Rep. Ronny Jackson (D-Texas), a former White House physician, shared an update on former President Trump’s gunshot wound in a Saturday memo.
“As a former physician appointed by President Donald J. Trump, I was naturally very concerned, as was the entire world, about his well-being following the assassination attempt on his life,” Jackson said in the memo. “As such, I met with him in Bedminster, New Jersey that evening to see how he was doing personally and offer my help in any way possible.”
Trump faced an assassination attempt last weekend at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, during which a bullet struck one of his ears. The former president was recently seen with a bandage on his ear that was hit.
“I have been with President Trump since then and evaluate and treat his injury daily,” Jackson said in his memo. “He is doing well. As reported and witnessed around the world, he suffered a gunshot wound to his right ear, caused by a high-powered rifle used by the alleged killer.”
“The bullet passed by, coming within a quarter of an inch of entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear,” Jackson continued. “The bullet trail produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling throughout the upper ear. The swelling has now 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 that requires placement of a bandage. Given the wide and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were necessary.”
According to an interview published earlier this week in The New York Times, Jackson was aboard Trump’s plane the day after the rally. He fixed Trump’s ear while flying to Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention.
“The bullet hit just above the top of his ear in an area that, by its nature, bleeds like crazy,” Jackson told the Times. “The dressing was a little bulky because you need a little absorbent. You don’t want to walk around with bloody gauze in your ear.
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