Summary
During a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump criticized the bulletproof glass surrounding him, joking that an assassin would need to “shoot through the fake news” to reach him, a remark aimed at the press positioned behind the glass.
He called the media “bloodsuckers” and mocked the glass’s size, referencing prior assassination attempts, including a July incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed him and an audience member was killed.
Trump added that his supporters serve as his “glass” for protection: “Glass here. There’s nothing over there. They’re my glass. See? Those people are my glass,” Trump said, pointing to the crowd.
Also… there’s a very compelling video suggesting that it wasn’t the bullet that caused his ear to bleed but a collision with the gun holster of a secret service agent when he crouched down for cover.
I’m as skeptical that an actual bullet grazed his ear as the next guy (my money’s on shrapnel of some kind), but he clearly reacts and reaches up to his ear before the SS does their thing so it can’t be from the huddle
There’s clear evidence that a bullet did go past his ear. He was likely reacting to the noise of it. I wish I could find the video I saw but basically, you have to find the clip of the wide angle view. It’s not 100% evident that this is what caused the blood but it’s extremely compelling and just makes all the sense in the world. I’ll keep looking.
This is typical conspiracy theory crap. The entire thing is based entirely on the idea that Doug Mills faked not one but three separate photographs: 1) the bullet mid-flight, 2) the photo with blood on his hand before he goes down, and 3) the one with blood on his face while he’s down.
I highly doubt Mills faked three photographs to conspire with a shooter so accurate he was able to precisely miss in order to facilitate this bizarre theory. The dude even puts the Mills’ photos in his video and basically does a “fake? I’m just asking questions. Do your own research.”
How this kind of crap gets and holds people’s attention is beyond me. But believe what you want, it doesn’t really matter one way or the other.
I’m just looking at the video of Trump crouching down and plausibly colliding with the holster. I don’t know how any of what you’re saying is relevant.
I’m coming for the previous belief that he was shot. However, the lack of clear injury and medical report do raise questions. It seems far more likely to me that he just smash his ear on the holster than a bullet hitting him. That’s just logical to me.
