“It may have been jarring in the moment, but there was a reason so many Republicans thought to quickly post the photos of a blood-streaked Trump: They will prove politically potent.”
well, that and an instant concrete demonstration of Trump’s toughness, fortitude, fearlessness, and determination under literal fire that nearly killed him ...
Then there’s the contrast between the picture of him bloodied but unbowed and Biden being helped off of the debate stage.