Images of Trump golfing without an ear injury are from before the assassination attempt, not after

Former President Donald Trump’s ear was injured in an assassination attempt at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. In the days after, he donned bandages that inspired his supporters to wear similar ear coverings. 

But some social media posts have cast doubt on Trump’s wound. 

"He was golfing yesterday," a July 24 Threads post said. "No wound. No bandage." 

The post included several images of Trump golfing.  

It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)

These images appear to be from a video professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau posted July 23 on YouTube. The video shows DeChambeau and Trump playing golf at Trump’s New Jersey golf club, Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization assisting veterans with mental health care and rehabilitation services.

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One of the Threads post’s images shows someone wearing a bright pink shirt and dark pants. A man wearing the same outfit appears in the YouTube video.

Although the YouTube video  was posted online after the shooting, DeChambeau said on X a few hours after sharing the video that it "was filmed during the first week of July, before I traveled overseas and prior to the incident that occurred in Butler, PA. DeChambeau added that he wanted to "clear any speculation."

We rate claims the images in this Threads post show Trump after the assassination attempt False.