{"id":304294,"date":"2024-07-29T19:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-ear-healing-is-consistent-with-bullet-grazing-skin-ballistics-expert-says"},"modified":"2024-07-29T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T00:56:27","slug":"trump-ear-healing-is-consistent-with-bullet-grazing-skin-ballistics-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/trump-ear-healing-is-consistent-with-bullet-grazing-skin-ballistics-expert-says","title":{"rendered":"Trump Ear Therapeutic Is Constant With Bullet Grazing Pores and skin, Ballistics Professional Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.7615908124\">\n<section id=\"cb-27ff449e3ea122846c55fdbf46556530\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240729_d6edb234ef4b46a0a96044dcdffe01e8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ae8437e3-6835-4111-85b6-f9d4a1aa9f07\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"AR-15\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d6\/4by3\/2024\/07\/29\/d6edb234ef4b46a0a96044dcdffe01e8_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\".223 CALIBER sub\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-27ff449e3ea122846c55fdbf46556530--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-69cc0b67553f6f801f96c6862eb44432\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1229050279\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> was grazed by a bullet during the assassination attempt &#8230; at least that&#8217;s what a ballistic expert gleans from the way the former president&#8217;s injured ear is healing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-69cc0b67553f6f801f96c6862eb44432--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-247eecb1457abcf13ce6761e1f10d8f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-762dd5ae-32a1-40ec-99ea-efc46b1c9085-480041741-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-762dd5ae-32a1-40ec-99ea-efc46b1c9085-480041741-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christopher Wray\" alt=\"Christopher Wray\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/52\/16by9\/2024\/07\/29\/52a1074d0d6e49abb62302d31ac66627_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-247eecb1457abcf13ce6761e1f10d8f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ad0c9841a16a5ab0237684032e3a2aa9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p><strong>Leonard Romero<\/strong> &#8212; a forensic firearms examiner who&#8217;s worked alongside the LAPD and several other law enforcement agencies in this field &#8212; tells TMZ \u2026 Trump&#8217;s ear healing so quickly isn&#8217;t evidence he wasn&#8217;t hit (as some have suggested), but on the contrary &#8230; it&#8217;s actually consistent with a graze from a bullet, as opposed to a more direct impact.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ad0c9841a16a5ab0237684032e3a2aa9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-1923121098-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-162dc202-97ac-4706-a82f-8d95bf60b026-1923121098-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Director\" alt=\"Director\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/87\/16by9\/2024\/07\/13\/87bdc9d8852240fa8003fffebcd0d816_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n           <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">7\/13\/24<\/span>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30e9efe0d43635c84be43338ca5ba429--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e43dac1f221827da186f4bcf992ed8fc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The way Leonard, explains it &#8230; a graze only impacts the skin&#8217;s surface &#8212; it&#8217;s more like a scrape or a scratch, and doesn&#8217;t cause heavy damage, even when the bullet is from an AR-15 assault rifle, as was the case here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e43dac1f221827da186f4bcf992ed8fc--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3d29485312f7916c0903abb0eda4cf65\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d29485312f7916c0903abb0eda4cf65--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f09a91d7c01dd094a0cbb4b884dc4ab2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.134502924\">\n<p>Trump was bleeding from the ear after <strong>Thomas Matthew Crooks<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/13\/trump-rally-gunman-seen-opening-fire-shooting-gets-killed-new-video-clip\/\"><strong>squeezed off shots<\/strong><\/a> at him during his July 13 rally in Pennsylvania &#8230; then he wore a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/14\/donald-trump-seen-first-time-assassination-attempt-new-ear-bandage\/\"><strong>massive bandage<\/strong><\/a> to the ensuing RNC, where he accepted the GOP presidential nomination, and has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/26\/donald-trump-seen-no-bandage-first-time-since-shooting-injury\/\"><strong>ditched the bandage<\/strong><\/a> altogether &#8230; and his ear has no major scarring viewable to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f09a91d7c01dd094a0cbb4b884dc4ab2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-673cc1156860ad8f699cd3a2b7d72557\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8e4e4138-64d8-4fcf-9ddc-82ff2e3c080e-1232558868-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8e4e4138-64d8-4fcf-9ddc-82ff2e3c080e-1232558868-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Donald