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(61,033 posts)to point out a chart on the podium. That's when the shots rang out. He grabbed his ear and ducked. Close-up slow mo video shown over and over showed blood on his ear and cheek before the SS agents jumped to dover him, then hustle him off the stage.
trump turning his head save his life, otherwide the bullet would've hit him in the back of left side of his head.
The coverage went on for many minutes as no one knew for certain what had happeen on stage. It was total chaos. Finally they showed the slo-mo video and it became clearer.
There was no glass that hit him. It was a bulltet that grazed his ear, kept going and killed an audience member. Another one injuried another audience member.
No glass fragment. No set-up letting someone fake shooting at trump but miss. He's demented but not that stupid to let some shoot at him and miss on purpose to get the sympathy vote.
Keep it logical, DU. We've had many assassination attempts on political figures. This was another one.
Unfortunately it's not uncommon in our violent America.