
Originally Posted by
Suppressed Poet
Neither of us are working with any evidence, but I find it highly unlikely that the bullet first impacted some other medium of metal, glass, or wood given the line of sight between the shooter & Trump. That would be referred to as spalling.
The most logical explanation is a bullet directly impacted his ear. The alternative is that the bullet flew past Trump, hit sufficiently hard and dense steel, and that caused the bullet to ricochet back striking Trump in the ear.
As mentioned, it really doesn’t matter. Trump narrowly escaped death and was injured in the assassination attempt. Your posting history, intentionally or not, seem to downplay the gravity of danger to Trump and his injury.