{"id":2414488,"date":"2025-03-24T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-oswald-was-helped-in-jfk-assassination\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:16:30","slug":"trump-says-oswald-was-helped-in-jfk-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-oswald-was-helped-in-jfk-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Oswald &#8216;was helped&#8217; in JFK assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-oswald-was-helped-in-jfk-assassination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent interview, former President Donald Trump stirred renewed discussions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-holds-hearing-on-capitol-break-in-security-failures\/\" title=\"House holds hearing on capitol break-in security failures\">conspiracy theories related<\/a> to the assassination of President John F.Kennedy. This follows the release of thousands of previously classified documents concerning the 1963 event. Trump stated that while he believes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in shooting JFK, he also suggested that Oswald may have had help. His comments echo ongoing skepticism about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-labels-comedian-russel-brand-the-joe-rogan-conspiracy-theorist-of-britain\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media Labels Comedian Russel Brand the &#039;Joe Rogan&#039; ... Theorist of Britain\">official narratives surrounding<\/a> the assassination,especially considering the House Select Committee on Assassinations&#8217; 1979 conclusion that Oswald did not act entirely alone.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-echos-trumps-statements-on-us-womens-soccer-team-wasnt-sad-they-lost\/\" title=\"Franklin Graham agrees with Trump, not saddened by US women&#039;s soccer team loss.\">trump expressed disappointment<\/a> that the newly released files did not provide significant new insights into the assassination, calling them &#8220;somewhat unspectacular.&#8221; He also reflected on his own experiences with assassination attempts against him, insinuating that there may have been conspiracies involved in those incidents as well.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks highlight the enduring intrigue and debate surrounding JFK&#8217;s assassination and the broader impact of conspiracy theories in American political discourse. <br \/> In a recent interview, former President Donald Trump reignited \u2064discussions surrounding \u2062conspiracy theories related \u2064to the assassination of president John F.Kennedy. following the release of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/classified-docs-fbi-sought-in-mar-a-lago-raid-were-already-declassified\/\" title=\"&quot;Classified&quot; Docs ... Sought in Mar-a-Lago Raid Were Already Declassified\">previously classified documents<\/a> about\u200c the 1963 \u2064murder, Trump suggested \u2062that while he believes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in shooting JFK, he also implied that Oswald may have had assistance. Trump&#8217;s comments come amidst ongoing \u200bskepticism about \u2064the official accounts of the assassination,\u2064 especially after the House Select Committee on Assassinations contended in\u2062 1979 that \u2063Oswald did not act in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Trump expressed disappointment that \u200bthe\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-know-nothing-george-w-bush-admitted-ignorance-of-foreign-affairs-before-taking-office\/\" title=\"&#039;I Know Nothing&#039;: George W. Bush Admitted Ignorance of Foreign Affairs Before Taking Office\">newly released files<\/a> did not reveal any notable information regarding the assassination, describing them as &#8220;somewhat unspectacular.&#8221;\u2064 He \u2064also reflected on his own experiences with assassination attempts, suggesting that\u200c he suspects there may have been\u200c conspiracies involved in those\u200d incidents \u200das well.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks highlight the enduring fascination and debate surrounding JFK&#8217;s assassination, and also the \u200cbroader implications of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aligned-group-pressures-jim-jordan-to-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-government-weaponization-hearing\/\" title=\"Biden-aligned group urges Jim Jordan to disinvite RFK Jr. from weaponization hearing.\">conspiracy\u200b theories<\/a> in American political discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump fuels JFK conspiracy theories after &lsquo;somewhat unspectacular&rsquo; file release<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2044636\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> suggested the man who shot and killed the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">35th president<\/a> decades ago may not have acted alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, the government said Lee Harvey Oswald had carried out the murder and had acted alone. Yet, conspiracy theories about what happened on the day have circulated for decades, with many in doubt that Oswald was solely responsible for the assassination. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3356161\/three-killed-14-injured-shooting-park-new-mexico-las-cruces\/\">Three killed, 14 injured in a shooting at a park in New Mexico&rsquo;s Las Cruces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3355068\/minnesota-state-senator-justin-eichorresigns-alleged-sexual-misconduct\/\">Minnesota state senator resigns after being arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3354025\/karoline-leavitt-suggests-democrat-tesla-stance-captivated-by-far-radical-left\/\">Karoline Leavitt suggests Democrats&#8217; Tesla stance is &#8216;captivated by the far radical Left&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump released thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">top-secret files pertaining<\/a> to Kennedy&rsquo;s murder to the public. He weighed in on their contents, and his thoughts on the assassination, during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/clay-travis-sits-down-president-donald-trump-air-force-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> with<em> Outkick<\/em> radio host Clay Travis over the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think Oswald killed JFK personally?