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Whatever4 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:02 am Call me a naive Pollyanna (you wouldn’t be the first), but I really can’t see anything wrong with the images we’ve seen so far.

In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he was "shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear".

Whatever4 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:02 am

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 3:41 am Seeing the photo of trump, the SS and the huge American flag against the bright blue sky makes me wonder when it was taken or if it's manipulated? I've seen the clip of him raising his fists while the SS rush him into the limo, but only see people in the stands behind him. No blue sky or huge flag in sight. Did his campaign seriously get on doctoring that photo so quickly? That's all they had on their mind at the moment? Do people really believe that is a candid photo capturing a moment accurately? And I won't even mention the "photo" of the bullet whizzing through the air behind him.

Edit: Sorry, it’s early. Borked the photos 1st time around.

I highly doubt the images were manipulated. The flag was overhead in some shots taken at ground level near the podium looking up. In this shot, you can see one of the boom that holds the flag as well as how the stage is above the level of the ground: IMG_3016.png

Link to article by the photographer: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/us/p ... photo.html

The image of the bullet was taken with a very fast shutter in a series of fast shots. IMG_3017.png

Math and analysis here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/p ... ation.html

The shots with crowd are taken either farther away or from an eye level perspective. As the bleachers and podium are raised off the ground, a photographer on the ground in front would get this angle:

IMG_3015.png

So many photographers follow the candidates around, each looking for exclusive shots, each looking to get their shots on-air ASAP, from many angles.

Call me a naive Pollyanna (you wouldn’t be the first), but I really can’t see anything wrong with the images we’ve seen so far.

I haven’t believed any of the school or other shootings have been false flags. I’m not going to start believing this shooting was a false flag. Assassination attempts have happened in the past, they’ll happen again. It’s the guns. And the paranoia.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:45 am The guy almost got his head blown off and still it's all about the fucking photo op. I hate that this happened. I blame the Secret Service who themselves should've had a sniper on top of that building.

Just me wondering out loud, not a serious take, but is the trump loving crowd (including the SS) so encapsulated in their bubble of adoration that they can't couldn't possibly imagine somebody going after him?

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:03 am There are thousands of comments about how god saved him, so there's that.

Foggy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:10 am God saved Joe Biden from being shot at all.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:07 am

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:03 am There are thousands of comments about how god saved him, so there's that.

Doesn't have time to save kids in schools tho.

Law enforcement officials believe the weapon used to shoot at Donald Trump was purchased by Crook's father, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, two officers told AP that Crooks' father bought a weapon at least six months ago.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 11:41 pm
Why is that? Because the guy missed the target?

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:30 am This article has been updated with more details, including that there's a bomb investigation at the Crooks house. And a photo.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gw58wv4e9o

Also:

Law enforcement officials believe the weapon used to shoot at Donald Trump was purchased by Crook's father, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, two officers told AP that Crooks' father bought a weapon at least six months ago.

Thomas Crooks had not been carrying ID, so investigators used DNA to identify him, the FBI said.

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:31 am

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 11:41 pm
Why is that? Because the guy missed the target?

Yep.

Foggy wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:37 am

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:31 am

neonzx wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 11:41 pm
Why is that? Because the guy missed the target?

Yep.

Agreed. A Marine wouldn't miss at that range, even, as Mr brolin said, over iron sights (meaning no scope). Even a basically trained Army soldier should be able to make that shot. Hell, there's a chance I could have made that shot, and I'm 20/25 in both eyes (after cataract surgery). It just wasn't very far from the shooter, and Trump is a big target. I need to learn more about what really happened, but Mr brolin is right that the shooter's incompetence is not readily explainable.