Ukraine Update for 2026

[Richard Smith]

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.

Try to focus.   You seem to be under the influence of some type of TDS propaganda.  The shooter had a direct line of sight.  There was nothing between him and Trump.  So what hit Trump if not the bullet?  Why don't you believe a bullet can graze someone's ear instead of going through it?  Good grief. 

[Michael Capasse]

Try to focus.   You seem to be under the influence of some type of TDS propaganda.  The shooter had a direct line of sight.  There was nothing between him and Trump.  So what hit Trump if not the bullet?  Why don't you believe a bullet can graze someone's ear instead of going through it?  Good grief.

I don't know what hit him.

A bullet from an Ar-15 travels at 3200 ft per sec
A bullet that close, of that high velocity, slices cleanly through cartilage and skin
The shockwave  produces intense sound levels (up to 190 dB) - that fracture an eardrum

These are facts
  try to focus

[Richard Smith]

I don't know what hit him.

A bullet from an Ar-15 travels at 3200 ft per sec
A bullet that close, of that high velocity, slices cleanly through cartilage and skin
The shockwave  produces intense sound levels (up to 190 dB) - that fracture an eardrum

These are facts
  try to focus

Wisdom comes slowly to some.  Why don't you know?  What do the facts suggest are possible explanations for Trump's injury?  We know that a person fired a rifle at Trump who was standing in a direct line of sight.  Maybe that is a clue.  Trump was hit by something on his ear at that exact moment.  He was bleeding.  Many people behind him were shot and one guy was killed.  Does it take Sherlock Holmes to deduce what caused that injury to Trump under those circumstances?  What are the plausible alternatives to his having been shot?  There was nothing between him and the shooter to deflect a bullet or cause some type of ricochet.  Even if the bullet had hit some imaginary thing that caused it to shatter, so what?  That is a distinction that makes no apparent difference.  He would still be considered to have been shot.  Are you implying the whole thing was faked and Trump rubbed fake blood on himself?  That is even crazier and more baseless than implying there is doubt about what caused his injury. 

[Michael Capasse]

Wisdom comes slowly to some.  Why don't you know?  What do the facts suggest are possible explanations for Trump's injury?  We know that a person fired a rifle at Trump who was standing in a direct line of sight.  Maybe that is a clue.  Trump was hit by something on his ear at that exact moment.  He was bleeding.  Many people behind him were shot and one guy was killed.  Does it take Sherlock Holmes to deduce what caused that injury to Trump under those circumstances?  What are the plausible alternatives to his having been shot?  There was nothing between him and the shooter to deflect a bullet or cause some type of ricochet.  Even if the bullet had hit some imaginary thing that caused it to shatter, so what?  That is a distinction that makes no apparent difference.  He would still be considered to have been shot.  Are you implying the whole thing was faked and Trump rubbed fake blood on himself?  That is even crazier and more baseless than implying there is doubt about what caused his injury.

Stop it.
I'm not implying anything fake.
He was obviously hit by something - whatever it was, it did not graze him @ 3200 feet per second.

[Richard Smith]

Stop it.
I'm not implying anything fake.
He was obviously hit by something - whatever it was, it did not graze him @ 3200 feet per second.

By necessity you are implying something when you claim he wasn't shot.  If he wasn't hit by a bullet, that means he must have been struck by something else.  You can't have it both ways.  His ear didn't just spontaneously start bleeding at the moment of the assassination. I can understand why you don't want to validate that claim.  It is baseless and contrary the known facts.  There is no plausible alternative.  There is not even an implausible alternative.  Your purpose is to imply something negative in an effort to diminish Trump's heroic behavior.  You can't just say it was a miracle that he wasn't killed and his image in the aftermath is iconic.  TDS 101.

[Michael Capasse]

By necessity you are implying something when you claim he wasn't shot.  If he wasn't hit by a bullet, that means he must have been struck by something else.  You can't have it both ways.  His ear didn't just spontaneously start bleeding at the moment of the assassination. I can understand why you don't want to validate that claim.  It is baseless and contrary the known facts.  There is no plausible alternative.  There is not even an implausible alternative.  Your purpose is to imply something negative in an effort to diminish Trump's heroic behavior.  You can't just say it was a miracle that he wasn't killed and his image in the aftermath is iconic.  TDS 101.

Does a AR-15 bullet travel at 3200 ft per sec or not?
  You can't have it both ways.

[Richard Smith]

Does a AR-15 bullet travel at 3200 ft per sec or not?
  You can't have it both ways.

You are trapped in some type of TDS loop.  Again, the facts are that someone fired a shot at Trump.  He was hit in the ear causing his ear to start bleeding.  People behind him were injured and killed by gun shots.  The speed of a bullet doesn't rebut the conclusion that he was struck with a bullet unless you have some counter explanation.  For example, that this was faked and Trump rubbed ketchup on his face.  The absurdity of that, however, is apparently obvious even to you because you just keep referencing some AI generated talking point that does not explain the event.