# How is it that Trump’s ear is still a mystery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 28, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-trump-s-ear-is-still-a-mystery/1024361 "2025-10-28T14:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-trump-s-ear-is-still-a-mystery/1024361/5 "2025-10-28T16:00:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I can’t answer your questions, but my two cents as someone who is very familiar with the damage that can be done with a live round: he was hit by some ricochet material, probably wood. A live 5.56 round, even a nick, would have caused catastrophic damage to his ear, which is clearly not the case. I concur: > [@About the damage to Trump's right ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-damage-to-trumps-right-ear/1023998/46): > > My speculation based upon the scenario and post-injury images of the ear is that Donald Trump was struck in the ear by some tiny fragment of shrapnel that has struck the stands behind him—either from the copper jacket of the bullet or material from the stands—moving at subsonic speed which just sliced the surface of the edge of the ear, not doing any significant damage but drawing a few drops of blood that then streamed across his face, making it appear more serious than it actually was. Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-trump-s-ear-is-still-a-mystery/1024361)._