Even Robert De Niro didn’t suggest it.
Several familiar faces, including Rosie O’Donnell and John Leguizamo, pushed the conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump didn’t actually get shot during a 2024 Butler, Pa. campaign rally.
It was staged for maximum sympathy.
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To accept that premise, you must consider the late Corey Comperatore as collateral damage in Trump’s maniacal scheme, not to mention 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Cooke, slain by Secret Service agents shortly after firing off eight rounds from a nearby rooftop.
Those shots also injured two other rally attendees. Trump suffered a minor wound to his ear but was otherwise unharmed.
It’s absurd on its face, but some on the far-Left have suggested just that, not just in celebrity circles. Should we add Tim Dillon to that list?
The rebel comedian leans to the Right, slightly, or at least he used to. Now, it’s hard to tell. He’s very anti-Israel, for starters, and he hasn’t exactly been cozying up to President Trump in the leader’s second term.
That’s completely fine. He’s a comedian, not an activist, something several late-night hosts can’t say.
Still, the latest installment of “The Tim Dillon Show” finds the host claiming the Butler assassination attempt was more Fake News.
Comedian Tim Dillon accuses Trump of “faking” the Butler assassination attempt in July 2024 where a bullet missed his brain by millimeters and one of his supporters died pic.twitter.com/hsycIMlRdV
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 12, 2026
“I don’t care if he staged the assassination attempt in Butler,” Dillon said on his podcast. “I think he should admit it, to change the subject and stop talking about Iran.”
“It was the heat of the campaign, and people do crazy things in campaigns. I’m speaking just for myself, I will not think less of you if you admit to staging and faking the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. I will be impressed by the level of coordination. Explain to us how you did it.”
He suggested President Trump appear on “Bari Weiss’ CBS News” and share it all, including the participation of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence unit.
Dillon acknowledged Comperatore’s death, adding that in high-stakes campaigns, “things like this happen.”
Outrageous, right? Not so fast.
Part of Dillon’s shtick is sharing absurdities for shock value and humor. He’ll take a bizarre stance just to throw listeners off guard, or to frame a perspective in a new light.
He’s a bit like the Howard Stern of yore, who might embrace a controversial opinion for laughs and faux outrage.
It’s increasingly hard to suss out what today’s comedic podcasters are up to of late. Some have taken the 2024 presidential campaign, dubbed the “podcast election,” to heart. Hosts like Andrew Schulz and Joe Rogan have leaned into this part of their public personas, and they sometimes haven’t done the legwork or research to weigh in credibly on key issues.
They do so all the same.
Dillon isn’t dumb. And there’s a chance he’s mocking his fellow podcasters who are all too eager to embrace the wildest conspiracy theories they can find. He’s happy to blur the line between truth and satire, and in the process poke fun at those who take podcasters a mite too seriously.
Or, he knows saying the most outrageous things could generate extra clicks, views and, ultimately money, and he doesn’t care if he’s shooting straight or misleading his viewers.
Only Dillon knows for sure.
