Trump says he removed ‘last bandage’ from ear following assassination attempt

Former President Trump said Friday he removed “the last bandage off of my ear” in the wake of a recent assassination attempt against him in which one of his ears was injured.

“As I think you can see, I’ve recovered well and, in fact, just took off the last bandage off of my ear,” Trump said at an event by the conservative Christian organization Turning Point Action in Florida.

Trump faced an assassination attempt earlier this month in which he said that he was hit by a bullet in one of his ears. He could be seen sporting a bandage on one of his ears at the recent Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee and subsequent events.

“I took it off for this group,” Trump said at Friday’s event. “I don’t know why I did that for this group, but, that’s it. I think that’s it, I hope that’s it.”

The former president insisted Thursday that it was a bullet that struck one of his ears following FBI Director Christopher Wray saying when testifying in front of Congress Wednesday that “there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear.”

“No, it was, unfortunately, a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard. There was no glass, there was no shrapnel,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “The hospital called it a ‘bullet wound to the ear,’ and that is what it was. No wonder the once storied FBI has lost the confidence of America!”

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician who has said he treated the former president’s ear, disputed Wray’s questioning of what hit Trump’s ear.

“During the Congressional Hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass,” Jackson said in a letter posted Friday to Truth Social.

“There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else,” he added.