Alex Bruesewitz, a political strategist who made Donald Trump “cool” again with his work on the 2024 campaign, collapsed on stage during a speech in New York on Sunday evening.
X Strategies CEO, 27-year-old Bruesewitz, was hired by the campaign in the summer to help with youth outreach and communications.
On Sunday evening, he spoke at the 112th annual New York Young Republicans gala alongside Trumpworld heavyweights Steve Bannon and Dan Scavino.
As he continued with the live-streamed remarks, something was visibly amiss as he began to slur his speech, at one point openly saying, “I’m forgetting my words.”
He tried to continue his speech and said, “But the mock impeachment…”
Those were the last words he could say as he slowly fell to the ground and fell across the stage.
The clip continues with people immediately running to Bruesewitz’s aid as the entire crowd gasps.
DailyMail.com has contacted both the Trump-Vance transition team and X Strategies for comment.
Alex Bruesewitz, a political strategist who made Donald Trump cool again with his work on the 2024 campaign, collapsed on stage during a speech in New York on Sunday evening
X Strategies CEO, 27-year-old Bruesewitz, was hired by the Trump campaign over the summer to help with youth activities and communications
Bruesewitz rose to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him over the summer.
The Trump campaign wanted the community to meet the “real” Trump, the man who could sit at the dinner table and talk to his staff, crack jokes and even tease them as they talked about life and politics.
To do that, Bruesewitz started sending the message out to the podcast community.
Trump was willing to bring his star power to them.
“The idea was, we’re going to talk to the people who are dissatisfied with the mainstream media, who have opted out of 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 in 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 Brueselitz wanted to go further.
He wanted to join the growing group of comedians and entertainers who are uncensored, funny and quickly building an audience of millions — including Trump’s 18-year-old son, Barron.
Bruesewitz rose to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him over the summer
The Trump campaign wanted the community to meet the “real” Trump, the man who could sit at the dinner table and talk to his staff, crack jokes and even tease them as they talked about life and politics. To do that, Bruesewitz started sending the message out to the podcast community
Bruesewitz worked with Barron on a list of interview ideas, explaining to Trump the new media landscape with millions of loyal followers.
The power of this new media community has already been recognized by savvy promoter and UFC CEO Dana White.
White and his team offered them VIP access to the fights to highlight their entertainment value.
Impressed podcasters found themselves ringside with some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
At the same time, Trump also routinely dropped out of UFC fights, impressed by the roar of approval he received every time he walked into the arena with Dana White.
He was regularly joined by Fox News media star turned podcaster Tucker Carlson and rocker Kid Rock.
On the sidelines, he shook hands and met some of these new influential figures, who happily took selfies with Trump and then shared them on social media.
It was there that Trump first shook hands with Joe Rogan, immediately sparking rumors that they might meet again at his podcast studio before the election.
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.
Trump began doing interviews with some names 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 subject was off limits. Raising children, the Israeli war in Gaza, abortion, the JFK files, Bitcoin, cocaine and even the movie Braveheart.
“We make them riff and Trump is so great in that format,” Bruesewitz said.
Trump had a good time too.
“Alex is a good kid,” Trump told comedian Andrew Schulz on his “Flagrant” podcast, giving Brueswitz a shoutout.
“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 the biggest 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 on social media have such an understanding of their followers and such a connection with them that when they go out of their way and say, I’m for Donald Trump and I think you should too do, a lot of them follow,” Brueselitz said.
Brueselitz published a book in 2022 titled “Winning the Social Media War: How Conservatives Can Fight Back, Reclaim the Narrative, and Turn the Tide Against the Left.”
At the time, he billed himself as a “top conservative adviser,” counting members of Congress and the Senate among his clients.
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