News of an apparant assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump has taken China’s heavily censored social media by storm, prompting conspiracy theories and mockery of the U.S. political landscape.
The Republican nominee was unharmed, and a suspect was taken into custody after shots were fired on Sunday in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at Trump’s Florida golf course.
As the news spread to China on Monday, discussions concerning the incident were trending on the popular Chinese social media platform Weibo, with users pointing out how Trump had just recently escaped an attempt on his life at a campaign rally on July 13.
“Again?” many commenters questioned on the platform with over half a billion monthly users.
Millions viewed the viral hashtag, “Shooter was 457 meters from Trump,” which prompted discussions about how Trump was lucky and had “good fate.”
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