# Thread for Discussion of Political Ramifications of Trump Injury from Shooting at the Butler, PA Rally

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**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Tags:** trump
**Created:** [July 14, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-discussion-of-political-ramifications-of-trump-injury-from-shooting-at-the-butler-pa-rally/1004185 "2024-07-14T01:25:10Z")
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### Author: ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-discussion-of-political-ramifications-of-trump-injury-from-shooting-at-the-butler-pa-rally/1004185/5 "2024-07-14T01:34:09Z")

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Pasting in what I was going to respond to in the other thread, as it is more about Trump’s future and less about the breaking news:

> [@Trump bloody after shots fired at a Trump Rally {Try and keep this factual/Breaking News} Jul 13, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-try-and-keep-this-factual-breaking-news-jul-13-2024/1004162/253):
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> My guess would be that he’s rattled to the core right now and is going to be very afraid of making public appearances from now on, and he’s probably going to be at least partially deaf in that ear to boot.

Same here. It’s one thing to fantasize about violence and to want other people to engage in it on your behalf but it’s another thing altogether when violence takes your earlobe off and kills someone sitting in your crowd. Trump might pretend he is tough but I think he’s going to be more affected by this than he could possibly realize. And since he’s not capable of admitting that he is in distress, he’ll end up taking years off of his own life by trying to just swallow the stress and trauma.

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