Wray said it’s not clear yet whether it might have been shrapnel
I remember one of the first things I heard was that a bullet struck the teleprompter and he was hit by broken glass. I never heard anything about it after that, so I assumed it was just false; but it made a whole lot of sense at the time.
wheres the teleprompter now? wouldn’t that tell all?
Dead teleprompters tell no tales.
Hopefully it was taken into evidence immediately, but who knows.
Sure it would, and I don’t want to give credence to conspiracy theories, but the teleprompter belongs to Trump’s campaign, so if it’s going to be released, the call will have to come from inside the house.
The teleprompter thing seems to have been debunked but that doesn’t mean it was a bullet either.
He wasn’t really shot, I’m calling it
Some people speculated on this from day 1 when he wasn’t posing for photos with his “bullet wound.”
That’s because it looks staged. He also has been on WrestleMania a few times and is aware of how to stir up a crowd like that. It’s not that much of a stretch to say he had a good idea that the crowd would eat it up.
Nah, no need for a conspiracy theory. Also NYT photographer got a picture of a flying bullet.
Anyone have a chance to look at the teleprompter glass?
There’s a single hole in one upper corner in a photo.
But my casual impression is that screen was on the far side from the shooter, based on the direction of the sun. But I can’t be sure of that without more info.
I was on board with this theory for a minute, but I changed my mind.
If you watch the video of the exact time this occurred, he definitely grabs at something on the side of his face that’s not visible to the camera with his right hand. For a brief moment, you can see that his hand is bloodless.
However, two people died… so that’s the part that can’t really be staged.
If two people hadn’t died, I’d think he crushed one of those Halloween blood capsule things when he went to duck and cover, but the two deaths lead me to believe otherwise.
he doesn’t want to cooperate= confirmed shrapnel
The question was whether a bullet or shrapnel hit Trump. But of course, Trump does not comprehend nuance.
The question about whether it was a bullet or shrapnel wouldn’t even be in the news if Trump didn’t insist on playing up being an inch from death. Either answer would have been far less important than being shot at but no, he had to make the question about what hit him a big deal.
You’re not wrong, but the NYT played their part by taking a non-story and publishing it under an intentionally ambiguous headline for clicks. That’s probably got repeated to Trump as, “the FBI director is testifying to Congress that you didn’t get shot!” or something like that, which led to this outburst.
The NYT sure has been stirring the shit lately.
Trump does not comprehend nuance.
I’m dizzy trying to figure out if this is irony, sarcasm, redundant, humour, reality, serious, comical, factual, dystopian…or did the psilocybin just kick in, on so many levels?
Whoa, it wasn’t meant as some deep, philosophical statement. I just meant that Trump likely doesn’t comprehend Wray’s distinction between getting shot with a bullet and being struck by shrapnel.
Sorry, omitted the “/s”.
It was more hyperbolic and melodramatic, though. “/h + /m”./ps for psilocybin
/a for apropo
lol, sorry!
Either way, it shouldn’t matter, someone still got close to killing him. But of course, Trump probably insists that people say he got hit by a bullet.
I’m sure we’ll find out eventually unless he decides to continue wearing his maxi-pad.
Yes, to sane people, it is a distinction without much of a difference. But to his incredibly fragile machismo image, every inch is a mile.
This story could have just gone away, with most people never hearing that maybe he just has a little cut under his big gauze pad and anyone trying to bring it up looking extremely petty. But nope, Trump himself can’t just let things pass unanswered.
Also worth noting: Wray’s statements were made in response to questions asked by Jim Jordan.
This isn’t something Democrats went looking to dig up. It got stirred up by one of Trump’s frothiest allies.
Wait, Santorum isn’t in congress though…
Trying to milk the pity party as long as he can to try and keep the spotlight off of Harris is all.
For anyone who was wondering why Trump refused to release the medical report after the shooting, this is why.
You’re telling me Dementia Don the racist rapist with 34 felonies wouldn’t release a medical report of him getting “shot”? If he had proof he was shot, It’d be on tshirts made in China and plastered all over the place. It’d be on billboards, flyers in the mail, and everywhere you look.
This is the proof that he didn’t get shot, he got hit by shrapnel.
But he’s usually so honest and forthright
Trump definitely did not fuck a couch.
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Trump definitely did not fuck a couch.
Citation?
He didn’t pay hush money to the couch.
Sofa King obvious.
‘Big Sofa’ is out to get him and Vance.
Their sexionals are on sale.
I have it on good authority that he also has not denied raping and murdering a young girl in the 1990s.
Ghislaine, that you?
When you are president, they just let you sit on them.
Even with a full diaper!
Of course not. He’s not related to it or anything.
Fingers crossed! I have ‘shrapnel’ on my election bingo card! I just need “Black Hillary” (thanks for that one @nonailsleft@lemm.ee) and ‘JD cries’.
The New York times did a video analysis that pretty convincingly showed it was a bullet. Why Trump is hiding evidence is just bizarre, like the idea of having to support anything he claims - even true things! - is offensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/politics/trump-shooter-bullet-trajectory-ear.html
It was a splinter wasn’t it?
He got bone spurs in his ears.
Shootings. How do they work. Nobody knows.
Complete mystery, total head-scratcher. I’m pretty sure slow cookers are involved.
There should be a service that’s always there in secret so we can know what happens.
They followed up that it was likely a bullet or bullet fragment
Maybe we should ask Putin?
I’m not sure why, but your name sounds violent
Everything about it was pure fantasy. 100% conspiracy bullshit. Cheeto Chimp will literally pull strings from every conceivable angle.
pull strings from every conceivable angel.
A thread from their heavenly robes.
Ha, thanks for the alert.
It makes sense if it wasn’t a bullet. I think most of the bullets went into the crowd so its likely he was never the real target.
Just because the person shooting at you missed doesn’t mean you weren’t in “real danger”. Anyone on the business end of a firearm, wielded intentionally or neglegently, is in real danger. The firearm doesn’t become harmless due to lack of skill or intent.
Yes, he was absolutely in danger. It might not have been as close of a call as Trump would like to brag about however if it was shrapnel of some sort
That’s true enough. Probably not gonna convince the “jesus saved trump” crowd otherwise, though 🙄
But that’s the thing if this is shrapnel and all the real shots hit the elevated bleachers the real risk to trump would probably not be very high. It certainly would suggest this is a mass shooting rather than a targetted assassination.
