Biden Didn’t Approve the Shooter. Trump Did. Here’s the Proof.

What We Really Know About the Shooter...And Why Democracy-Loving Americans Don’t Trust a Word Coming Out of Trump’s Mouth

Biden Didn’t Approve the Shooter. Trump Did. Here’s the Proof.

What We Really Know About the Shooter…And Why Democracy-Loving Americans Don’t Trust a Word Coming Out of Trump’s Mouth

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #663: Thanksgiving Day-Thursday, November 27th, 2025.

Author’s note:

First…Happy Thanksgiving!

You’re going to notice something unusual in this piece.

I address a couple of points I covered in the last issue of JHN.
That’s not a mistake.
It’s not filler.
And it’s not an oversight.

It’s intentional.

Some ideas are so structurally important…so foundational to understanding what’s happening right now…that they need to be reinforced. Repetition isn’t redundancy. Repetition is retention. It’s how you build clarity in a chaotic moment.

As I always tell the Inner Circle:

Repetition is the mother of learning…
and the father of mastery.

These points matter.
They matter today.
They’ll matter tomorrow.
And they will matter even more in the days ahead.

So if you feel that sense of déjà vu…while reading…good.
That means the architecture is clicking into place.

Now let’s get into it.

-Jack

Let’s start with the uncomfortable truth responsible citizens figured out a long time ago:

Anytime a crisis happens under Donald Trump…two stories emerge:
The one that happened…and the one he wants you to believe happened.

And today’s shooting near the White House is following his script to the letter.

Two Guardsmen critically wounded.
A suspect in custody.
Conflicting early reports.
A political machine already spinning faster than the facts can catch up.

But buried beneath the headlines is a detail that should make every democracy-loving American stop cold:

The shooter entered the United States under Biden…
…but was granted asylum under Trump.

And suddenly the entire narrative machine began thrashing like a hooked shark:

Silencing that fact…reframing timelines…and laying groundwork for the version of reality Trump wants burned into the national psyche by nightfall.

So…this Thanksgiving Day… we’re going to do what Trumpworld fears most:

Follow the actual facts…
not the fantasy they’re already stitching together.

1. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER…THE REAL FACTS (NOT THE TRUMP EDITION)

Here’s what has been publicly confirmed:

• The shooter crossed the U.S. border during Biden’s term…fact.

There’s no dispute here.

• But the shooter was NOT granted asylum under Biden.

That piece belongs to Trump.

• The asylum approval happened after Trump took office…fact.

Which means the shooter was processed…approved…and released into the interior…
under Trump’s own administration.

This is the part the propaganda machine is already burying under 300 pounds of “BLAME BIDEN” graphics…chyrons…and screaming talking heads.

Because the truth is lethal to their narrative:

Trump’s own DHS signed off on the shooter.
Not Biden.
Not Mayorkas.
Not the “open borders left.”

Trump approved him.

Full stop.

2. WHY DEMOCRACY-LOVING AMERICANS ARE RIGHT TO BE SUSPICIOUS

The fact that Trumpworld immediately began shouting about Biden’s “border failure” would be laughable…if two Guardsmen weren’t clinging to life.

But suspicion isn’t paranoia.

Suspicion is pattern recognition.

And Trump has a pattern.

A deep, documented history of:

• lying

• distorting

• fabricating

• inventing enemies

• rewriting timelines

• releasing “facts” that later collapse

• constructing narratives before investigations finish

• and turning tragedies into political opportunities

When people say:

“I don’t trust a thing coming out of his mouth,”
…that isn’t cynicism.

It’s statistical wisdom.

Trump has lied about (it’s documented):

• crowd sizes

• COVID cases

• classified documents

• voter fraud

• border crossings

• crime waves

• Epstein connections

• military casualties

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Hawaii wildfires

• January 6th

• and his own indictments

So…when he begins churning out claims within hours of a shooting…
before investigators finish collecting shell casings…
the country has every right to ask:

“Why are you talking so fast?”

Because speed is the weapon.
Filling the void…before the facts fill it themselves.

And Trump knows that.

3. THE PROPAGANDA PIPELINE BEGINS (AND HERE’S HOW TO SPOT IT)

Trumpworld is already trying to run the Blood-to-Blame pipeline:

1. Isolate a fact
   “He crossed under Biden.”

2. Inflate it into a cause
   “Biden allowed this shooter into America.”

3. Fuse that cause to millions of people
   “Democrats created this tragedy.”

4. Erase the part where Trump approved the asylum
   This part gets memory-holed instantly.

5. Weaponize the tragedy against the entire non-Trump America
   “You people caused this.”

This is collective guilt manipulation…and it’s the most reliable tool of authoritarian messaging.

But it fails when you name it.

And we’re naming it.

4. THE PIECE TRUMP WON’T SAY OUT LOUD

The shooter being granted asylum under Trump is not just an inconvenient detail.

