In a July 20, 2024, memorandum for concern citizens of the United States, Ronny Jackson, the former physician to President Donald Trump gave an update on the status of the wound and health condition of the 45th president and the 2024 election Republican nominee.
Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Ronny Jackson, a congressman from Texas, says he was “naturally very concerned, as was the entire world, about his wellbeing after the assassination attempt” on Trump’s life.
Jackson would meet Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, late in the evening of July 13 “to personally check on him, and offer my assistance in any way possible.” The former Trump physician added, “I have been with President Trump since that time, and I have evaluated and treated his wound daily.”
The former Trump doctor noted that the president at first received treatment at the Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania where he was evaluated and his wound treated. Jackson lauded staff at the hospital for “an excellent job” and “for their outstanding care.”
At the Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, doctors provided a thorough evaluation for additional injuries that included a CT of his head, according to Jackson’s memorandum for concern citizens of the United States.
He went on to say that the former president was “doing well.” Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old was identified as the suspected the shoot. Crooks was put out of action. Trump sustained injuries on his right ear.
BULLET VERY CLOSE TO THE HEAD
The former physician to the president has explained the how close the bullet was to hitting and piercing through the Republican’s head, which would have had more serious consequences for Trump – or even become fatal for the ex-president.
“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,” wrote Jackson.
On bleeding, Jackson said Trump had suffered “significant bleeding” at first. While this has reduced, there was still “intermittent bleeding,” according to the former president’s ex-physician.
“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,” noted Jackson.
“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 was “extremely thankful his life was spared” and that, judging from his analysis of how close the bullet was from the former president’s head, “it is an absolute miracle he wasn’t killed.”
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
According to Jackson, doctors will conduct “further evaluations” on Donald Trump. These evaluations will include “a comprehensive hearing exam, as needed.” The former Trump physician added, “he [Trump] will follow up with his primary care physician, as directed by the doctors that initially evaluated him.”
A few days after the attempted assassination on his life, Donald Trump appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee where he accepted nomination as the party’s nominee in the November 2024 presidential election.
Jackson said Trump would address a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He promised to “remain at his side throughout the weekend to provide any medical assistance he needs.”
After the shooting, Trump posted on Truth Social that “it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.” He also told the New York Post: “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead. By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God, I’m still here.”
At the convention, he told his supporters that escaping such an assassination attempt “changes your attitude, your viewpoint toward life,” and that “you appreciate God even more.”
