# Trump bloody after shots fired at a Trump Rally: Jul 13, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 13, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162 "2024-07-13T22:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/893 "2024-08-09T19:19:13Z")
That’s ridiculous. I assume the Don had a plastic surgeon reconstruct his ear. That’s a thing we can do these days. ETA: before/after examples of ear reconstruction [![](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/907.jpg) ](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/907.jpg) [![](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/909.jpg) ](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/909.jpg) [![](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/908.jpg) ](https://www.facedoctornyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/908.jpg) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/894 "2024-08-09T23:52:11Z")
But wouldn’t that process take a lot longer than a week or two? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/895 "2024-08-10T04:03:26Z")
And I expect those would bleed more, too. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/896 "2024-08-12T15:59:20Z")
> [@MulderMuffin](#): > > [Donald Trump's personal doctor reveals a full chunk of his ear was blown right off | Marca](https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/presidential-election/2024/07/17/669743f6ca4741e60f8b4574.html) > > > It was a clean shot that blew the former president’s right ear partially off, at least the upper part of it. The one who confirmed wwhat happened after the injury was **Dr. Ronny Jackson** , who was the **White House** physician under the Trump presidency. > > Imma vote for lying. Okay, now doing my due diligence. So that’s an English language article in a Spanish tabloid and it shows. This is what Dr. Ronny Jackson actually wrote, July 20, > **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112820414450748116)** > The bullet passed, coming less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear. The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear. The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly. **Based on the highly vascular nature of the ear, there is still intermittent bleeding requiring a dressing to be in place.** Given the broad and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were required. So, no surgery, no stitches, just there for the bleeding. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/897 "2024-08-12T16:08:36Z")
Just an aside, I read the title of this thread as “Bloody Trump” with a mental British accent. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/898 "2024-08-12T19:26:02Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > … “Given the broad and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were required.” ^Excerpted from the statement of Dr. Ronny Jackson linked by Max\_S. Here I’d have thought that it was “broad” wounds that WOULD require sutures. I remain skeptical of anything claimed by Dr. Ronny. And photos of Trump taken not long after the RNC convention–and posted by Pete Souza among others–don’t seem to show anything on that ear. How could healing have occurred so quickly–whether of the original wound or of subsequent plastic surgery to deal with the wound (as has been claimed)? > **[Donald Trump photo without ear bandage raises eyebrows](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-photo-without-ear-bandage-raises-eyebrows-1931403)** > > Famous photographer Pete Souza has seemingly deleted his X account after a post doubting whether Trump was shot in the ear. If Trump indeed underwent plastic surgery, it seems unlikely, to me anyway, that it would have been executed on a still-bleeding wound. Granted, I am no expert on this. At any rate, I remain unconvinced that Ronny Jackson is a credible source. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/899 "2024-08-13T05:53:23Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > At any rate, I remain unconvinced that Ronny Jackson is a credible source. Eric the lesser son also claimed that trump had half his ear blown off. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/900 "2024-08-13T18:26:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Eric the lesser son also claimed that trump had half his ear blown off. . …As if he felt he had TOO much credibility, and had to remedy that situation. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/901 "2024-08-13T18:51:43Z")
Maybe we are seeing a prosthetic ear? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/902 "2024-08-13T18:59:35Z")
We’re talking about someone who won’t sit still long enough for makeup artists to apply bronzer correctly (reportedly) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/903 "2024-08-13T20:25:38Z")
Head wounds - and ears are definitely a part of the head - often bleed out of proportion to the damage done. If the bullet scraped the skin off the surface of Trump’s ear, leaving the structural parts intact, then having it bleed and requiring a bandage for awhile but being intact once healed is plausible. Was that what actually happened? Damnifino. Not a hill I want to die on. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/904 "2024-08-13T20:28:23Z")
It makes way more sense than half blown off. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/905 "2024-08-14T02:22:30Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Head wounds - and ears are definitely a part of the head - often bleed out of proportion to the damage done. As has already been pointed out about 50 times already in this thread, if you’ve read it. The bigger point is why his son proclaimed half his ear was blown off. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/906 "2024-08-14T02:38:11Z")
My theory was always he was surprised by the snap of the bullet going past his head so he whipped his hand up to his ear and cut himself on his pedicure. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/907 "2024-08-14T02:40:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > pedicure **Pedicures** are done to feet, toes and toenails; hands, fingers and fingernails get **manicures**. Though, the mental image of Trump trying to stretch his foot up to his head is amusing. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/908 "2024-08-14T02:50:47Z")
Given it’s usual location, its not that far of a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/909 "2024-08-14T09:59:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe we are seeing a prosthetic ear? Bionic. His ear now has superhuman strength. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/910 "2024-08-14T11:15:38Z")
I might have happened that way. It’s possible that he nicked himself under the hairline and not on the ear itself. That would explain having an entire, intact ear one week after having half ot it blown off. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/911 "2024-08-15T23:02:19Z")
> **[Trump to resume outdoor rallies with bulletproof glass](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-resume-outdoor-rallies-bulletproof-glass/)** > > Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear. So when a shooter has to settle for killing mere spectators, I’m sure Trump will call this plan a huge success. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162/912 "2024-08-16T00:12:17Z")
Hey, maybe he can borrow the [Popemobile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popemobile)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bloody-after-shots-fired-at-a-trump-rally-jul-13-2024/1004162.md?page=46)