It is the key that unlocks why the narrative is being spun at warp speed:

If Trump admits the shooter was processed under his government…
…he loses the entire political leverage of this moment.

If he hides that fact…
…he gets to turn one man’s violence into ammunition against:

• Democrats

• independents

• critics

• journalists

• immigrants

• cities

• anyone who opposes him

Blame Biden = political weapon.
Blame Trump = political liability.

And Trump discards liabilities instantly.

Which leads to the real question:

What ELSE is Trumpworld hiding about this shooter?

Because you don’t spin this fast unless the truth underneath is uglier.

5. THE HISTORY OF “CONVENIENT” TRUMP CRISIS NARRATIVES

People forget this…but democracy-lovers haven’t:

When Trump needs an emotional shock event,
one thing always happens:

The story is always more cinematic than the facts.

Examples:

• “Caravans coming to invade America.” (False.)

• “Crime wave exploding under Democrats.” (False.)

• “Millions of fraudulent votes cast.” (False.)

• “Immigrants committing record murders.” (False.)

• “Biden letting terrorists pour in.” (False.)

• “I caught the biggest cartel you’ve ever seen!” (False.)

• “Antifa tried to assassinate me!” (False.)

• “Bloodbath in Chicago every weekend.” (Exaggerated.)

And yes…even his own supposed “assassination attempt” was riddled with inconsistencies…odd timing…and WWE-level theatrics.

So when Trumpworld says:

“Trust us. Here’s what happened.”

…only a fool would take that at face value.

6. THE QUESTION EVERY CRITICAL THINKER IS ASKING TONIGHT

Why is Trump pushing a finalized explanation

…before investigators have finished hour one of their work?

Here are the possibilities:

1. He knows the truth makes him look incompetent
   (He approved asylum for a violent offender.)

2. He wants a crisis to leverage politically
   (fear is his oxygen.)

3. He needs a distraction from his worst polling ever
   (which is happening this week.)

4. He wants to sell the narrative that America is under siege
   (so he can justify further “emergency powers.”)

5. He wants blame pointed outward…not inward
   (always rule #1.)

And the darkest possibility:

6. He wants the nation destabilized enough
   that fear does what democracy won’t:
   hand him more power.

Every authoritarian movement uses the same blueprint.

Trump is no exception.

7. WHAT COMES NEXT (THE 24–72 HOUR FORECAST)

Expect:

1. Fox and right-wing media to erase the asylum fact completely.

Down the memory hole it goes.

2. Trump to escalate language.

“Animals.”
“War on our soldiers.”
“Democrats caused this.”

3. GOP hardliners to demand more militarization.

More Guard.
More deployments.
More “emergency” powers.

4. Attacks on anyone who questions the narrative.

You’ll be accused of “defending the shooter.”

5. Pressure to demonize immigrants wholesale.

One man → millions blamed.

6. Trumpworld to leverage this for electoral and psychological advantage.

Fear…is the endgame.

8. PSYCHOLOGICAL ARMOR FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS

If you feel overwhelmed or suspicious,
GOOD.

That means your mind is working as designed.

Here’s how you stay steady:

A. Separate fact from narrative immediately.

Fact: shooter crossed under Biden.
Fact: asylum granted under Trump.
Narrative: “Biden allowed this.”

B. Stay specific.

Whenever someone says “your side,” ask:
“Which specific person?”
Authoritarian narratives die in specifics.

C. Name the manipulation out loud.

“This is the Blood-to-Blame pipeline.”
“They’re weaponizing this tragedy.”
“They’re rewriting timelines.”

D. Guard your attention.

Do not let Trumpworld…turn your nervous system…into their megaphone.

9. IF YOU’RE STILL READING…

You’re not casual.
You’re not fragile.
You’re not swallowing the official line because it’s loud.

You’re one of the people who sees the machinery beneath the moment…
and refuses to be manipulated by a man who lies as easily as he breathes.

You’re Inner Circle material.

And you’re exactly who Trump fears most:

A citizen who doesn’t break under pressure
…and doesn’t accept a single word without proof.

10. THE PART I’M NOT PUBLISHING FOR FREE

I’m preparing a paid-subscriber deep dive for later this evening:

👉 “THE SHOOTER FILE:
What Trumpworld Doesn’t Want You to Know…
And the Red Flags Investigators Are Quietly Tracking Behind the Scenes.”

Inside:

• The asylum timeline Trump is hiding

• The DHS personnel who signed off

• The inconsistencies in Trump’s first statements

• The hole in the timeline that suggests a coverup

• The exact psychological strategy behind his messaging

• And the most likely reason Trumpworld is terrified this will blow back on them

It’s too sensitive…too volatile… and too politically loaded to drop publicly.

If you’re a paid subscriber…you’ll get it automatically.

If you’re not…

This is the moment to step inside.

