The Afterlife of Donald Trump

Olivia Nuzzi got a look at Donald Trump’s ear, which has now healed after it was hit by a bullet in an assassination attempt.

“Donald Trump raised his right hand and grabbed hold of it. He bent it backward and forward. I asked if I could take a closer look. These days, the former president and current triple threat — convicted felon, Republican presidential nominee, and recent survivor of an assassination attempt — comes from a place of ‘yes.’ He waved me over to where he sat on this August afternoon, in a low-to-the-ground chair upholstered in cream brocade fabric in the grand living room at Mar-a-Lago.”

Said Trump: “Let’s see… It’s a railroad track. They didn’t need a stitch. You know, it’s funny. Usually, something like that would be considered a surreal experience, where you sort of don’t realize it, and yet there was no surrealism in this case. I felt immediately that I got hit by a bullet. I also knew it was my ear. It’s just a little bit over here — ”

He added: “It’s amazing. And the ear, as you know, is a big bleeder.”