They were images that are burned into the consciousness and are repeatedly associated with Donald Trump’s election victory in November 2024. The ex-president and candidate stands on a stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, and gives his speech. Suddenly he grabs his ear and falls to the ground. Members of the Secret Service rush towards him and protect him with their bodies. A little later he stands up again, uninjured apart from a scratch on his ear, raises his fist to the sky and calls on his followers to fight. Pictures of it later went around the world.
