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Donald Trump reveals who he thinks killed JFK after releasing 80,000 declassified CIA files

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Updated 14:27 24 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 09:42 24 Mar 2025 GMT

Donald Trump reveals who he thinks killed JFK after releasing 80,000 declassified CIA files

The President has shared his thoughts on whether he believes Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shot

Olivia Burke

Olivia Burke

Featured Image Credit: Bettman collection/Getty Images

Topics: Donald Trump, John F. Kennedy, Conspiracy Theory, Politics, US News

Olivia Burke
Olivia Burke

Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers, including News UK. She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part). She is a stereotypical reality TV addict, but still finds time for a serious documentary.

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Donald Trump has fanned the flames of conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy after revealing who he thinks fired the fatal shot.

The US President, 78, made another 80,000 pages of material pertaining to the infamous murder public last Monday (17 March), promising the information would be 'very interesting'.

Although a lot of people were hoping for some bombshell revelations to emerge, most readers thought the declassified documents were a bit of a disappointment.

An expert explained that he believes the JFK files had been kept under lock and key for the last 62 years to preserve intelligence-gathering systems employed by the CIA, rather than because of the contents.

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However, one document which people were keeping an eye out for was apparently not included in the dump, so conspiracy theorists have still had something to run with over the last seven days.

Trump has shared his thoughts on who killed JFK (Bettman collection/Getty Images)
Trump has shared his thoughts on who killed JFK (Bettman collection/Getty Images)

The official version of events is that on 22 November 1963, JFK was shot in the head while driving through Dallas, Texas in an open-topped car by Lee Harvey Oswald.

The shooter was arrested after firing three shots in 8.6 seconds from the Texas School Book Depository building at the vehicle which JFK, Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie were in, police said.

But just two days before his trial, Oswald was shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby...which is something that has never sat well with a lot of people.

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Trump has now shared his personal opinion on the assassination of the 35th president of the United States, who served from 1961 until his death at the age of 46.

Over the weekend, he sat down with OutKick's founder Clay Travis onboard Air Force One to chew the fat about current affairs and his thoughts on who killed JFK.

OutKick is a US sports and political commentary website owned by Fox Corporation which is part of the Trump administration's 'new media' scheme.

When asked if he believed that Oswald pulled the trigger, the President replied: "I do and I’ve always felt that.

The President admitted the declassified docs were 'somewhat unspectacular' (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The President admitted the declassified docs were 'somewhat unspectacular' (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Trump then added: "But of course, was he helped?"

There's a host of conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination, including allegations that the mafia and the CIA were somehow involved.

However, all the evidence points to Oswald, 24, acting alone - despite him telling police he was 'just a patsy' before he was also shot dead.

It seemed US officials hoped that releasing the files would finally put all of the speculation surrounding JFK's murder to bed, but it appears as though it's only piqued people's interest even more.

Trump told Travis that he thought the newly released files 'turned out to be somewhat unspectacular', adding: "And maybe that's a good thing."

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