Former White House Physician Provides Update On Trump’s Gunshot Wound

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), a former White House physician, provided an update on President Trump’s gunshot wound in a statement issued Saturday.

“As the former appointed Physician to the President for President Donald J. Trump, I was naturally very concerned, as was the entire world, about his wellbeing after the assassination attempt on his life,” Jackson wrote.

“As such, I met him in Bedminster, New Jersey, late that evening to personally check on him, and offer my assistance in any way possible,” he continued.

“I have been with President Trump since that time, and I have evaluated and treated his wound daily. He is doing well. As reported and witnessed by the entire world, he sustained a gunshot wound to the right ear from a high-powered rifle used by the would be assassin,” he continued.

“The bullet passed, coming less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear. The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear. The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly. Based on the highly vascular nature of the ear, there is still intermittent bleeding requiring a dressing to be in place. Given the broad and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were required,” he added.

Read the full memo:

MY FULL STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RECOVERY POST-ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. pic.twitter.com/24OokVxfXf

— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) July 20, 2024

From The Hill:

According to an interview published earlier this week in The New York Times, Jackson had been onboard Trump’s plane the day following the rally. He redressed Trump’s ear while flying to Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention.

“The bullet took a little bit off the top of his ear in an area that, just by nature, bleeds like crazy,” Jackson told the Times. “The dressing’s bulked up a bit because you need a bit of absorbent. You don’t want to be walking around with bloody gauze on his ear.”

In his first rally since the assassination attempt, Trump came out with a smaller bandage than the large white one he wore at the Republican National Convention.

Trump’s big white ear bandage is gone. pic.twitter.com/OzsUaIvXzf

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 20, 2024

From the New York Post:

The swelling has since resolved, said Jackson, who thanked the medical staff who initially treated Trump at Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania, where he received a CT scan during his evaluation.

The letter comes a day after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the controversial former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, downplayed Trump’s injuries as “superficial” and said the bullet “grazed his ear.”

“I don’t think there is much more to it,” Fauci told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday night.

Trump, 78, dropped to the ground after gunfire from Crooks, who was perched on a rooftop, erupted while he was speaking July 13 at an outdoor campaign rally.

The former commander in chief emerged surrounded by Secret Service agents with blood gushing from his right ear and has since covered the wound with a bandage in public.

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