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Photo of Trumps fully healed ear going viral

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by WarDamnGator, Jul 30, 2024.

  1. WarDamnGator

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    Before someone says it’s, fake, not after the shooting, or a flipped image, there are apparently other photos taken by news agencies showing the same angle at the same time. So what is going on here? Plastic surgery, maybe?
    Donald Trump photo without ear bandage raises eyebrows

    Edit: I removed the part about the poster getting banned from twitter, he said he deleted his own account due to nasty comments.
     
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  2. G8R92

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    It must have barely grazed him. Old people are bleeders. I'm sure he's on blood thinners to counter his cheese whiz diet.
     
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  3. BLING

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    I don’t know that it was the bullet or some type of fragmentation/shrapnel. But I’m not sure of the fascination with proving it wrong one way or the other.

    Either way it was very obviously a superficial scratch at best. If it was a bullet it barely knicked him. If it was a fragment it barely knicked him. Either way he was shot at and inches from being far more serious.

    No clue why the photographer would be banned for this.
     
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  4. gatorjo

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    It was magically healed by the Almighty.

    Also, don't overlook; it's really nice to see Elon Musk so forcefully enforce the rules of Twitter. He's the best.
     
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  5. slayerxing

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    I think this is a nothing burger - the bigger story to me is twitter banning the guy for posting it.
     
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  6. BLING

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    Who knew free speech absolutism really just meant providing a space for previously banned neo-Nazi’s?

    Well… actually. :emoji_joy:
     
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  7. Gator40

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    What? You have a problem with FreeLon Musk? You haven't seen his tagline on X? "Welcome to the Free Site of X."
     
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  8. ncargat1

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    It is because he is more powerful than even a messiah. He can re-grow body parts through force of will.....OR......

    More likely, the entire shooting was faked by the Repugs to CREATE the idea of an un-killable messianic figure. Hmmm.....someone on this very board has posted something about this, I just cannot remember who.
     
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  9. g8trjax

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    Jeez, sorry his head didn't explode like a watermelon for you guys entertainment.
     
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  10. slayerxing

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  11. citygator

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    Charlotte
    Dude was booted off twitter for the picture.
     
  12. HeyItsMe

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    The right has an odd definition of “freedom.” Lol.
     
  13. cocodrilo

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    Musk doesn't like people calling it Twitter.

    As for Trump's bloody ear, I've previously posted that there was a bottle of ketchup under the podium, which is why he ducked down.
     
  14. obgator

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    I’ve had mosquito bites that took longer to heal.
     
  15. mikemcd810

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    FWIW, Pete Souza wasn't banned. He voluntarily deleted his account because he said the comments turned ugly.

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  16. gatorchamps960608

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    I'm still willing to believe this was done by Trump for a campaign bump. However, letting someone shoot in his general direction is a hard pill to swallow.
     
  17. citygator

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    Charlotte
    I stand corrected.
     
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  18. cocodrilo

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    If it could be proved that Trump's ear injury was faked, the controversy could be the worst thing since the War of Jenkin's Ear.
     
  19. citygator

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    I am pretty sure it wasnt Trump's plan to have a 20-year-old who couldn't shoot well enough to make his high school rifle team graze his head from 150 yards away from a roof, through some trees and wind. Even the righties would have trouble selling that to themselves and theyll believe anything.
     
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  20. gatorchamps960608

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    Once you don't believe his head was grazed by anything other than flying debris of some sort, believing the rest gets easier.