India, April 19 -- A debate has begun on social media about the injury President Donald Trump sustained after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July 2024, with a trauma surgeon questioning the legitimacy of the wound on his ear. People cited the neat wound, quick bleeding cessation, lack of sutures, and Trump's rapid recovery as evidence of potential staging or makeup.

Some even argued that a real high-velocity 5.56 rifle round would cause severe tissue damage, inconsistent with the injury Trump sustained. However, counterarguments defended the wound as a minor graze due to distance and angle.

A trauma surgeon, who goes by @PartPhil on X, wrote, "As a trauma surgeon who specializes in gunshot wounds, here's...