NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign released an update on the former president’s health on Saturday, a week after he survived an assassination attempt at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report, prepared by Texas congressman Ronny Jackson, who was Trump’s physician in the White House, provides new details on the nature of the Republican candidate’s injuries and the treatment he received immediately after the attack.
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According to Jackson, Trump suffered a gunshot wound to his right ear from a high-powered rifle that "came within a quarter of an inch of entering his head, and hit the top of his right ear."
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The bullet's trajectory, he indicated, "caused a 2 cm wide wound that extended to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. Initially, there was significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper part of the ear."
Although the inflammation has since resolved and the wound "is starting to granulate and heal properly," it was stated that Trump continues to experience intermittent bleeding, which requires the bandage that was displayed at last week's Republican National Convention.
"Given the broad and forceful nature of the wound itself, sutures were not required," he wrote.
What happened to Trump after the attack?
Trump was initially attended to by medical staff from Butler Memorial Hospital. According to Jackson, the doctors "provided a thorough evaluation of additional injuries that included a CT scan of his head."
Trump, he said, "will have further evaluations, including a complete hearing exam, as needed. He will follow up with his primary care physician, as directed by the doctors who initially evaluated him," he wrote.
"In summary, former President Trump is doing well and is recovering as expected from the gunshot wound he suffered last Saturday afternoon," he added.
The letter is the first official update on the former president's condition since the night of the incident.
Jackson, a staunch Trump supporter, said in the letter that, as a former physician of Trump, he was deeply concerned about the well-being of the former president after the attack and met with him in Bedminster, New Jersey, late on Saturday after Trump returned from Pennsylvania "to personally check on how he was doing, and offer my help in any way possible."
He explained that he has been with Trump since then, evaluating and tending to his wound daily. This includes traveling with him on Saturday to Michigan, where the former president is hosting his first rally since the shooting, accompanied by his newly appointed running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
Apparently, Jackson is still a licensed doctor in Florida, according to the State Health Department database.
The records of the American Board of Emergency Medicine also show that Jackson holds a valid certification in Emergency Medicine until the end of 2025.