Donald Trump Photo Without Ear Bandage Raises Eyebrows

Speaking for myself, my eyebrows are not raised. I remember reading that day that it was a shattered teleprompter or other shrapnel that nicked or sliced his ear, not that a bullet had passed through it. In any case, I personally don't quite understand the importance of the distinction. He was shot at either way, no? If it were a nick by glass I imagine it would've healed by now.

Edit: I forgot to mention... Fuck Trump and his ilk, they deserve being two-time losers come November.

Is it very stupid that Souza's account was deleted for this picture?

Yes.

Is Trump a nonstop POS liar?

Also yes.

Is it possible Trump got astoundingly lucky, and the bullet just barely grazed the top of his earlobe, and this would cause the amount of blood seen, and basically just a superficial scratch?

Again, yes.

This kind of wound is typically called a 'graze'. It is consistent with the trajectory the shooter was firing from and the direction Trump was facing.

There is another bandage pic of Trump with more localized bandaging which to me indicates the bullet likely just barely grazed the top rear ish of his upper earlobe:

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Could it possibly have been caused by shrapnel or fragments of a teleprompter or some other object?

Yes, but, in the case of shattering teleprompter glass, shattered glass fragments are generally more rough and jagged surfaces than a spinning bullet, which on average would lead to an even more fucked up wound and more blood.

I keep hearing this claim that the teleprompter shattering was what actually caused the wound, despite the picture of what seems to literally be the bullet and it warping the air passing in an exact trajectory that would align with an astoundingly lucky and light graze.

Are there pictures, video, audio showing the teleprompter shattered, or being shattered?

There's just no fucking way his ear was hit by .223 (let alone the hotter 5.56) and there's still an ear left.

There would be a hole and massive damage, at least. Most likely just a twisted stump.

It's much more likely that someone scratched it with their fingernail in the chaos and it just bleed a lot because: adrenaline of being shot at, adrenaline of a rally, how high blood pressure is in the ear, and how blood thinners making even a small scratch look like a murder scene.

If he'd really have been shot there'd never have been a bandage and trump wouldn't go anywhere without 15 doctors in tow to explain how brave and strong he is to survive a gunshot wound.

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I still expect Trump's ear wound appearance was fixed with cosmetics, I mean why wouldn't they? He doesn't want to look like Frankenstein. I got downvoted to hell in another thread for posting that though.

Since his base is so evangelical, sometimes a bible quote is apt:

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

• Revelations 13:3

Enough has been said - sense and nonsense - about the facts and particulars of this. I just want to add one thing:

The image, taken by Alex Brandon of the Associated Press

Let's go, Brandon.

"Jesus was a healer and he healed Trump" narrative incoming. Kamala being the new nominee stole all his thunder anyways, so who cares?

Musk can and will have his database team wipe accounts and posts from behind the scenes without making it appear like the user was banned.

Donald Trump photo without eyebrow bandage raises ears.

I hate to defend Trump, but as someone who had a cartilage piercing accidentally torn out, I can attest to the insane amounts of blood that can come from a rather small ear wound.

A bit conspiratorial. A very minor gunshot wound can heal within weeks according to Google, and the ear has so many bits in it which seem to pop and make a lot of blood easily enough. You even saw the blood on the live footage as well as the photos taken, so I don't see how he could have faked it

Anyone else just kind of forget about the assassination attempt? I guess that goes in line with Trump always doing new bullshit that nothing sticks, it's become so common that even the assassination attempt doesn't really feel notable already.

Has it been determined that he most likely was hit by a bullet vs. shrapnel?

Duh! One of the great benefits of skin suits is how easy they are to repair.

I've seen a lot of spinals, dude... And this guy's a fake. A fucking gold bricker.

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Serious question: are we absolutely positive it was his blood?

So, I've had hangnails that left more of a wound and took longer to heal.

I wonder if diaper Donnie actually got merc'd that day and this is just a cheap clone from wish.com

I mean, sure. He's rich. He probably got plastic surgery or something to fix his ear.

I knew it! It was just ketchup from the hamberder in his pocket!

Hopefully this means mods start issuing apologies to people and restoring all the posts that questioned this to begin with, that they decried as baseless conspiracy theories.

I genuinely, since the day it happened, have not believed that Trump was shot.

I watched over and over again and I swear what I saw was WWE theatre.

I would have believed an attempt on his life, from someone anywhere on the Political spectrum (I even said this before info about the shooter came out).

However, I don’t believe Trump. He has had a white mark on his ear for years. The “scab” that he’s playing off as a wound has been there for years.

He is the liar/the first beast!

Are we really going to propose baseless conspiracy theories about his ear? This shitty res photo proves nothing at all imo. This didn't happen yesterday and no one on Lemmy has seen the wound clearly.

The only news here is that a photographer got banned for posting it

You think old, pea brained, waddling trump could fake being hit by a bullet and then apply fake blood (or have it applied) while on camera?

Not a surprise. Everything about the man is fake

I'm skeptical of this photo. There's no way Trump can handle stairs like that. Unless the photo was taken after one of his usual, "pause for 3 seconds after each step cuz this is just too much."

Look. Newsweek. People.

Here’s your headline: “Photo shows Trump lied about ear injury.” Just say what it is.

Souza's profile, @PeteSouza, which had over 200,000 followers, now reads, "This account doesn't exist, try searching for another," implying that he has deleted or deactivated it. If he had been banned, it would read, "Account suspended. X suspends accounts which violate the X rules."

Looks like the MAGA threats pushed the photographer off “formerly Twitter.”

Couldn't it just be a dumb and simple reason like : the picture is reversed and it's showing the left ear ?

It must have barely nicked him. A hit where the entire cross sectional area of the bullet passed through the cartilage would have removed substantial material as well as possibly torn the ear completely. It’s not a bullet with a lot of mass, but it has a crapload of kinetic energy from velocity. Thin pieces of flesh are going to come apart with a direct hit.

If he wants to prove there's a hole he should just get a gauge for it. They could make it gold with a diamond T in the middle

My eyebrows.... they are indeed raised

Okay got it, newsweek is trash bait.

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It seemed weird from the get go. Nothing made sense.

You people are rather pathetic. I cannot imagine caring about this non story.

I do not care one fucking bit what the damage was and if you care, you are a worthless lemming.