Tennis legend Martina Navratilova calls Donald Trump's ear bandage 'PR stunt' after assassination attempt

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is among the camp that believes former President Donald Trump’s ear bandage after an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania over the weekend is excessive. 

The severity of Trump’s injury after a would-be assassin tried to gun him down in Butler, Pennsylvania, at a rally on Saturday has been questioned by some, including MSNBC host Ari Melber, who called the ear bandage he was spotted wearing in his first public appearance since the shooting a "spectacle."

Navratilova responded to an X account’s post of a picture that showed Trump wearing the ear bandage with a caption that questions its necessity. 

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova during the trophy presentations, which she presented along with Chris Evert after the Women's Singles Final on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the 2024 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on June 8th, 2024, in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

"A good friend of mine is the charge nurse (Level IV FNP) at a major trauma center in a huge city," the post read. "She says there’s absolutely no need to dress an ear wound like this, unless half his ear was blown off. And even then, it wouldn’t look like this."

Navratilova agreed, while also insisting this is a "PR stunt" by Trump. 

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"Of course – this is obviously a PR stunt – the day after the shooting he had no dressing on his ear… not even a band-Aid," Navratilova tweeted. 

Navratilova did not immediately respond to a request for