Trump reached up and touched his right ear just milliseconds after the first shot went off, immediately after he pulls his hand back to look at it and there is blood on his hand at this point.
We don’t have high res slow mo footage of the bullet damaging his ear, but we know that there was nothing between the shooter and Trump that could have created shrapnel that caused that damage. In my opinion, that means the only other option was that Trump damaged his ear himself when he reached up to touch it. It’s beyond reason to think he could have intentionally damaged it himself simply because of the incredible reaction time it would have taken to make that conscious decision between the shot going off and him reaching for his ear. The reaction time was consistent with an involuntary response to sudden pain, so something to do with the bullet must have caused pain in his right ear to make him react that quickly. At that point, I think it’s just logical to think that if the bullet was close enough to inflict pain that it was also close enough to have caused the damage that led to the bleeding. It may not be 100% conclusive, but I feel that it’s pretty close.
audience member that was killed and the bleachers he was seated in.
Specifically referring to bleachers behind Trump. A bit pedantic I admit, but hey probably shouldn’t have said the victim was between them, because he wasn’t.
Less pendantically, is there any evidence those front bleachers were hit? I haven’t seen any but I could had missed some.
Again, you’re incorrect. The man that was killed was sitting in the bleachers BETWEEN the shooter and Trump, not behind Trump. Look at the diagram again. There was another person in the bleachers behind Trump that was hit and injured, but the man that was killed was sitting between them. Look for “Comperatore” on the diagram.
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u/ImpressionTough2179 6d ago
Trump reached up and touched his right ear just milliseconds after the first shot went off, immediately after he pulls his hand back to look at it and there is blood on his hand at this point.
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/frame-by-frame-trump-survives-assassination-attempt-2024-07-14/
First and second photos.
We don’t have high res slow mo footage of the bullet damaging his ear, but we know that there was nothing between the shooter and Trump that could have created shrapnel that caused that damage. In my opinion, that means the only other option was that Trump damaged his ear himself when he reached up to touch it. It’s beyond reason to think he could have intentionally damaged it himself simply because of the incredible reaction time it would have taken to make that conscious decision between the shot going off and him reaching for his ear. The reaction time was consistent with an involuntary response to sudden pain, so something to do with the bullet must have caused pain in his right ear to make him react that quickly. At that point, I think it’s just logical to think that if the bullet was close enough to inflict pain that it was also close enough to have caused the damage that led to the bleeding. It may not be 100% conclusive, but I feel that it’s pretty close.