Fears for MAGA star Alex Bruesewitz after mysterious stage collapse as he remains in hospital for slew of tests
A political strategist is in hospital after collapsing at a New York City gathering of supporters of President Donald Trump at the New York Young Republicans gala.
Friends of Alex Bruesewitz confirmed he was hospitalized after the event and was undergoing tests to find out why he collapsed at the podium of his speech celebrating Trump’s successful reelection campaign.
‘He is still admitted to a hospital in New York where he has undergone a series of tests,’ law firm CEO Joseph D. McBride wrote on social media. ‘Please keep this young fighter in your thoughts and prayers.’
Bruesewitz, a star influencer who worked on Trumps’ campaign, took the podium at the 112th annual New York Young Republicans gala but began slurring his speech and openly stated: ‘I’m forgetting my words.’
He tried to continue with his speech, but slowly toppled over.
Videos of his collapse spread on social media as friends and supporters reacted to the alarming moment with an outpouring of support and prayers.
Conservative influencer Jack Posobiec said he spoke with Bruesewitz backstage afterwards and said that ‘all levels are normal.’
‘Only thing he asked me was, “Did it look cool?’” he wrote and added. ‘He’ll be just fine.’
‘Thank God, that looked scary,’ replied San Francisco attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon, Trump’s nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights division at the Department of Justice.
Bruesewitz, the CEO of X Strategies, was hired by Trump’s campaign in the summer to help with youth outreach and communications.
Alex Bruesewitz, a political strategist credited with making Donald Trump ‘cool’ again with his work on the 2024 campaign, collapsed on stage during a speech in New York Sunday night
Bruesewitz, the CEO of X Strategies, was hired by Trump’s campaign in the summer to help with youth outreach and communications – and was later credited with making Trump ‘cool’ again among young voters
DailyMail.com has reached out to both the Trump-Vance transition team and X Strategies for comment.
The New York Republican Club’s gala featured two recorded speeches from Donald Trump. In one he praised Bruesewitz’s efforts during the election.
Keynote speaker Steve Bannon had the crowd roaring with approval soon after with a rousing speech 20 minute speech soon after saying the ‘Biden regime’ was working against America.
In his biography on the X Strategies website, Bruesewitz’s bio claims: ‘[He] has been a fierce advocate for the America First movement and has worked tirelessly to promote policies that put the interests of American citizens first.’
‘Bruesewitz has been the driving force behind the efforts to defeat Republicans who fight against Trump and the MAGA movement and works to replace them with Republicans who fight for the values we hold dear.’
He shot to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him during the summer.
The Trump campaign wanted the community to meet the ‘real’ Trump, the man who could sit around the dinner table engaging with his staff, cracking jokes, and even teasing them as they talked about life and politics.
To do that, Bruesewitz began sending the message to the podcast community.
Trump was prepared to bring his star power to them.
Bruesewitz shot to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him during the summer
Bruesewitz is pictured with his girlfriend
‘The idea was: We are going to talk to the people who are disaffected by the mainstream media, that have tuned out from the mainstream media, who now get their news and entertainment from these podcasters,’ Bruesewitz told DailyMail.com.
Trump and political strategists had already found value working with political podcasters like the Ben Shapiro Show and Dan Bongino, in addition to traditional hosts like Brian Kilmeade, Sean Hannity, and Hugh Hewitt.
But Bruesewitz wanted to go further.
He wanted in with the growing group of comedians and entertainers who are uncensored, funny, and rapidly building young audiences in the many millions – among them Trump’s 18-year-old son, Barron.
Bruesewitz worked with Barron on a list of interview ideas, explaining to Trump the new media landscape that had millions of loyal followers.
The power of this new media community had already been recognized by shrewd promoter and UFC CEO Dana White.
White and his team offered them VIP access to the fights to help spread the word about their entertainment value.
Awestruck podcasters found themselves ringside with some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
Bruesewitz even worked with Barron Trump on a list of interview ideas, explaining to Trump the new media landscape that had millions of loyal followers
At the same time, Trump was also routinely stopping by the UFC fights, impressed by the roar of approval he received each time he walked into the arena with Dana White.
He was frequently joined by Fox News media star turned podcaster Tucker Carlson and rocker Kid Rock.
On the sidelines, he would shake the hands and meet some of these newly influential figures, who gladly snapped selfies with Trump and then shared them on social media.
It was there that Trump first shook hands with Joe Rogan, sparking immediate buzz that perhaps they would meet again in his podcast studio before the election.
Trump started doing interviews with some of the names that traditional political operatives had never heard of: Adin Ross, Theo Von, Logan Paul, WWE star Mark Calaway, known as the ‘Undertaker,’ comedian Andrew Schulz and The Nelk Brothers.
No topic was off limits. Raising children, the Israeli war in Gaza, abortion, the JFK files, Bitcoin, cocaine, and even the movie Braveheart.
‘We let them riff and Trump is so great in that format,’ Bruesewitz said.
Trump was also enjoying himself. ‘Alex is a good kid,’ Trump told comedian Andrew Schulz on his ‘Flagrant’ podcast, giving a shoutout to Brueswitz.
‘He’s a big name influencer, I don’t know if he’s in this league.’
Trump told Schultz and co-host Akaash Singh that Bruesewitz had praised him as number one influencer in the world, citing his hundreds of millions of followers.
Schultz agreed, putting Trump in the same sphere of influence as Rogan and Kim Kardashian.
‘The people who build their following with social media have such an understanding of their followers and such a connection with them that when they go out on the limb and say I’m for Donald Trump and I think you should too, a lot of them follow,’ Bruesewitz said.
Bruesewitz published a book in 2022 tiled ‘Winning the Social Media War: How Conservatives Can Fight Back, Reclaim the Narrative, and Turn the Tides Against the Left.’
At that time, he billed himself as a ‘top conservative political consultant,’ counting members of Congress and the Senate among his clients.
