Trump Invites Reporters to Start Demanding His Medical Records
@emptywheel like so many things around Trump this is a stupid thing for him to lie about. He was shot at - that's not in doubt. He was injured - also not in doubt. Whether he was winged by a bullet or hit by shrapnel or got his ear caught on a secret service agent's jacket as they were getting him to cover it doesn't change the fact that he got shot at.
And yet there's no doubt that he would lie about it for no good reason.
@Jer @emptywheel The answer should be fairly simple, and I can see on YouTube that someone has done an experiment where they shot at the ear of a ballistic gel head. Not clear though if that would have left a burn on his cheek, and any other damage to his ear or hearing from a supersonic bullet passing that close.
There was a (grim) interactive analysis of such wounds a few years back, and it's the kinetic energy of the small projectile that causes damage when a larger slower bullet might penetrate and pass through with a small wound.