&rdquo; Travis asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do, and I always felt that,&rdquo; Trump replied. &ldquo;Of course, he was, was he helped.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal investigators through the 1964 Warren Commission initially told the public that Oswald acted alone. However, the House Select Committee on Assassinations released a report in 1979 that disagreed with the commission&rsquo;s findings that Kennedy&rsquo;s shooter worked in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we fully understood how many people just could not give up the idea that there was a&nbsp;conspiracy,&rdquo; Burt Griffin, assistant counsel on the Warren Commission and author of&nbsp;<em>JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6338396\/jfk-assassination-conspiracy-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> TIME Magazine in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The president also commented on roughly 88,000 federal files related to the assassination that he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3352056\/jfk-files-released-trump-administration-national-archives-classified-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ordered to be released<\/a>. While the classified documents were expected to shed further light on the notorious murder, Trump told Travis he didn&rsquo;t believe they had revealed anything too shocking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the papers have turned out to be somewhat unspectacular,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And maybe that&rsquo;s a good thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also reflected on the two assassination attempts that have been carried out against himself, first in Pennsylvania last July and then at his Florida golf club in September 2024. When pressed specifically on his thoughts about the Pennsylvania shooting during a campaign rally in Butler, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-wont-pull-tanden-nomination-as-key-dem-refuses-support-over-partisan-concerns\/\" title=\"Biden Says He Won\u2019t Pull Tanden Nomination As Key Dem Refuses Support Over \u2018Partisan\u2019 Concerns\">president suggested<\/a> he wasn&rsquo;t convinced the gunman charged with the attempts had acted alone. Trump expressed the same thought concerning the second Florida assassination attempt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Vf88z_4885U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clay Travis and President Trump on AIR FORCE ONE\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vf88z_4885U?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I really can&rsquo;t be sure,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Because it bothers me that he had three apps [on his phone], and two of them were foreign, and maybe it was more apps. And it bothered me that the other guy [who was arrested for attempting to assassinate him in Florida] had like, 18 phones. I thought it was six, but it was 18.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the FBI has been very straight with me, I believe,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;I think they weren&rsquo;t at the beginning, but now I think they were. They told me a lot about the case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Matthew Crooks carried out the Butler assassination attempt, where the Secret Service came under fire for failing to swiftly neutralize the gunman. The head of the agency at the time, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned as details emerged<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3166070\/takeaways-senate-first-public-report-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> showing stunning security lapses <\/a>allowed Crooks to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3085240\/secret-service-director-sloped-roof-trump-gunman-deterred-agency-securing-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR SAYS &lsquo;SLOPED ROOF&rsquo; WHERE TRUMP GUNMAN WAS PERCHED DETERRED AGENCY FROM SECURING LOCATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump told Travis he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">thought full details<\/a> regarding the attempts on his life might never be fully determined, but ruled out speculation that the FBI might have been involved in the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;I think maybe it won&rsquo;t be able to be determined, but I don&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s, you know, it&rsquo;d something sinister by the FBI, the FBI is doing a good job, and [FBI Director] Kash [Patel] is going to do a great job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2044636\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2044636\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump revives JFK conspiracy theories, suggesting Oswald had help<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2414489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24326581086551-scaled-1024x705.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6286,3985,32662,9420,36065,51992,32171,3634],"class_list":["post-2414488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-assassination","tag-conspiracy","tag-conspiracy-theory","tag-jfk","tag-jfk-assassination","tag-oswald","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24326581086551-scaled-1024x705.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414488"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414579,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414488\/revisions\/2414579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}