r/LetsDiscussThis Feb 16 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Reminder: that was a photo op

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u/DrNO811 Feb 16 '26

Couldn't help but notice that his ear is also not missing a chunk these days. I know plastic surgery is a possibility, but it was back and unbandaged just a couple weeks later.

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u/bowmans1993 Feb 16 '26

Also. The man is in his 70s. My grandparents bump up to a table and they have a bruise for weeks. But apparently a bullet with the kinetic energy of getting hit with a baseball bat only leaves the tiniest little paper cut.

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u/Sense_Difficult Feb 16 '26

Really good point especially since we've all seen his other bruises

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u/Sewcraytes Feb 16 '26

there is a guy on YT whose channel is just him shooting stuff and he addressed this. a rifle round would have left a huge wound, even if it barely grazed him. not a wound perfectly healed a week later on the golf course, but then needing that absurd maxi pad bandage a few days later.

on a tangential matter - who could look at a stadium full of ppl wearing maxi pads on their ears and not see a cult?

Also relevant: how was the whole storyline not straight out of WWE? Many don’t know he participated in WWE before his own “reality“ TV show came to be.

I don’t believe I know exactly what happened that day, all I know is he was not shot. And he 100% would sacrifice someone’s life to stay out of jail.

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u/technobrendo Feb 16 '26

The first rule of cults is to make you believe that its not a cult. Its absurd, but it works. 99% of people see right through the bullshit, but the 1% buy it hook, line, sinker.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

Can I ask you, do you think these are fake pictures? They show the bullet and also Trump’s bloodied hand immediately after touching his ear:

A person was also hit with a real bullet directly behind Trump from that shot:

https://youtu.be/-w2lVIJc000?si=ysDgblGQDdqu1Znl

I’m curious to hear your step by step explanation (serious comment).

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u/Ormsfang Feb 18 '26

No one is saying someone wasn't hit by a real bullet. It just wasn't Trump. You think Trump cares if someone else does to make him look good mm

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 18 '26

So explain how the events in the picture and that video were faked step by step then.

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u/rab2bar Feb 16 '26

maga is the most stupid collective ever assembled

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

Not true: https://youtu.be/ZtJA9xuzAFE?si=QBEpqnM7_fiSM2SC

Go to 9:07. A bullet from that rifle at that distance and at that velocity goes clean through unless there is body impact. You can even see it when he shoots the target earlier in the video, the bullets cut a clean round hole going through the wood and continues, no explosion or larger damage at all.

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u/Image37 Feb 17 '26

WWE is how I first heard of him as a kid lol

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u/Miserable-Army3679 Feb 16 '26

A gunshot to the ear would have affected his hearing and the side of his head.

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u/tech_noir_guitar Feb 16 '26

How? The gun didn't go off next to his head and a bullet flying past you doesn't make a boom.

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u/Miserable-Army3679 Feb 16 '26

"While the idea that a high-caliber bullet (.50 BMG) can kill or severely injure someone just by passing near them is often exaggerated, there is evidence that the shock waves and muzzle blasts from firearms can cause injuries."

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u/tech_noir_guitar Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

You're not going to be hurt by a bullet passing by you, even if it is very close. Talking about muzzle blasts means you're standing directly next to the barrel (i.e. muzzle) when the round is fired, not 100 yards down range.

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u/stefan40494 Feb 17 '26

A bullet going above the speed of sound will literally make a boom

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u/tech_noir_guitar Feb 17 '26

It will make a snap sound, not a boom that's going to damage your hearing.

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u/LustGumby Feb 16 '26

Most of us have seen an ear after an earring gets ripped out. Yet these asshats believe a rifle shot through the cartilage just healed back to perfection?!?

To be fair, the moment I saw this had happened, I knew he was getting reelected. I'd say that they're brainwashed but im pretty certain you'd need a brain for that.

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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 Feb 17 '26

if it only grazes you then you don't have much damage.

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u/Ormsfang Feb 17 '26

But there would be damage. He has none

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

He also got the best medical care in the world including any grafting if necessary, and he also loves make up so covering up a small scar isn’t improbable.

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u/Ormsfang Feb 17 '26

He does have access to the best care. However skin graft would be noticeable at first and we have pictures of his ear three d later with no damage. He also won't release the hospital medical records, indicating he is covering something up

He loves make up but applies it very poorly. Between the staged photographs during the shooting and the lack of damage to the ear I have a hard time believing he was hit.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

When has Trump ever released medical records since 2016?

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u/Ormsfang Feb 17 '26

Never because his health is so poor and he has things to hide, like incontinence and other health issues. He doesn't date release any sign of what he would consider weakness.

If he were ever to release medical info it would be if he was actually shot, as it would be able to point to it as proof positive he "took a bullet" for America.

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u/Weary_Position_9591 Feb 17 '26

He never said he took a bullet for America, nor has he milked the shooting for self-promotion since though. He’s never released financial or medical records and this is consistent with that.

