Regarding the attempt assassination of former president Trump and the investigations that have followed and now the resignation of the Secret Service director, there have been the usual tsunami of conspiracy theories across the political spectrum to "explain" and blame everything.
However, for what it's worth, one should generally not attribute to malice or conspiracies what can be easily explained by Stupidity, Ignorance, Incompetence and/or Simply Not Paying Attention.
Nevertheless, it looks like we have an exceptionally target-rich environment here — BOTH regarding what happened AND regarding the legions of people who automatically assume, create, spread and believe in conspiracy theories.
Having worked in the government and worked with the government and reported on the government for decades, I am always astonished at the credulity, stupidity, and ability of people to believe that government officials can flawlessly pull off the thousands of malign conspiracies that are attributed and credited to them every day with no slipups and no whistleblowers!!! coming forward. (Remember that the next time you have to deal with the IRS or Social Security or Medicare or OSHA.)
BUT... there will always — ALWAYS — be another conspiracy theory (or seven) to explain why that is so. And... here... they... come...