Trump\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b9\/16by9\/2024\/07\/25\/b9797e56d0d54d52b5ddf3c9314dcf55_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">PBS<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-673cc1156860ad8f699cd3a2b7d72557--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d9f146ebfb2ec47614c37d68de36b99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.4615384615\">\n<p>FBI director <strong>Christopher Wray <\/strong>at first said there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/25\/fbi-director-donald-trump-not-struck-bullet-shooting-glass\/\"><strong>some question<\/strong><\/a> whether or not Trump was struck by a bullet &#8230; but the FBI ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/26\/fbi-backtracks-now-says-trump-hit-by-bullet-shooting-rally\/\"><strong>backtracked<\/strong><\/a> and said, &#8220;What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject&#8217;s rifle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d9f146ebfb2ec47614c37d68de36b99--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ab9da04bcfb233ce09bf55c2418f2a3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240729_1203de8fa1c74b92b038f3fd04b5a12d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ae8437e3-6835-4111-85b6-f9d4a1aa9f07\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/12\/4by3\/2024\/07\/29\/1203de8fa1c74b92b038f3fd04b5a12d_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DONALD TRUMP NETANYAHU\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ab9da04bcfb233ce09bf55c2418f2a3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c98339b3739bad1f54ba763e0a91ee42\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Leonard says video from the shooting gives no indication Trump was grazed by a bullet fragment &#8230; instead, he tells us he&#8217;s confident the bullet grazed Trump&#8217;s ear before hitting anything else &#8230; and doesn&#8217;t believe Trump was cut by broken glass from a teleprompter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c98339b3739bad1f54ba763e0a91ee42--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4bd451558ab8a8a12cbafc1aedc16fae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-106531dc-ac3e-48dc-ad43-ab5ab52ca7da-1789372935-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-106531dc-ac3e-48dc-ad43-ab5ab52ca7da-1789372935-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"PBS FBI\" alt=\"PBS FBI\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2c\/16by9\/2024\/07\/29\/2c845e42a7144808aa1f228a4eb47bea_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4bd451558ab8a8a12cbafc1aedc16fae--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fb73b8886ec9448a3b1fb48f1b174261\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;d heard from someone plugged into the Secret Service that he possibly was cut by glass &#8212; or some other material that ricocheted off the bullet &#8212; but Romero doesn&#8217;t seem to agree.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fb73b8886ec9448a3b1fb48f1b174261--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-529ce3cb8980abaaa06dce403229790f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240729_0faebe91c9dd4455954cdcb77af8917f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ae8437e3-6835-4111-85b6-f9d4a1aa9f07\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0f\/4by3\/2024\/07\/29\/0faebe91c9dd4455954cdcb77af8917f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\".223 CALIBER sub\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-529ce3cb8980abaaa06dce403229790f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd8695524100a8d3fd3d6d7892f9b745\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>In any case &#8212; it sounds like Trump got super lucky here &#8230; Leonard says a .223 caliber bullet like the one the shooter used causes devastating wounds on direct impact.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd8695524100a8d3fd3d6d7892f9b745--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5e755626afa9f9a440bf37fb1ec6931d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Again, Trump&#8217;s ear is still intact and not scarred or mangled &#8230; which backs up what Leonard&#8217;s saying here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5e755626afa9f9a440bf37fb1ec6931d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a58204b2e2ee4785ea6664c5fd5b0c64\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7bbc002b-a81f-4584-9cf9-1e96ddab72e2-749425927-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7bbc002b-a81f-4584-9cf9-1e96ddab72e2-749425927-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"president\" alt=\"president\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/42\/16by9\/2024\/07\/27\/42237e8c9ade447eb76680107f1be545_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a58204b2e2ee4785ea6664c5fd5b0c64--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-44e455024ba2cd515833fe0fadb389b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Good thing Trump turned his head!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-44e455024ba2cd515833fe0fadb389b1--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/29\/donald-trump-ear-injury-consistent-graze-bullet-ballistics-expert-leonard-romero\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet during the assassination attempt &#8230; 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