In the absence of any official statement about the injury Donald Trump suffered when he was shot in Pennsylvania one week ago, critics of the former president, especially cable news hosts such as Joy Reid and guests on MSNBC, have expressed doubts that he was hit by a bullet. Instead, they claimed, it might have been shrapnel or glass from a Teleprompter.

Yesterday, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), a medical doctor who served as the physician to Presidents Obama and Trump between 2013 and 2018, released a statement on his official House of Representatives stationery about his treatment of President Trump’s injury starting on the night of the assassination attempt.

The full statement, which was also released yesterday to the media by President Trump's campaign, reads as follows:

July 20, 2024

MEMORANDUM FOR: CONCERNED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

FROM: RONNY L. JACKSON, MD

FORMER PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: Update on the health of President Donald J. Trump

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. 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.

I have been with President Trump since that time, and I have evaluated and treated his wound daily. 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 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. The swelling has since resolved, and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly. 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.

The President was initially treated by the medical staff at Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania, who did an excellent job of evaluating him and treating his wound. I want to thank them for their outstanding care. They provided a thorough evaluation for additional injuries that included a CT of his head. He will have further evaluations, 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.

I am heading to the rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan with President Trump now, and I will remain at his side throughout the weekend to provide any medical assistance he needs. I plan to return to Washington, DC on Monday, and then I will return home to Amarillo, Texas at the conclusion of the week.

Signed,

Ronny L. Jackson

Former Physician to the President

Rep. Ronny Jackson, M.D. Official Congressional portrait // public domain

After completing his work in the White House in 2018, Dr. Jackson was appointed by President Trump in 2019 as assistant to the president and chief medical advisor, a new position in the Executive Office. In 2020, Jackson was elected to represent the 13^th Congressional District in Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was reelected in 2022.

Dr. Jackson has been a persistent critic of President Biden, including the years long cover-up of the 46th president’s health, as I reported here on June 25, 2024.