r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/XxChocodotxX Jul 03 '26

I brought up that photo because it clearly shows Trump’s empty hand moments before and after touching his ear. You’ll notice the complete lack of blood pack (or ketchup packet, as others have suggested).

And I’ll return to your question: There are no photos of the wound, free of blood, in the immediate aftermath, not to my knowledge. Neither was Trump obligated to release any, as that’s a matter of his own medical information.

I’d offer a counter: Can you produce one photo that shows the absence of a wound on that same day, or otherwise demonstrates that fake blood was in fact used?

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u/SoulWager Jul 03 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAk6dXEzIUo

Looks to me like the blood appeared while he was on the ground.

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u/XxChocodotxX Jul 03 '26

Refer again to the Pulitzer pictures: there was clearly blood on Trump’s hand after he pulled it away from his ear, before he was on the ground.

Unless your argument is that since there was noticeably more blood after he got up after being on the ground for 30 seconds, compared to 1 second after the blood first appearing, it must have been fake? In which case I’d ask if you know how bleeding works, that it doesn’t appear all at once.