Donald Trump’s campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz collapsed on stage while speaking at a Republican black tie event.

The 27-year-old strategist, who was tasked with helping Trump’s campaign reach out to young voters during the 2024 campaign, introduced new White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino at the New York Young Republicans Club’s 112th gala at Cipriani Wall Street in front of Manhattan on Sunday evening.

Shocking footage shows Bruesewitz speaking at the podium before starting to laugh indistinctly and stare blankly at the sea of ​​Republicans wearing tuxedos, ball gowns and red MAGA hats.

“I’m forgetting my words,” Bruesewitz said before collapsing as the crowd screamed.

Several participants quickly rushed to the stage to help as the camera panned to the audience.

Bruesewitz, CEO of political lobbying group XStrategiesLLC, was then seen being helped backstage.

After the incident, Trump came to the event to offer his best wishes to his adviser.

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“I know Alex is going to be OK because he’s a tough guy,” the president-elect said in a call broadcast live at the GOP event. “There is no doubt about that. So I want to say hello to Alex because he’s a very special guy.”

Master of ceremonies Raheem Kassam, a former adviser to the leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform Party Nigel Farage, later assured the crowd that he was fine.

“I spoke to our friend Alex Bruesewitz and do you know what he said to me? He asks, ‘Did I at least look cool?’ I said, ‘Alex, you’re using gravity like I’ve never seen anyone use gravity before in their life,'” Kassam said.

“But he’s recovering back there, so cheer him loudly so he can hear you.”

Jack Posobiec, the far-right political activist and commentator, also said he spoke to Bruesewitz backstage after the incident.

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“He is undergoing medical examination after suffering a brief faint on stage. “All values ​​are normal,” he wrote on X. “He just asked me, ‘Did it look cool?'”

He added that the “most likely cause” of Bruesewitz’s collapse was “dehydration” and “locked legs.”

While much of the event’s focus was on Trump’s re-election to the White House, the audience also celebrated the acquittal of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing homeless man Jordan Neely after hitting him on a subway last year had taken him into a stranglehold.

“Daniel Penny became the folk hero we need in a post-Constitutional America beset by existential, internal threats,” said club president Gavin Wax. “Penny received about as fair a trial as he could have gotten in New York City.

“Luckily the jury, a Manhattan jury, thankfully didn’t buy their nonsense.”

The Independent has contacted the Trump Transition Team and XStrategiesLLC for further information.