Trump's doctor reveals shocking new details about ex-president's bullet wound - and just how close he came to dying

A erstwhile expert to Donald Trump reveals it's an 'absolute occurrence he wasn't killed' aft examining his receptor post-assassination attempt. 

Ronny L Jackson met Trump, 78, successful Bedminster, New Jersey pursuing his near-death acquisition to 'personally cheque connected him.' 

'I americium highly thankful his life was spared,' Jackson wrote successful a Saturday letter, uploaded to Truth Social by Trump. 'It was an absolute occurrence he wasn't killed.' 

The expert said Trump sustained a two-centimeter - astir 1 inch - gunshot coiled during past week's attempted assassination 

Jackson revealed nan Republican nominee had to acquisition a CT scan of his caput successful Pennsylvania aft nan slug clipped his ear, and that his wounded continues 'intermittent bleeding,' which requires him to support his bandage connected - which has since go a awesome of solidarity among his supporters. 

The memo from erstwhile White House expert Ronny Jackson, now a hardline right-wing lawmaker from Texas, is 1 of nan first elaborate accounts of nan wounded Trump sustained erstwhile a young gunman opened occurrence astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania 1 week ago, sidesplitting 1 bystander and wounding 2 others. 

'There was initially important bleeding, followed by marked swelling of nan full precocious ear. The swelling has since resolved, and nan coiled is opening to granulate and heal properly,' Jackson said successful a letter.

He besides said nan erstwhile president will person to acquisition further exams, including a 'comprehensive proceeding exam.' 

The 45th President of nan United States was initially treated astatine Butler Memorial Hospital successful Pennsylvania, which Jackson praised for their 'outstanding care' and 'excellent occupation of evaluating him and treating his wound.' 

'In summer, Former President Trump is doing well, and he is recovering arsenic expected from nan gunshot coiled sustained past Saturday afternoon,' Jackson said. 

The aesculapian expert will caput to Grand Rapids, Michigan, pinch Trump and 'remain by his broadside passim nan play to supply immoderate aesculapian assistance he needs.' 

Jackson will return to Washington DC connected Monday, earlier heading backmost to Amarillo, Texas, wherever he lives, by nan extremity of nan week.  

Jackson, who retired from nan Navy arsenic a rear admiral past year, was first appointed to nan White House aesculapian portion nether erstwhile president George W. Bush, past became nan president's expert successful 2013, nether Barack Obama.

But he gained nationalist fame aft effusively praising Trump's wellness and 'great genes' successful 2018, declaring: 'I told nan president that if he had a healthier fare complete nan past 20 years, he mightiness unrecorded to beryllium 200 years old.'

Soon after, Trump nominated him to lead nan Department of Veterans Affairs, but Jackson withdrew his sanction from information pursuing allegations he had improperly handed retired narcotics and was sometimes drunk astatine work.

During his run for Congress, Jackson positioned himself arsenic a adjacent Trump supporter, endorsing nan communicative that Obama had "weaponized" nan authorities to spy connected Trump.

He besides collapsed ranks pinch nationalist wellness officials connected nan coronavirus, saying that mask-wearing should beryllium a 'personal choice,' and he questioned Joe Biden's cognitive capacity to tally for president.