A NewsGuard/YouGov poll released Monday found that 30% of Americans believe at least one of the three recent assassination attempts on President Donald Trump's life was staged. The survey of 1,000 Americans was conducted between April 28 and May 4.

Respondents were asked whether the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the July 2024 assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the attempt on his life while he was golfing in West Palm Beach were staged. When given the options "true," "false," or "not sure," a majority of respondents said they thought each of the three incidents was either staged or said they were unsure. Approximately 45% of respondents said each of the three events was a real attempt on Trump's life.

Broken down by incident, 25% of respondents believed the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was staged, 24% believed the Butler attempt was staged, and 16% believed the foiled plot in West Palm Beach was staged. Americans aged 18 to 29 were the most likely generation to believe all three events were staged.

Among Democrats, 21% said all three events were staged, while Republicans were seven times less likely than Democrats to hold that view. By individual incident, 34% of Democrats said the attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was staged, 42% said the Butler attempt was staged, and 26% said the West Palm Beach attempt was staged. Among Republican respondents, 13% believed the Correspondents' Dinner shooting was staged, 7% believed the Butler attempt was staged, and 7% believed the West Palm Beach plot was staged.

Claims posted on X within the week after the White House Correspondents' Dinner garnered over 90 million views. "There's really not a lot of evidence that these social media users are citing or relying on. It's really just this belief and this distrust that the government is acting honestly and is giving us accurate information." said Sofia Rubinson, senior editor at NewsGuard.

A gunman allegedly attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner but was stopped at a security checkpoint before reaching the main ballroom. Federal indictments were filed against the suspects in the West Palm Beach plot and in the shooting at the Correspondents' Dinner. A Senate committee investigated the Butler attempt and published a report detailing security failures at the rally.

Speaking about those who doubt the events, Trump said, "I think they're more sick than they are con people. But there's a lot of con in there too."