WHY THIS REMAINS A BIG STORY TODAY

(AND WHY YOU CAN’T LET THEM MEMORY-HOLE IT)

Let me put a hard…bright spotlight on something the political machine is desperately hoping you’ll forget by dessert:

The shooter didn’t just walk into America.
He was approved inside America.
Approved under Trump.
Not Biden.
Not Mayorkas.
Not “open borders lefties.”
Trump’s own DHS put the stamp on this guy.

And as of 2:00 PM Central on Thanksgiving Day…that single fact is still the landmine no one in Trumpworld wants to step on.

Here’s why this stays a five-alarm headline…and why you must hold onto it with both hands…

1. The Asylum Approval Is the ONE Piece They Can’t Spin Away

Media outlets have now confirmed it…and they’re not fringe blogs. They’re legitimate…publicly accountable newsrooms.

The asylum wasn’t Biden’s.
It wasn’t a “loose border.”
It wasn’t a Democratic policy failure.

It was Trump.

That fact destroys the tidy…pre-packaged “Biden let the killer in!” narrative they tried to launch before investigators even finished taping off the sidewalk.

And when a narrative begins collapsing in the first 24 hours?
Trust me: that’s a story worth watching.

2. Trumpworld Is Already Running the Shredder

You can smell the panic from orbit.

Right-wing media is:

• omitting the asylum detail

• revising timelines

• misreporting the sequence

• blaming Biden for things that happened years later

• and pumping out emotional headlines…so loud…you forget the administrative facts entirely

This is what it looks like when an inconvenient truth hits the propaganda machine like a wrench in the gears.

When they want something buried…that thing is alive.

3. The Reaction Alone Tells You Everything

Think closely here:

If the asylum approval were harmless…

If it didn’t politically damage anybody…

If it didn’t contradict Trump’s bedtime story…

…they’d just say it plainly:

“Yes, he came in under Biden, and we vetted him later. Here’s why.”

But that’s not what’s happening.

Instead, they’re scrambling to:

• change the subject

• shift blame

• smear immigrants

• and redirect public rage…away from Trump’s administration…and toward millions of innocent people

That level of defensive acrobatics is its own confession.

Something about this timeline is radioactive.

4. The Government’s Reaction Is the Biggest Tell of All

Here’s what quietly went down after the asylum fact surfaced:

• Afghan visa processing halted

• A nationwide review ordered

• DHS suddenly “reevaluating” past approvals

• Agencies going into lockdown mode

• And a scramble to shift the responsibility onto “Biden-era vetting” — even though the approval happened AFTER Biden

This is not the behavior of an administration confident in its story.

This is the behavior of a political apparatus…trying to control the blast radius.

When the government overreacts…it’s because the truth…is worse than the headlines.

5. This Story Is Going to Mutate Fast…Unless YOU Hold the Line

Here’s the formula every political operator knows:

The easier narrative always wins…
unless people insist on the true one.

They know the average citizen will remember:

“A shooter came under Biden.”

…but not:

“The asylum was granted under Trump.”

They’re counting on confusion.
They’re counting on exhaustion.
They’re counting on shock…to cloud your memory…and make you forget the one detail that flips the whole narrative upside down.

So here’s the mandate:

DO. NOT. DROP. THIS.

Not tomorrow.
Not next week.
Not when the next distraction hits.

The asylum approval is the thread…that unravels Trump’s entire “protecting America” façade.

And trust me..if democracy-loving Americans don’t hold onto that thread?

It gets cut.

The Bottom Line :

If the truth wasn’t dangerous…they wouldn’t be sprinting this hard to bury it.

If the asylum approval didn’t matter…they wouldn’t be working overtime to confuse you about the timeline.

If the real story wasn’t politically explosive…Trump wouldn’t be yelling at the speed of a man trying to outrun his own shadow.

This remains a big story…because they’re terrified you’ll understand it.
Terrified you’ll remember it.
Terrified you’ll connect the dots.

Hold Fast to the facts.
Hold Fast to clarity.
Hold Fast to your own damn mind.

Because the people trying to bury this story
…are praying you won’t.

And that’s exactly why
you must.

Back soon.
Hold Fast.

-Jack

P.S. Remember.

I’m preparing a paid-subscriber deep dive for later this evening:

👉 “THE SHOOTER FILE:
What Trumpworld Doesn’t Want You to Know…
And the Red Flags Investigators Are Quietly Tracking Behind the Scenes.”

Inside:

• The asylum timeline Trump is hiding

• The DHS personnel who signed off

• The inconsistencies in Trump’s first statements

• The hole in the timeline that suggests a coverup

• The exact psychological strategy behind his messaging

• And the most likely reason Trumpworld is terrified this will blow back on them

It’s too sensitive…too volatile… and too politically loaded to drop publicly.

If you’re a paid subscriber…you’ll get it automatically.