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Donald Trump has watched a video clip of the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania rally “over and over again,” leading to fears that he may be suffering from PTSD, according to a report.

The former president has viewed the “seven-second” clip, in which his right ear was grazed with a bullet, multiple times – an act which has not helped a reported mental spiral brought on by Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race.

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[–] [email protected] 398 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

He doesn't have trauma, he is watching because that was the moment everyone told him he won the election. It was his glory moment and he wants to relive it because he fears it slipping away. Spare me this disingenuous sympathy plea.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think him wearing an oversized bandage for as long as he did supports your hypothesis.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

they're looking for sympathy? where can i email 10 mb of laughing emoji?

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[–] [email protected] 241 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He should drop out of the race and focus on his mental health then.

[–] [email protected] 149 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That phrase should be added to all comments about him. Kind of like how some people add 'in bed' after reading fortune cookies.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think Convicted Felon Donald Trump is in iambic pentameter?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 159 points 3 months ago (1 children)

May his suffering be proportional to that which he's caused.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's no conceivable way on Earth he could sustain that much pain before dying.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

That's a testable hypothesis.

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[–] [email protected] 144 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it were anyone else it's not a stretch to say nearly being killed would shake a normal person and cause some trauma. With Trump on the other hand that behavior seems almost masturbatory, like he is trying to re-live the moment where he was the center of attention

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

TBH, I would believe it.

Someone pointed out that he has always had a paranoia about people harming him. For instance, preferring takeout to avoid poisoning. He has played a very dangerous game with very serious players as a property developer, and in the process has made a lot of enemies.

So yeah, one of his greatest fears was realized. What other fears lurk just past the penumbra of the stage lights? What waits in the wings, should he lose the election? If only he could control things a bit more, maybe get Joe back in the race…

At least he can control the remote, and maybe if he watches his assassination attempt again, he can control that too

[–] [email protected] 98 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've said it before. I do not believe Trump has PTSD. I do, however, believe he is a carrier.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

You mean all of us who he gave PTSD by being President for 4 grueling years? Absolutely!

[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was the high point of his campaign

[–] [email protected] 103 points 3 months ago (9 children)

And as an event that almost changed everything, it was forgotten about in about 3 days. It is crazy to me how quickly no one gave a fuck that he'd almost been assassinated. It fell off the news cycle before Biden stepped out of the race. I guess once they figured out it was a crazy guy and not politically motivated, no one cared.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was like oh shit, Biden is out, someone tried to kill Trump, he's gonna win for sure... and then the response to Kamala's campaign was crazy. It gives me hope.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I suspected that would happen. It's like that time he got COVID and almost died. Huge story at the time, now people barely remember.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

As soon as it's clear that something isn't going to kill him no one cares, he is so unpopular he has crossed some kind of public opinion event horizon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

We decided as a nation that people getting shot wasn't worth getting excited about decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But you know that if it was a minority or someone on the left, they would have milked that shit until it was desert dry, then try to milk it some more

But instead it was a white guy who seemed to be a republican, or a centrist at best. So, not interesting to talk about

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 months ago

Guy with no empathy seeks some, finds none.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Can someone spread a credible-sounding rumour that due to this shooting Trump is considering a ban on guns?

It would be the death of MAGA, as they internally wrestle their love of guns for their fanatic support of Trump.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Trump has been screeching about gun control behind closed doors. It's hard to find information on it because his staffers are understandably keeping that from the media. But he's been screaming about it since he was shot at.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

he's already attempted to ban bump stocks, which is more of an attempt than biden

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

"Take the guns first, go through due process second"

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-take-firearms-first/

He's a fascist and wants to be a dictator, it shouldn't be surprising.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago

Good, fuck him. He is a self-serving narcissist piece of shit. Too bad this didn't happen 30 years ago where he could have done a 180 and not turned into the waste of air he is today.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

PTSD can happen to anyone, even someone as narcissistic as Trump.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

He's got the best PTSD. Lots of people are saying it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He has spoken to many many smart people, experts, they are called. At least that is what he calls them. They know a lot of PTSD, he knows all about PTSD, those ex-perts know more. They asked him, how does he have such good PTSD. He told them, he didn't know, he just does. They are shocked at how good his PTSD is. Remarkable, they call it. Sleepy Joe Bi-den doesn't even have PTSD. He couldn't, and if he did, Lord God King President Donald J Trump knows it would be poor. And his diversity hire? Not even worth mentioning. What a loser.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Well maybe he should get therapy...

...

... HAHAHAHA sorry, I couldn't hold it back any more. No he'll do exactly what you think he'll do - let it fester into an (additional) mental illness.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Joe stepping down looking better all the time. It's like when J Cole apologized for dissing Kendrick, people were mixed until everyone realized, "hoooly shit thank god he did that"

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

ABC News: The U.S. Secret Service is making arrangements for former Pres. Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies by surrounding his podium with bulletproof glass

NOW Hannibal Lecter comes to mind.,,

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

This is how the rest of us feel about footage from January 6.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Love that for him

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man that looks like a pretty intact ear to me…

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (7 children)

5.56mm is a very tiny bullet. The damage would come from traveling very fast, which is very bad when it hits a fleshy mass.

Thankfully (for Trump and perhaps for America not turning him into a MAGA martyr) the ear isn't very fleshy so the bullet didn't impart much energy. He certainly had plastic surgery to fix the tiny hole.

Personally, I much prefer to watch Trump deflate and be crushed under the support of Harris and Walz.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hes probably watchin the video over and over again while thinking how great it would have been for his campaign if he had actually gotten shot, instead of whatever he claims to have happened to his so-fast-its-magic healing ear

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Considering he's doing his future outdoors events in a glass box, I'm leaning PTSD. I think he finally realized he's mortal, in a very real sense, and is coming to grips with that. I have no doubt he's coming apart at the seams.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Indeed. As long as he is watching those videos, he is not out campaigning or shit-tweeting.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He doesn't have PTSD he has a victim complex and a god complex fighting to figure out what the next profoundly stupid thing he will say or do.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He’s just trying to find proof that the bullet directly hit his ear.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he will campaign for gun control then

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