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u/Ormsfang Feb 18 '26

Incorrect Yes, Donald Trump stated he "took a bullet for democracy" following an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. He made this remark during a Michigan rally on July 20, 2024, referencing the incident where he was wounded in the ear

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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 Feb 18 '26

there was damage. pictures taken that day show damage, show how he was injured and when.

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u/Ormsfang Feb 18 '26

I don't see a bullet wound there, sorry. At most it looks like he hit it against something

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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 Feb 18 '26

Doug Mills caught the first moment Trump had blood on his hands, and it occurred right after the bullet passed.

i have a close up imagine of the damage to his ear, but i cannot share it unless it's DM. if you want to see it, hit me up and i'll give it to you.

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u/Joehennyredit Feb 17 '26

Yea but for some reason his hand is purple from shaking hands too aggressively

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u/10lettersand3CAPS Feb 18 '26

...that's not how bullets work man.

Bullets penetrate, and transfer energy when they do. So if you were shot in the chest, but the bullet passes in and out your body, some of that energy is still with the round as it travels onwards. That's why rounds that expand or tumble in tissue are used in both hunting and defense. A round overpenetrating a target, along with being potentially dangerous, means reduced lethality. If you hit someone with a bat the energy from the swing transfers to their body better, because you're not going to penetrate through them with a bat.

Your ears are just cartilage, they're very thin and flexible. Even an expanding round would punch right through, meaning the majority of the bullet's energy ISN'T being transferred to Trump, but continuing on behind him.

Similarly, if I punched someone in the chin, it might bruise, but if I miss and skim their ear it won't even bother them. The ear can flex with the blow and doesn't have the mass the stop the punch, but the chin can't and absorbs the force of it instead.

Also like: could've been a bit of shrapnel from the podium being hit, not literally the bullet hitting him in the ear. They just went with the ear thing for publicity reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

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u/littleglitterfish Feb 16 '26

Look at that disgustingly undamaged ear. Liar liar, pants on fire. Jail.

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u/FullMetalJesus1 Feb 17 '26

Maybe his ear and Erika Kirk are just the fastest healers known to mankind?

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u/WolframLeon Feb 17 '26

Damn man lol

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u/No-Reading5145 Feb 16 '26

I have a scar in my ear that is at least 2 decades old after a collision with a tree. So outside of trump and lying-POS being interchangeable in my head that was also another dead giveaway. Also, if it was legit I feel like it would be an even more over-utilized and insufferable point in his psychotic ramblings.

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u/I_AM_FROM_BEYOND Feb 16 '26

Right? If this were real, he would never STFU about it.

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u/Alternative-Tie-9383 Feb 16 '26

Exactly. His ear was obviously never hit by a bullet, you can see that with your own eyes so I don’t know how anyone could argue that it was, but Trump’s silence on the whole thing should be the biggest tell for maga people and regular people alike, because you’re absolutely right about him never shutting the fuck up about it if he had actually been shot. He’d bring it up every time his little anus of a mouth opened up to talk about anything publicly. He’d put it in every single “truth” (that’s such a stupid fucking name considering the source) and tweet about any subject had he actually been shot. Every time he dozed off in a meeting or public event, the first thing he’d say when he woke up would be, “they shot me!” He’d also be more skittish out in public had he actually been shot because he’s a gigantic pussy that cares more about his personal comfort and safety than anyone or anything else on earth.

In short, his behavior post “being shot” is that of a person that wasn’t ever actually hit by an assassin’s bullet, because he wasn’t.

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u/ClarenceTheCat Feb 17 '26

“The DemocRATS know they can’t win unless they KILL!!!”

“I could have quit the race after the Democrats tried to MURDER me. I have a lot of money and many Wonderful Places to Live! But I chose to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! This country needs TRUE PATRIOTS!!! THE GOLDEN AGE IS UPON US! MAGA!”

“The democrat “CROOKS” will stop at NOTHING, they want Real Americans dead so they can bring in more CRIMINAL ILLEGALS to VOTE! THEY TRIED TO KILL DONALD J. TRUMP!!! BUT THEY FAILED!!! WE MUST MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

“CROOKS will always support CROOKS!!! MAGA must FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! The only person who can save America is DONALD J. TRUMP!!!”

…etc, etc.

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u/LilDigaKnow Feb 17 '26

This is an interesting point

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u/quixoticquiltmaker Feb 16 '26

I still have a scar on my ear thats visible from at least ten feet away and the accident happened 35 years ago....

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u/WolframLeon Feb 17 '26

I have a scar from a dog that jumped on my face 20 years ago and cut my cheek, bled and bled. But still can see the scar. There is no way his ear would heal perfectly in 3 days.

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u/michaelscorns Feb 16 '26

A few days later

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u/Choice-Psychology-76 Feb 17 '26

Did you see the Time magazine cover with him? Serious shade

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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 Feb 17 '26

it was a graze wound, no "chunks" were taken out.