Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), a former White House physician, released a letter Saturday saying that former President Donald Trump is recovering as expected following the injury he sustained during the July 13 assassination attempt.
“The bullet passed, coming less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear,” Jackson wrote in a letter that Trump published on Truth Social. “The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound.”
Jackson, whose nephew was injured at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, said he has treated Trump’s wound daily since the incident and he is “doing well.”
Describing the position of the wound in a highly vascular portion of the ear, Jackson said there was “initially significant bleeding” and, although the wound is beginning to heal properly, “there is still intermittent bleeding requiring a dressing to be in place.”
Trump himself referenced the amount of blood he lost as a result of the shot during his nomination acceptance speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention, saying there was “blood all over the place.”
“The ears are the bloodiest part,” Trump said Thursday. “If something happens with the ears, they bleed more than any other part of the body. For whatever reason, the doctors told me that.”
The Republican presidential nominee did not provide any commentary along with the letter when he posted it on Truth Social.
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Jackson said Trump received a CT scan of the head Saturday while at Butler Memorial Hospital and that the medical staff there "did an excellent job of evaluating him and treating his wound."
"I am extremely thankful his life was spared," Jackson wrote. "It is an absolute miracle he wasn't killed."
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