trump has the thickest skull the very best they say they tell me they say donald your skull, and these are world class doctors the very best they say donald your skull its so thick you have the thickest skull it could stop a bullet and it could believe me it could thats what they tell me i dont know if thats true but hey

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it possible that it could be a direct hit on the side of his head with something like a paintball gun or something stronger than that but not quite enough to do fatal damage? I have no experience with guns of any kind, genuinely wondering.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

No.

Especially not considering there are other injuries/fatalities from the gunman.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Blading. Trump could've easily razored his own ear open like wrestlers do.

[–] rozodru@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

it's just very convenient and fantastic timing. They'll rally around this, they got their photo op, naturally blame the libs and It wouldn't surprise me at all, not one little bit, that when they "find" the shooter...gasp...they'll be a self proclaimed massive liberal.

This just seems like russan levels of "fell out a window" bullshit.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It wouldn’t surprise me at all, not one little bit, that when they “find” the shooter…gasp…they’ll be a self proclaimed massive liberal.

Well again this is kind of jumping to conclusions. There's really no need to speculate preemptively on such events the very minute they are covered in the news. I feel like it's more responsible in general to wait and see more details and facts as the situation is investigated.

[–] rozodru@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i'm just skeptical. Secret service let him stand there a couple times and pose. wouldn't they wisk him off stage regardless of his protests?

regardless this will decide the election and as of today the US is fucked.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 8 points 4 months ago

Being skeptical is healthy to a degree but preemptively speculating on stuff with no evidence has a tendency to be "rumor mongering" and do that enough and you get pseudo news like "Some People Think Rally Attack Was Staged" and then the whole "news based on nebulous facts" cycle begins.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The shooter is dead, according to reports, along with one spectator, and others wounded, some critically. The bullet clipped Trump's ear, he claims. There was blood on his ear apparently. If those things are all true it's hard to see it as a deliberate near miss. It looks very much like someone tried to kill him.

[–] DiploRaucous@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sky has reported it was a registered Republican who took the shots:

https://news.sky.com/story/shots-fired-at-donald-trump-rally-as-former-president-rushed-off-stage-13177651

"The FBI has named the attack [sic] - shot dead by security forces - as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who according to state records was a registered Republican."

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If conservatives can whine and bitch about everything being fake news, well sounds like they can dish but they can't take it.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stooping to their low levels is not helping, rather it just creates a circle of going even lower. Take the moral high ground instead and be the better person.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ive been watching this circus for 40 years. Democrats continue to take the moral high ground and now we have Trump.

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

You haven't been watching very closely then. There has never been a moral high ground.