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Where’s the official report of Trump’s injuries?

Isn’t it odd that five days after a would-be assassin’s bullet apparently grazed the right ear of former President Donald Trump at a rally, we have had no official statement, release, press conference, medical report or whatever stating exactly what kind of injuries that Trump suffered?

To be clear, this isn’t to question that Trump was injured. He had lots of blood coming from his ear in the moments immediately after we all heard the popping sounds of a gun and saw Trump wincing in pain and surprise. There is no proof behind the conspiracy theories that Trump was injured by anything other than a bullet.

This also isn’t to question the media, which seems to be trying to find out exactly what physically happened to Trump.

Veteran media reporter Paul Farhi tweeted Wednesday, “Still don’t know the extent of Trump’s injury(ies) since Saturday’s shooting. No briefing in 3 1/2 days.”

The day after the shooting, Trump wrote on his Truth Social that a bullet “pierced the upper part” of his right ear.

Trump has been seen this week at the Republican National Convention wearing a large bandage on his ear. Trump’s son, Eric, told “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil from the RNC on Wednesday that Trump did not get stitches.

Eric told Dokoupil, “You know, he was millimeters away from having his life expunged. … I’m sure the ear doesn’t feel well.”

Eric also said Trump had a “nice flesh wound” and the “greatest earache he has ever had.”

The New York Times’ Jonathan Swan reported on Tuesday that he spoke with Texas GOP Congressman Ronny Jackson, who was Trump’s White House doctor as president. Jackson was on the plane with Trump to Milwaukee for the RNC and told Swan that he changed the dressing on Trump’s ear.

Jackson told Swan, “The bullet took a little bit off the top of his ear in an area that, just by nature, bleeds like crazy. The dressing’s bulked up a bit because you need a bit of absorbent. You don’t want to be walking around with bloody gauze on his ear.”

All in all, Trump appears fine physically. He’s at the convention. He’s moving around as normal, and seems normal, other than having that big bandage.

But USA Today’s Rex Huppke wonders in a column if there is a psychological toll from almost being killed.

Huppke wrote, “… Trump may well not yet know the mental impact this horrific shooting had on him. It’s difficult to be self-reflective in the wake of something life-altering like that, and because of the timing of this week’s Republican National Convention, Trump chose to put on a tough face and move forward with his campaign. He’s showing up at the convention in Milwaukee with a huge bandage on his ear, yet nobody knows his exact medical condition.”

So why does this all matter? Huppke asks some questions that at least should be considered of someone who is running for president of the United States:

  • What, specifically, was his injury, and how was it treated?
  • What is his current medical condition in the wake of the injury, and has he been prescribed medication? If so, what kind?
  • Will additional medical procedures be required?
  • Has the former president had a psychological evaluation in the wake of the shooting?
  • How is his medical team planning to address the possibility of PTSD or other psychological after-effects?
  • Is he planning ongoing mental health counseling?

Huppke concluded with “A 78-year-old man just went through a traumatizing event few of us can even imagine. Voters deserve to know exactly what happened, and how Trump is doing, in body and in mind.”

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