Former President Donald Trump said, βIt took my entire ear off. The whole ear.β stated on July 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Former President Donald Trump suffered a 2-centimeter-wide ear wound during the recent assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, as reported by Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, Trumpβs ally and former White House physician. The injury didnβt need stitches, and it wasnβt because his ear was blown off.
Ear, ear: Donald Trump didnβt say he lost his βwhole earβ in assassination attempt
A purported screenshot of a post from X suggests a different story.
βIt took my entire ear off,β the supposed July 19 post said. βThe whole ear. But I went to the doctor, and he said, and this is true, he said, you heal faster than anyone Iβve ever seen. Nobody is healthier than you. And the next day, my ear was growing back, and the doctor said, nobody regrows ears like that, and its a really remarkable thing, regrowing an ear like that, most people canβt do it. And I know that, because its not me saying this, itβs the doctor, its everybody saying, just, youβre the best at regrowing ears.β
As the quote spread online, some users were puzzled by its origins.
βIβm trying to figure out if this is satire or something he really said,β one person wrote on Reddit.
βSame,β another replied.
An Instagram post sharing the image of the purported X post was flagged as part of Metaβs efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.
Trump hasnβt posted on X in almost a year, since he shared a jail booking photo on August 24. Thereβs no evidence that Trump made such a statement on his Truth Social, Facebook, or Instagram accounts.
His campaign also released Jacksonβs letter detailing his medical care since the July 13 assassination attempt.
When Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president in Milwaukee on July 19, he described a bullet βwhizzingβ by and feeling something hit him βreally, really hardβ on his right ear, but he didnβt claim the ear was taken off. Trump appeared with a white patch on his right ear at the convention, a look some attendees mimicked by wearing their own ear coverings.
This X post is fabricated. We rate claims that itβs authentic False.
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Donald Trump 2024 nomination acceptance speech, July 19, 2024