Trump campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz worked with Barron Trump to boost the former president’s outreach to young people.
Trump campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz, 27, collapsed on stage while speaking at the New York Young Republican Club gala on the evening of Dec. 15.
Bruesewitz, the CEO of consulting firm X Strategies, has been credited with helping the president-elect engage the American youth, with his efforts showing in the 2024 election result among young males. According to his strategy company website, Bruesewitz is an unwavering supporter of President-elect Donald Trump and what he describes as “the values of the new Republican Party.”
Trump allies Steve Bannon, Nigel Farage, Dan Scavino, and Corey Lewandowski were also speakers at the annual event, now in its 112th year.
In video footage of the speech, Bruesewitz was heard saying, “I’m forgetting my words,” before he collapsed onto his podium and fell off the stage.
Supporters were quick to rush on stage to assist.
It wasn’t clear what the medical issue was. Conservative commentator Jack Posobiec said in a Dec. 16 post on social media platform X that he had talked to Bruesewitz backstage where the young speaker was “getting checked out by medical after having a brief fainting