Donald Trump has branded those who believe the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was staged as “sick.”​ The incident unfolded on Saturday night, as the president attended the event for the first time since 2011. Baseless speculation about whether the shooting, which follows two assassination attempts against Trump in 2024, was staged blew up on social media shortly after. ​ The term “staged” was featured in more than 300,000 posts on X by midday Sunday, according to TweetBinder .​ When asked on CBS News’ 60 Minutes about conspiracy theories swirling around the event, Trump initially said he had not heard about the online speculation. President Trump told CBS News’ 60 Minutes that those who believe Saturday’s shooting was staged are ‘sick’ (CBS 60 Minutes) ​“I think they’re more sick than they are con people,” Trump said, referring to the conspiracy theorists. “But there’s a lot of con in there too.” ​“I haven’t heard that last night didn’t happen. Usually takes a little bit longer.…