Most likely, you will need to build a Rich Text formula field on your trigger record that generates that and then use that field as the source for where you're writing this to. The output of that field should include the necessary HTML to maintain the formatting, but only if your destination field is also Rich Text.
As an alternative, is there a relationship between the record you're creating via the Automation and the trigger record? If there is and the trigger is the Parent record, you could always bring down the necessary data as Lookup fields rather than a single Text Multi-line field.
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