“Even leading Republicans said yesterday that things went a little too far when they had to publicly repudiate the actions of a delegate who was handing out adhesive bandages marked with Purple Hearts to mock Mr. Kerry’s war wounds.”
“The bandages, distributed by Morton Blackwell of Arlington, Va., included a message that read, “It was just a self-inflicted scratch, but you see I got a Purple Heart for it.””
To be fair, they need the bandage just as much as trump does.
Like. A day or two after the attempt he was out golfing and didn’t have a bandage or anything.
I think it was just a small nick and the blood thinners he’s likely on just makes you bleed like crazy since they prevent clotting. A small scratch looks like a war wound, and would explain why there was blood everywhere but he still has a functional ear.
Like, if he really got shot in the ear, he’d be missing a part of his ear like in Preacher. It won’t just heal back.
Depends, is his bleeding ear a symbol of eternal life and forgiveness of sins, too?
I find the comparison to religion kind of laughable. As full of himself Trump is I do not think he shares Christ’s confidence of heavenly ascendance. He sure as fuck doesn’t want to die, but especially not as a sacrifice for the sins of his followers.
Like most narcissists, he’ll gladly take any opportunity to get attention by being a victim.
But, no, he has no interest in sacrificing himself for his followers. That point is irrelevant - I’m pointing out the aspect of worshipping a person, not the goodness or badness of that person.
I’m pointing out the aspect of worshipping a person, not the goodness or badness of that person.
Lmao, that’s not what I’m saying. He loves attention, absolutely. I’m commenting on his personal feelings about being shot at and wounded, not his feelings of being adored. Trump talks a big game about violence but can’t stomach being a part of it himself. He famously dodged the draft by faking bone spurs and has called wounded and disabled veterans ‘disgusting’. I don’t think he enjoys people highlighting the fact he almost died by drawing attention to his injury from it.
He likes being able to say he was the victim of a shooting, but he likely does not see actually getting hit a flattering quality. Like for the shoe, he didn’t even pick the famous photo from that day, he picked an objectively worse one where his ear isn’t even shown and he’s posing just like he does at every rally. It it weren’t for a dribble of blood on his cheek this picture could be mistaken for any other day of his campaign.
No, I don’t think he enjoys people taping gauze on their ears in reference to his injury.
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