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Attempted assasination on President Trump (www.newsmax.com)
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[–] memfree@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Trump may have a slight injury to his ear.
For a less conspiratorial take, here's a NYTimes archive / live version :

When the pops began at 6:13 p.m., Mr. Trump appeared to grab his right ear, which appeared to be bleeding as he left the stage.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Here's the cspan footage where you can see it for yourself: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5123735/shots-fired-trump-rally

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Looks like it could have been staged to me. They claimed there was smoke from the bleachers. Hopefully they release the caliber so a gun model and round can be assumed, and we can check how much those smoke.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At least two confirmed dead:

Butler County District attorney told the Associated Press (AP) that a shooter was dead and that a rally attendee had also been killed.

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 3 points 4 months ago

Dang. Sad those innocent people had to be the ones killed.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Not staged. Two people dead and two critically injured, and Trump has a nicked ear.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well that clears it up for me! There's just no way Trump would risk himself like that. This was real.