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Donald Trump appeared to be shot in the ear as shots were fired at the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump grabbed at the side of his face and blood spattered across his cheek as several popping sounds were heard.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

with a photo like this I can't believe this wasn't staged

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I honestly don't think it is. You wouldn't risk killing your guy for a false flag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As if intelligence agencies haven't trained terrorist groups for suicidal attacks in the past

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think Yogthos is not using "your guy" to talk about the perpetrator but about Trump. There is no way someone would try to stage a false flag by making someone shoot at a person's ear with a sniper rifle at a distance of 150 m. As Yogthos implies, you have a bigger chance of killing your guy than actually succeeding.

Edit: Without an optic on his rifle, on top of all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

right, that's where I was going with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

shoot at a person’s ear with a sniper rifle at a distance of 150 m

I honestly couldn't even see the bullet wound

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean this bullet wound? Part of his helix is gone. You can see very well where did the bullet hit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I sincerely can't... I can only see what appears to be blood smeared all over his intact ear

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Once again, his ear's helix becomes discontinued in the two portions where the bullet impacted (of course, the two wounds from where he's bleeding).

Search for illustrations of parts of the external ear on your search engine of choice and you will see that the helix is a fold that has continuity from the helical crus all the way to the lobule.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Camera crews had like 20s between the shots and these images. Plenty of time to get oats initial shock and take images.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If there is one person stupid enough to fistpump and make himself an easier target at a moment like this it's Trump.

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

Adrenaline is one helluva drug.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

A professional photographer took a professional photo? Say it ain't so!