• commandar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Beyond physical injury, Trump’s description of the event – along with Wray saying the FBI is unsure – really makes me lean toward it not being a direct wound.

    Trump said he heard bullets “whizzing” by. A supersonic bullet directly next to your ear isn’t going to make a whizzing sound like on TV; there’s going to be a loud, distinct crack from the sonic boom as it passes by.

    I fully believe Trump would be leaning into that hard if that’s what he’d heard. “It was like thunder next to my head. The loudest thunder. The greatest thunder you’ve ever heard. HUEG thunder.” It’s exactly the kind of thing he loves to play up.

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      3 months ago

      The sonic boom of a bullet is the second half of the sound we call “a gunshot”.

      When you hear a gunshot, you heard a sonic boom.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I mean, the biggest reason is if he had an actual wound he’d be shoving it into every camera within a golf cart ride of him.

      It would be all over the place. The only reason trump would cover it up, is if there was nothing there.