Posted on 07/21/2024 9:05:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Among the many conspiracy theories being raised by the left following the shooting of Donald Trump on July 13, particularly by Joy Behar, one of the strangest is the ongoing demands for more of Trump's medical records. They have suggested everything from the theory that Trump was never struck by a bullet at all to the idea that he has been wearing an "oversized" bandage on his ear to elicit sympathy. One of the few people who would know for sure is Dr. Ronny Jackson, who has been the official White House physician to multiple presidents including Trump, and has been inspecting Trump's progress almost daily since then. Despite medical records being private by definition, Jackson issued a statement yesterday detailing the nature of the wound and the former President's rate of recovery. In what will no doubt come as a terrible blow to the ladies of The View, Jackson described the wound as being typical of what one would expect to see from a gunshot wound to that part of the body and it is healing at a normal pace. (NY Post)
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is “doing well” and recovering after a bullet fired by failed assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks came “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head,” former White House physician and current Congressman Ronny Jackson said in a statement issued Saturday.
“As reported and witnessed by the entire world, he sustained a gunshot wound to the right ear from a high-powered rifle used by the would be assassin,” wrote Jackson, (R-Texas), noting he examined Trump the night he was shot.
“The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear,” Jackson wrote. “There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear.”
Even for those with no medical training, this probably doesn't sound particularly surprising to most people. The bullet pierced the upper end of Trump's ear after grazing along the inner surface of the ear. The ear is considered to be a particularly hemorrhagic part of the body, meaning that it bleeds more profusely and over a longer period of time because of the number of blood vessels that run very close to the surface. Trump's ear bled quite a bit initially and was expected to continue seeping for days until the wound fully closed. Jackson said that as of Friday, the wound was still "bleeding intermittently." There was also the normal concern over the possibility of infection if it wasn't kept covered and cleaned regularly.
In other words, there was nothing surprising about the need for a bandage for quite a few days after the shooting to anyone who isn't a paranoid, politically motivated conspiracy theorist. The injury wasn't serious enough to require hospitalization or to keep Trump off the campaign trail, but it did require standard care and continued monitoring, if only out of an abundance of caution.
However, that doesn't mean that the calls for a full release of Trump's medical records are all coming from conspiracy theorists. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says that more information is required, though perhaps for not entirely partisan reasons. He points out that gunshot wounds in that location carry the risk of additional injuries that may not be immediately obvious.
CNN’s chief medical correspondent is calling for a “public assessment” of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s injuries after the attempt on his life, arguing that voters deserve to know the results of a medical evaluation.
“A full public assessment of Trump’s injuries is necessary, for both the former president’s own health and the clarity it can provide for voters about the recovery of the man who could become president of the United States once again,” neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta wrote in a Friday article.
“The concern is that gunshot blasts near the head can cause injuries that aren’t immediately noticeable, such as bleeding in or on the brain, damage to the inner ear or even psychological trauma.”
It's difficult to accuse Dr. Gupta of engaging in conspiracy theories here. Not being a doctor myself, I will confess that none of the possibilities he suggested came to my mind, but I suppose they make sense. Any bullet can fragment upon impact, potentially resulting in damage to the inner ear that might not be immediately obvious. (Though I imagine they would have discovered that by now.) And I guess any impact in the vicinity of the skull could lead to "bleeding in or on the brain," which definitely sounds risky. I suppose some sort of scan would have to be performed to rule that out entirely.
The bottom line here doesn't have anything to do with politics, or at least not directly. The man was shot. That's serious business. And if you are worried about Trump losing his life to an assassin, you would probably also be concerned about ensuring that he didn't suffer any less obvious injuries. He needs to remain in top fighting shape all the way up until the election. A little paranoia in terms of his medical situation might not be unwarranted.
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Still no press conference from the Secret Service, just like Biden, no transparency and no Q&A.
Hehehehe...GMTA...see my post above!
The whole thing is stupid and irrational in the extreme.
We should never forget-THESE are the same people that called us conspiracy theorists because a man who couldn’t draw audiences above and beyond the staff and press corps, yet he supposedly got 81 million votes.
Your post nearly made me spit my coffee! Especially that last line!
Bkmk
I would imagine that the shock wave of the bullet passing his ear may have affected his hearing in the right ear. Perhaps temporary or could be some partial longer lasting hearing loss in that ear.
LANGUAGE ALERT!!!!
https://youtu.be/FsvJzfXZI18?feature=shared
But... It does illustrate the potential damage even an ear shot could do. I was surprised by how much cavitation in the simulated cartilage in the ear transferred energy to the side of the head. While no where near fatal, it would certainly explain the large size of Pres. Trump’s ear bandage.
As for the return shot on the shooter... A bit more dramatic than what actually occurred...
Oh, come on ... he only drops an “F-Bomb” every thirty seconds. Now, if it was every 15 seconds I’d agree with the “language alert”.
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Ya.
Have you heard the one where they give the signal, he drops, and they hurriedly paint up the ear?
Some folks clutch their pearls harder than others and I was trying to be courteous...
AKGuy is good people and the Unsubscribe YT show is hilarious...
He’s one of my favorites; he gives a good combination of technical information and shootin’ stuff up.
Having supersonic rifle bullets whiz overhead is an odd effect, but it’s not incredibly loud. At least not from 5’ away.
Brandon Herrera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvJzfXZI18
Testing The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump
Garand Thumb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtJA9xuzAFE
Recreating the Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HdgyoGdyV0
What Does It Sound Like To Get Shot At? Bullet Sounds Near & Far
It gives an idea, but even that appears to have been a more solid hit than what Trump took, and against flesh equivalent rather than cartilage. The more flesh is behind the hit, them more energy will be absorbed. There will be damage multiples outside the actual piece of ear that was clipped out, but it has its limits.
The cartilage of the outer ear is surprisingly thin. The ear, although thin itself, is mostly flesh.
LOL, I KNOW about “Garand Thumb”!
No, the REAL Garand Thumb! I nearly got it once!
Thank you for the links lepton!
Welcome...and yeah, Garand Thumb is so easy to get. Other than that, and being a bit nose-heavy, it is a beautiful weapon for its time.
Fine piece of weaponry...:)
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