Rep. Ronny Jackson Issues Medical Update On Trump After Assassination Attempt

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) issued a full statement updating the public on former President Donald Trump’s health in the wake of last week’s assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Jackson, who previously served as the appointed physician to Trump while he was in office, gave a detailed description of the injury and where the former president was in terms of the recovery process.

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

— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) July 20, 2024

“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 began. “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.”

Jackson went on to say that he had remained with Trump in the week since the shooting, and had been treating him on a daily basis: “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.”

“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 2cm 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,” Jackson continued. “The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and properly heal. 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.”

Jackson then noted that the medical team at Butler Memorial Hospital, where Trump had been taken in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, had done an excellent job of caring for the former president.

“I want to thank them for their outstanding care,” he said. “They provided a thorough evaluation for additional injuries, including a comprehensive hearing exam, as needed. He will follow up with his primary care physician, as directed by the doctors that initially evaluated him.”

“In summary, former President Trump is doing well, and he is recovering as expected from the gunshot wound sustained last Saturday afternoon. I am extremely thankful his life was spared. It is an absolute miracle he wasn’t killed,” Jackson concluded, adding that he planned to be at Trump’s side during his planned Saturday rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and through the weekend before he returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday.

WATCH Trump’s Grand Rapids rally here:

Donald Trump and JD Vance take the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, marking President Trump’s first rally since the attempt on his life one week ago, and their first joint rally appearance. https://t.co/RFtZoSouXk

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 20, 2024