R112: Bullets from an AR-15 rifle often turn over end-to-end as they fly and, if they hit something solid, fracture into many pieces. That shrapnel, in turn, flies all over the place. It's possible that one of the bullets shot at Trump broke into debris and a piece of metal winged his ear.
Fair enough. But a fragment of the bullet is still a form of bullet wound.
[quote]R124: The damage to his ear was from debris shrapnel, not a bullet.
'Debris' from what, R124? There wasn't a teleprompter, especially not standing to his right, the direction he'd turned to face. Had there been a teleprompter, it would have been in front of the podium, and when he turned to face the right, that side of his face would have been opposite of him; fragments could not have hit him on the side of his face turned towards the crowd behind him.
[quote]R124: But that changes their hero narrative.
Whose 'hero narrative'? None of that makes a damn. It simply was what it was. You are the one who is expressing a need for it to be a certain way, and that's simply not the way facts are ascertained. Leave emotion out of it.
There was nothing 'heroic' about the fist pump. Looked pretty lame to me, like a half-assed attempt to save face. And it was annoying to the SS, who were just trying to get him out of there.
[quote]R145: Sorry PDragon, I always respect your informed posts and often agree, but this isn't passing the smell test for me.
Maybe you've lost your sense of smell. Have you tested for Covid?
Really, though, all this is subjective. Stop thinking with your emotions and use reason.
The attempted shooting isn't even important. It failed. It's water under the bridge.