Donald Trump’s Doctor Explains Why Ex-President’s Bullet Wound Still Requires Bandage – Health Digest

Prior to Rep. Ronny Jackson’s official statement on Donald Trump’s healing journey, the presidential candidate’s campaign remained rather tight-lipped about his condition. As Jonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine and surgery at The George Washington University, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, “It’s an understatement to say that it’s bizarre that a presidential candidate has sustained an injury from an attempted assassination and no medical report is issued to describe his evaluation and the extent of his injury.” Thus, it was only a matter of time before the Trump camp felt obligated to provide a more clear, definitive public assessment of the former president’s heath status.

In the hours after Trump’s assassination attempt, the former commander-in-chief took to his social media platform Truth Social to share details about the event. “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote. “Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”

While Jackson later met up with the former president at his private residence in Bedminster, New Jersey, to “personally check on him,” Trump was initially treated by doctors at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the rally in question took place. “They provided a thorough evaluation for additional injuries that included a CT of his head,” Jackson wrote. “He will have further evaluations, including a comprehensive hearing exam, as needed.”