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On Trumps reaction to stand and stay for a second. Some people when they get hit don’t really get scared so much as mad. I’m talking about getting punched in my experience. It’s obviously a different thing to get shot but he did also get tackled. I can only assume that he’s the mad type. There was probably so much adrenaline pumping in the moment, I wouldn’t be surprised if the only word he could coherently say at that point was fight.

I don’t think it had much to do with political talent. I think if you took 20 guys and put them through that. 12-16 of them would react similarly.

Who knows. He gets to tell the story and embellish it moving forward so it will be interesting to see how he describes it in the future.

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Oh for sure: you’re absolutely pumping with adrenaline at first (and it lasts a little bit too, not sure exactly how long but more than a few seconds for sure) and that kills/seriously dampens the pain and fear responses that seem like they’d be the obvious first feelings in that situation. I’ve never been shot, but have had a gun to my head (robbery/mugging situation) and have been in plenty of fistfights, and yeah, you don’t realize just how freaked out and/or hurt you are until after the thing is over.

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The can’t feel anything bit is so real haha. It’s happened to me once or twice where you get hit hard enough that it shakes the adrenaline out for you though. The one time I had trouble chewing right for like a week. That guys fist was nearly the size of my face. He was 6’8” and we’d gotten into it while playing basketball. I learned a couple things that day 😂😂.

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Interesting observation.

As a woman, I’d also say that 13 out of 16 women would respond with “flight” not “fight” (or cower and hide).

It’s probably evolutionary. Of course, there always outliers — the 4 flighty men and 3 (or maybe 2) fight-y women —but by and large, accurate and understandable.

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I guess I’m one of those three that you refer to. I would have reacted exactly as Trump did. Fury would have overcome fear.

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