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.
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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.
It seemed weird from the get go. Nothing made sense.
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!
Two people died. It's asinine to ignore that and let your desire to distrust trump metastasize into conspiracy theories.
It's conspiracy theories like the Obama birther movement that got us into this situation. So just zip it.
He was shot at, the bullet grazed his ear leaving very little substantial damage. We don't need leftwing misinformation any more than we need rightwing misinformation.
Let's be better than that, AND let's not bring that sort of vibe onto Lemmy. Because I guarantee you Russia and other foreign state actors are looking to promote misinformation this election season as they do any other. Lemmy don't need that stuff.
Trump still believes his birther bullshit. His base still believes his birther bullshit.
Don't act like it's not possible for trump to have faked an assassination attempt as a means to seize power.
It fits his modus operandi. It fits the evidence I see.
The fact 2 people died, while sad, is a toll I believe trump would gladly pay for a chance at acting as Putin's puppet as POTUS.
Look, a bullet from an AR-15 passing that close to your head is going to create a shockwave sufficient enough to cause permanent hearing damage and probably a minor concussion.
If it connected with his flesh, even just a "graze", it would have done a lot more damage, and wouldn't be completely healed so quickly.
There's plenty of evidence of dishonesty here. Trump, at least to some extent, is playing this event up. For example, if the damage to his ear was this minor, why has he been wearing a huge obvious bandage over his whole ear? That alone shows some degree of performance here, the question is exactly how much of this was a performance.
It's conspiracy theories like the Obama birther movement that got us into this situation. So just zip it.
Accusing a well know liar of lying is nowhere near the same as that racist smear campaign, and you fucking know it. Zip it.
let's not bring that sort of vibe onto Lemmy. Because I guarantee you Russia and other foreign state actors are looking to promote misinformation
"Let's not bring conspiracy energy to Lemmy" Immediately goes full Russiagate
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
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
My eyebrows.... they are indeed raised
I've seen a lot of spinals, dude... And this guy's a fake. A fucking gold bricker.
Stay away from me, mister !
Has it been determined that he most likely was hit by a bullet vs. shrapnel?
The FBI said it was a bullet.
Not sure why this was downvoted. That's what I heard too. FBI said it was a bullet or bullet fragment. They don't seem to think it's from something else like teleprompter glass. He probably just barely got hit with a tiny fragment.
There was an article 3/4 days ago in a debreif the FBI said they don't believe it was a bullet and was most likely shrapnel but they didn't confirm either.
I mean, sure. He's rich. He probably got plastic surgery or something to fix his ear.
FAKE LOBES!
Not having the lobes for commerce, disappointing.
I get your point, but I feel obligated to point out it wasn't his lobe that was shot. The part that was shot is called the helix.
"Fake Helix" sounds like an airport spy novel from the 90s.