A photo of former President Trump’s intact ear sparked conspiracy theories that he was never shot.
Millions of people watched Trump get shot at a campaign rally on July 13 in Pennsylvania.
One of the bullets grazed the top of Trump’s right ear. Photos show blood gushing from the open wound.
The shooter, a 20-year-old loner, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
Trump wore a bandage on his ear when he accepted the GOP nomination for president on July 18 in Milwaukee.
However, the former president appeared without a bandage on his ear when he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this week.
Now conspiracy theorists claim Trump’s intact ear means he was never shot – and the shooting was staged.
However, Trump was seen by emergency room doctors who diagnosed his injury as a bullet wound.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Trump in 2017, questioned whether Trump was struck by a bullet.
“I think with respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Wray told Congress on Wednesday.
Trump’s personal physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson, disputed Wray’s testimony in a letter posted on X.com.
“There was no evidence it was anything other than a bullet,” Dr. Jackson wrote. “Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else.”
Trump’s campaign also dismissed the conspiracy theories.
“Anyone who believes this conspiracy bulls**t is either mentally deficient or willfully peddling falsehoods for political reasons,” Trump campaign adviser Steven Cheung told CNN.
