President Donald Trump's White House physician, Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, released an update on the former president's medical status on Saturday, one week after the former president was nearly assassinated during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Just minutes into his remarks, Trump was grazed by a bullet in his ear as he turned his head at a key moment to look at a detailed graph of illegal immigration rates.
Dr Jackson wrote that Trump has been “doing well” since the shooting. letter A message from X (formerly Twitter) addressed to “concerned citizens of the United States.”
“I have been with President Trump since that time and have examined and treated his wounds daily. He is in good health,” Jackson wrote. “As the entire world reported and witnessed, he was shot in the right ear with the high-powered rifle used by the assassin.”
My full statement on President Trump's recovery after the assassination attempt. pic.twitter.com/24OokVxfXf
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) July 20, 2024
Jackson said Trump still suffers from “intermittent bleeding” and “needs to be bandaged.” The Republican candidate has been seen with a white bandage on his ear since his first public appearance at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Supporters of the former president have since been seen wearing similar bandages as an accessory in a show of solidarity.
Mr Jackson said the bullet entered Mr Trump's head “less than a quarter of an inch”, causing a “two-centimeter wide wound which extended down to the cartilage surface of his ear”.
Jacksin said there was “significant bleeding initially” and that Trump's “entire upper ear” was “significantly swollen.”
Trump was initially treated at Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania, according to the letter. Jackson said the local hospital “conducted a thorough evaluation of the former President's further injuries, including a CT scan of his head.” (Related article: 'I should have died': Donald Trump reflects on 'very surreal' near-death experience)
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A huge thank you to the amazing men and women at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania. Every single one of you has been so incredible. Donald TrumpArrival. I am truly grateful ❤️🙏
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Mr Trump will undergo further medical testing, including “a comprehensive hearing evaluation, if necessary”, and will also be “examined by his personal physician, as directed by the physician” who originally diagnosed his gunshot wound, Jackson said.
“In summary, former President Trump is in good spirits and recovering as expected from the gunshot wounds he sustained last Saturday afternoon,” Jackson wrote. “We are extremely grateful that his life has been spared. It is truly a miracle that he did not die.”
Jackson said he would accompany Trump to a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday. The doctor said he would be with Trump “providing any medical support he needs” on his return to Washington, D.C., on Monday and ultimately to his home in Amarillo, Texas.
