> there's no way a bullet just nicked his ear and didn't leave any noticeable mark
I don't understand, what do you mean "didn't leave any noticeable mark"? I saw a frame-by-frame analysis early on that showed blood spatter on Trump's hand before he brought his hand to his ear. Don't have it on hand otherwise I'd link it for discussion, just in case I was psy-opped, sorry.
I'm inclined to believe that the guy just missed; hard to hit a target at that range with a 1x RDS.