Sure, there was the attempted assassination of Reagan and the fears for Obama as the first black President, but in those cases it was a lone nutter rather than a conspiracy.
How long can Trump crash the market before an angry billionaire decides to take him out? The remaining Koch brother is already pouring money into legal challenges against Trump…
It was much easier to fake a resurrection back then.
I mean… have you seen how good ML-generated videos are getting these days?
It’s also totally possible to survive on a cross for three days and for someone to take you down while you’re unconscious and put you in a cave.