Dr. Ronny Jackson reveals Trump's ear wound continues to bleed and will require a bandage for a few days at the convention - but says Trump is 'joking around' about the bullet that could have 'gone right through his brain'

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  • Jackson spent clip pinch Trump successful Bedminster, New Jersey aft nan shooting
  • He said receptor wounds bleed 'like crazy' and that a bandage is still required

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.Com In Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Published: 22:16 EDT, 14 July 2024 | Updated: 22:20 EDT, 14 July 2024

Dr. Ronny Jackson rushed to Bedminster, New Jersey to sojourn pinch Donald Trump aft nan assassination effort Saturday. Now, he reports that his receptor coiled continues to bleed but should heal properly.

The Texas lawmaker tells DailyMail.com that Trump's wounded continues to bleed from clip to clip and requires a bandage that nan erstwhile president mightiness still beryllium wearing for a fewer days moreover arsenic nan Republican normal gets underway.

Jackson, who served arsenic nan White House expert during nan Trump years, said he flew down to nan president's play people to sojourn pinch Trump pursuing Saturday's horrific shooting. 

'I conscionable came up because we're friends. I wanted to beryllium there,' he told DailyMail.com. 'We conscionable hung out.' He spent clip pinch Trump successful a individual capacity, but that didn't support him from making a afloat appraisal of his injury, and his authorities of mind aft an incident that could easy person ended his life. Now Trump and Jackson are some successful Milwaukee. 

Jackson revealed that Trump's receptor continues to bleed disconnected and on, successful portion because truthful overmuch humor flows to nan ear. He says nan coiled will beryllium dressed for astatine slightest a mates much days. 

'He took nan portion of his receptor disconnected nan top, you know, you're receptor bleeds for illustration crazy. But he's fine. Because luckily, it was conscionable his ear,' he said wrong nan Fiserve Center, hours earlier nan normal will beryllium gavel in.

Dr. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) tells DailyMail.com aft visiting pinch Trump that nan erstwhile president will astir apt deterioration an receptor bandage for a fewer days, and that nan gunshot coiled was not treated pinch stitches. He said he expects it to heal properly

Trump did not opt to get stitches, he shared. 'No, he didn't sew it up because it wasn't really amenable to being sewn because it was a bullet. So it was much for illustration a way you know. So they conscionable fundamentally person to benignant of, you know, fto it heal in,' said nan Texan, who has go a Trump surrogate and a harsh professional of President Joe Biden.

'It's going to look okay erstwhile it fills successful and everything I think,' he predicted.

Trump's usage of nan bandage is much a usability of nan receptor itself than nan seriousness of nan coiled he said, moreover tho a matter of a mini region would person made for a catastrophic injury. 

'He astir apt [keep nan bandage successful place] because it's besides existent pliable, and it bleeds existent easy. The receptor is conscionable very vascular, and if you irritate it a small bit, past it conscionable starts bleeding again. So erstwhile it bleeds, it gets each complete everything. So he's sewage a dressing connected it correct now. Because he's been bleeding truthful yeah. 

He indicated it would enactment connected for a mates of days. 

The receptor is highly 'vascular,' meaning it tin bleed 'like crazy' erstwhile pierced, Jackson said

Jackson flew to Bedminster, New Jersey to beryllium pinch Trump aft nan shooting

Jackson says he isn't rewriting his reside aft President Biden's telephone for unity and plans to attraction connected his cognitive abilities

Trump pumped his vist again upon landing successful Milwaukee

Jackson besides commented connected Trump's authorities of mind.  'He's great. The staff's a small shaken still. But he's wholly normal,' he said.

'I mean, he's conscionable himself. He's joking astir and talking astir really if he hadn't turned his head, you know, correct astatine that 2nd it would person gone correct done his encephalon and he realizes, you know, nan gravity of it, but he's not astatine each flustered by it.'

Trump said he plans to rewrite his normal speech, and some Trump and President Joe Biden are calling for unity – Biden successful an entreaty from nan Oval Office.

That does not mean Jackson plans to backmost disconnected connected his slams connected what he calls Biden's cognitive issues 1 bit. Asked what he'll speak about, he said: ''Probably Biden's cognitive stuff. Seems to beryllium my lane,' he quipped.

He said nan telephone to unity was 'fine.' 

'But we're not we can't disregard nan truth that we person a president doesn't request to beryllium president, you know,' he said. 'I haven't rewritten my speech.'

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