Ukraine Update for 2026

[Richard Smith]

Richard, c'mon, you know better and ear cartilage doesn't grow back.
He was struck by something, shrapnel or a broken piece of something that went flying.
Whatever it was - it was a scrape nowhere near the speed of a bullet.

Be real.

Fantastic story.  This gets better and better.  There was a direct line of sight between the shooter and Trump.  So what "broken piece of something" do you think hit his right ear while he is standing?  If you want to believe that "shrapnel" from the bullet hit him, that is a distinction without any apparent difference.   The TDS mind won't allow Trump to have miraculously survived an attempt on his life and behaved heroically.  There is a firewall in the TDS programming that prohibits just acknowledging the obvious.

[Michael Capasse]

Fantastic story.  This gets better and better.  There was a direct line of sight between the shooter and Trump.  So what "broken piece of something" do you think hit his right ear while he is standing?  If you want to believe that "shrapnel" from the bullet hit him, that is a distinction without any apparent difference.   The TDS mind won't allow Trump to have miraculously survived an attempt on his life and behaved heroically.  There is a firewall in the TDS programming that prohibits just acknowledging the obvious.

Scraped or struck by a bullet at 3,200 feet per second?
  Perhaps you're the deranged one.

I asked AI:

A bullet traveling at ~ 3200 ft/s (supersonic) that grazes your ear acts like a high-speed scalpel. The physical impact, massive transfer of kinetic energy, and the severe acoustic shockwave create three distinct types of trauma:

Cartilage and Tissue Damage: The high velocity slices cleanly through cartilage and skin rather than taking the whole ear off, leaving a trough or an incised hole similar to a hole punch. Because the ear has a dense network of blood vessels, the wound will bleed profusely.

Acoustic Trauma: The bullet breaks the sound barrier, generating a miniature sonic boom (a ballistic N-wave). This shockwave, combined with the muzzle blast, produces intense sound levels (up to 190 dB). A miss this close to the head is virtually guaranteed to rupture the eardrum and cause permanent, acute sensorineural hearing loss.

Temporary Cavitation: Though the ear has low density, the rapid transfer of kinetic energy displaces surrounding fluids and tissue, forcing surrounding tissue to stretch and snap back, which can cause lingering bruising and localized necrosis.

[John Corbett]

Scraped or struck by a bullet at 3,200 feet per second?
  Perhaps you're the deranged one.

I asked AI:

A bullet traveling at ~ 3200 ft/s (supersonic) that grazes your ear acts like a high-speed scalpel. The physical impact, massive transfer of kinetic energy, and the severe acoustic shockwave create three distinct types of trauma:

Cartilage and Tissue Damage: The high velocity slices cleanly through cartilage and skin rather than taking the whole ear off, leaving a trough or an incised hole similar to a hole punch. Because the ear has a dense network of blood vessels, the wound will bleed profusely.

Acoustic Trauma: The bullet breaks the sound barrier, generating a miniature sonic boom (a ballistic N-wave). This shockwave, combined with the muzzle blast, produces intense sound levels (up to 190 dB). A miss this close to the head is virtually guaranteed to rupture the eardrum and cause permanent, acute sensorineural hearing loss.

Temporary Cavitation: Though the ear has low density, the rapid transfer of kinetic energy displaces surrounding fluids and tissue, forcing surrounding tissue to stretch and snap back, which can cause lingering bruising and localized necrosis.

You think AI is an authority? All AI does is search cyberspace for information regarding the issue at hand. It might or might not access accurate information.  I discovered this when I was looking for a cite to back up a claim I had made. I found exactly the answer I was looking for. Then I looked at the source of the information and it was this forum. It had accessed a post I made the day before on the same subject. It was the ultimate confirmation bias.

[Michael Capasse]

You think AI is an authority? All AI does is search cyberspace for information regarding the issue at hand. It might or might not access accurate information.  I discovered this when I was looking for a cite to back up a claim I had made. I found exactly the answer I was looking for. Then I looked at the source of the information and it was this forum. It had accessed a post I made the day before on the same subject. It was the ultimate confirmation bias.

  now you're a doctor?

Cartilage and Tissue Damage: The high velocity slices cleanly through cartilage and skin rather than taking the whole ear off, leaving a trough or an incised hole similar to a hole punch. Because the ear has a dense network of blood vessels, the wound will bleed profusely.

Acoustic Trauma: The bullet breaks the sound barrier, generating a miniature sonic boom (a ballistic N-wave). This shockwave, combined with the muzzle blast, produces intense sound levels (up to 190 dB). A miss this close to the head is virtually guaranteed to rupture the eardrum and cause permanent, acute sensorineural hearing loss.

[John Corbett]

Fantastic story.  This gets better and better.  There was a direct line of sight between the shooter and Trump.  So what "broken piece of something" do you think hit his right ear while he is standing?  If you want to believe that "shrapnel" from the bullet hit him, that is a distinction without any apparent difference.   The TDS mind won't allow Trump to have miraculously survived an attempt on his life and behaved heroically.  There is a firewall in the TDS programming that prohibits just acknowledging the obvious.

I'm not the first to say that if Trump found a cure for cancer, the lefties would find fault with it.

They'd probably accuse him of trying to bankrupt Social Security, which a cure for cancer would almost certainly do. It would blow all the actuarial tables out of the water.   

[John Corbett]

now you're a doctor?

Does it take a doctor to know that AI is a questionable research tool?

[Michael Capasse]

Does it take a doctor to know that AI is a questionable research tool?

So a bullet from an Ar-15 doesn't travel at 3200 ft per sec?
A bullet that close, of that high velocity, does not slice cleanly through cartilage and skin?
The shockwave does not produce intense sound levels (up to 190 dB) - that fracture an eardrum?
My guess is at least 30% of what you say is off the top of your head