Tennis legend says Donald Trump’s ear bandage was a ‘PR stunt’

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has poured fuel all over a Donald Trump conspiracy theory in the wake of his assassination attempt.

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 at a rally Sunday (AEST) 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”, the NY Post reports.

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.

“A good friend of mine is the charge nurse (Level IV FNP) at a major trauma centre 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.

“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.

Trump’s bandage became a hot topic of conversation. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP)

Navratilova did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Donald Trump Jr. made an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday, where he fired back at MSNBC for multiple commentators questioning the validity of his father’s injury.

“He wasn’t shot in the face enough for them. It wasn’t enough?” he said. “That’s the point. They can’t help themselves. The Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. It’s so asinine that they could say that … You see the photograph at the time. There’s blood everywhere.”

The bandage that Trump wore was seen on multiple delegates at the Republican National Convention (RNC), which was done in solidarity with him.

Trump wearing a bandage over his ear. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Martina isn’t buying it. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Arizona’s Joe Neglia was among those wearing the bandage.

“Yesterday when he came in, and there was that eruption of love in the room, I thought, ‘What can I do to honour the truth? What can I possibly do?’” Neglia told Fox News Digital. “And then I saw the bandage and I thought, ‘I can do that.’ So, I put it on simply to honour Trump and to express sympathy with him and unity with him.”

The RNC saw many Republicans rallying behind Trump, thanking God for protecting him from the assassination attempt.

This article originally appeared on the NY Post and was reproduced with permission.