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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

People seem to be making a lot of distinction about whether it was the bullet or shrapnel from something the bullet hit. I don't see how it matters. Someone took a shot at him and got close enough that his ear got tagged. I hate the guy, but this is an academic distinction that doesn't really matter.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's just a play to keep it in the news cycle longer.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

My personal conspiracy theory is that he wasn't hit by anything but instead a secret service agent accidentally hurt his ear when they piled on top of him.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Completely agree. This distinction is immaterial in anyway other than serving up fuel to fanatics who will poorly represent his dissenters.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It doesn't matter. Bullets are scary. Shrapnel is scary. What's really ridiculous is his refusal to participate in the investigation. He turned a nothing into a something.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Image recovered of what actually hit Trump.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

inb4 he had ketchup in his pocket from a hamberder, got it on his hands and then swatted a fly on his ear

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't think it was that, but it was unclear whether he had been grazed by a bullet or hit by a piece of shrapnel generated when a bullet hit an object near him, and the campaign was far from transparent about it

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