Trump releases letter on injury, treatment after last week's assassination attempt
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Donald Trump's campaign released an update on the former U.S. president's health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pa.
Donald Trump's campaign released an update on the former U.S. president's health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pa.
The memo, from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as Trump's White House physician, offers new details on the nature of the GOP nominee's injuries and the treatment he received in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
According to Jackson, Trump sustained a gunshot wound to the right ear from a high-powered riffle that came “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear.”
The bullet track, he said, “produced a 2 cm 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.”
While the swelling has since resolved and the wound “is beginning to granulate and heal properly,” he said Trump is still experiencing intermittent bleeding, requiring the dressing that was on display at last week's Republican National Convention.
“Given the broad and blunt nature of the wound itself, no sutures were required,” he wrote.
Trump was initially treated by medical staff at Butler Memorial Hospital. According to Jackson, doctors “provided a thorough evaluation for additional injuries that included a CT of his head.”
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