cole Tomas Allen arrives in D.C. by train, checks into the Washington Hilton, and cases the gym and perimeter.
April 25, 2026: Allen breaches the Hilton. K-9 unit pulled back. Allen fires shotgun, trips, and is apprehended after an agent misses him five times. USSS evacuates Vance before Trump.
May 1, 2026: Director Curran goes on Fox News, claims the site was "set up perfectly," and fabricates the heroic tackle story.
May 5, 2026: A four-count federal indictment is issued against Allen.
May 11, 2026: Allen pleads not guilty. Defense files to disqualify the DOJ's top prosecutors.
May 17, 2026: DOJ filings publicly contradict the Secret Service's official narrative, exposing the agency's reliance on "extraordinary good fortune" rather than tactical proficiency.

V. Open Threads: * The Friendly Fire / Phantom Shot: Curran claims an agent took a shotgun blast to the chest. The DOJ filings are suspiciously vague about who actually shot the agent's vest. Was it friendly fire from the panicked agent who missed five times?

The Prosecutorial Conflict: If Judge McFadden disqualifies Blanche and Pirro by the May 22 deadline, who takes over the case? A special counsel could either blow the conspiracy wide open or bury it forever.
The K-9 Handler: We still need the name of the handler who pulled the dog back. That individual is the key to proving whether the breach was allowed to happen.

Incessant Conditioning

...because the ambient hatred isn't spontaneous. It's engineered. You think the daily drumbeat of “threat to democracy,” the clinical slicing of his character into digestible diagnostics of narcissism and fascism, the infinite loop of impeachment recaps and classified-document leaks—you think that’s journalism? No. That’s operant conditioning at continental scale. And the endpoint isn’t impeachment. It’s not another election. It’s a solitary citizen, a man you’ve never met, standing over a body with a smoking firearm, convinced he just performed the final act of a rational civic duty.

The standard consensus (that political violence is a stochastic fringe phenomenon, a byproduct of “toxic polarization” or “lone wolf” radicalization) is a catastrophic misdiagnosis. It treats each shooter as a weather event: unpredictable, tragic, sui generis. This is willful blindness. Look at the underlying architecture: the relentless repetition of a single proposition ie “Donald Trump is an existential threat” delivered not as opinion but as a baseline axiom across every institutional node. Academia encodes it in syllabi. Bureaucrats embed it in security warnings. Entertainment media ritualizes it in late-night monologues where “jokes” about his death draw the same Pavlovian applause. Each repetition lowers the threshold for violence. That’s not polarization. That’s a schedule of reinforcement.

Behavioral economics supplies the mechanism: the “availability cascade.” A term is seeded .. authoritarian, insurrectionist.. amplified by trusted elites, repeated until it occupies every shortcut in the citizen’s cognitive budget. You don’t need to order a hit. You just need to ensure that when a middle-aged man in Ohio watches his third hour of MSNBC, the phrase “someone should kill him” arrives not as a transgressive fantasy but as the logical terminus of every presented premise. The network doesn’t say “shoot him.” It says “he will end democracy,” “he is a cancer,” “we are in a fascist crisis.” The syllogism completes itself. The citizen provides the conclusion. That’s conditioning without conspirators - except the conspiracy is real, precisely because it requires no secret meetings. It’s a distributed coordination problem solved by overlapping institutional incentives.

The counterargument namely that free speech protects this rhetoric, that Trump himself used violent language collapses under the asymmetry of credible machinery. When a fringe website incites violence, we call it stochastic terrorism. When the administrative state’s permanent class, its intelligence alumni, its lawfare apparatus, and its media adjuncts all converge on the same dehumanizing frame, that’s not free expression. That’s a preparatory action. The Deep State actually a misnomer for the interlocking network of civil service tenures, FARA-registered nonprofits, and intelligence-community retirees who survive administrations does not need to hand a gun to anyone. It needs only to maintain a steady-state voltage of fear, primed to the specific frequency of one man’s face. The 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago wasn’t about documents; it was a conditioning event .. a public demonstration that normal rules had been suspended, that Trump existed outside legal protection, that the state itself had declared him an outlaw. When the state models lawlessness toward a citizen, a subset of citizens will infer permission.

History offers a precise analog: the Dreyfus affair. Not the anti-Semitism—the institutional manufacture of a traitor. French army officers, intelligence services, and conservative media spent years repeating “Dreyfus betrayed France” until an entire political class believed it as empirical fact. The actual espionage was irrelevant. The repetition became the evidence. Today’s version is faster, denser, and weaponized with neural priming: a thousand micro-narratives per day ie he mocked a disabled reporter, he praised Putin, he suggested injecting bleach each trivial or distorted, but each laid down like a track. The goal is not persuasion. The goal is reaction conditioning. Make his face trigger the same autonomic response as a spider on your pillow: revulsion, fear, and the sudden, clean urge to eliminate the source.

The cascading implication is that we have already passed the point of no return. The conditioning has saturated enough of the population that a successful assassination is not a matter of if but when. And when it happens, the Deep State will have achieved the perfect crime: a “loner” with a manifesto full of MSNBC talking points, instantly pathologized, while the institutions that wrote those talking points will perform grief-stricken unity. No fingerprints. No RICO case. Just a million tiny repetitions, each plausibly deniable, each paid for with your tax dollars through NPR and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

So my stance is this: abandon the pretense of organic outrage. Every Trump-related violent act from 2016 forward .. the ricin letters, the pipe bombs, the would-be assassins at rallies .. trace their ideological DNA not to grassroots movements but to credentialed, salaried positions inside the Beltway. The solution is not more security. The solution is to recognize the conditioning for what it is: a slow-motion extrajudicial execution being written into the substrate of national discourse. And the only moral response is to name the perpetrators every CNN booker, every F.B.I. counterintelligence agent who leaked a “source,” every grant-review committee that funded a “resistance” study as accessories before the fact. Ugly? Of course it’s ugly. The truth about a conspiracy that doesn’t need to meet in basements is that it lives in plain sight, wearing a blazer, asking for your trust. Don’t give it.