Trump’s Drastic Health Collapse Exposed during Shooting!!

26 Apr 2026 · 24 min · 8 chapters

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In short

The episode claims Donald Trump showed physical and cognitive decline during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, including Secret Service escorting him after he “couldn’t walk straight,” then he “falls flat” and is dragged out. It also alleges he smirked/became unresponsive on video, and that he later appeared to “fall asleep” during a press conference with Kash Patel and Todd Blanche. The host links this to Butler, Pennsylvania (July 2024), arguing Trump never released credible medical records from Butler Memorial Hospital. Key guest/figure discussed: Ronnie Jackson (former White House physician) who posted a statement claiming he reviewed Butler medical records and that it was definitely a bullet. Another figure: Sean Barbarella, described as the physician who authored Trump’s “annual physical” notes (April 13, 2025), which the host calls non-medical and inaccurate (e.g., golf victories, body measurements).

Notable examples

Trump’s ear discussion on Joe Rogan; claims about an unreleased 2026 annual report; and repeated references to alleged MRI details.

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Trump's Health Incident Analysis

3:00 to 5:00

Analyzing the recent incident involving Donald Trump's health at the Correspondents' Dinner.

“Correspondents' Dinner at the Hilton Hotel as it relates to Donald Trump's cognitive and physical health.”

Discussion on Trump's Physical Condition

5:00 to 7:33

A detailed discussion on Trump's physical and cognitive health following the incident.

“The president being escorted out one side.”

Examination of Butler Incident and Medical Records

7:33 to 13:18

Exploring the Butler, Pennsylvania incident and the lack of released medical records.

“We continue our work on negotiating international trade agreements.”

Closing Thoughts on Trump's Health and Public Perception

13:18 to 14:00

Final thoughts on Trump's health issues and the public's reaction to them.

“His family was a Trump-supporting family.”

Health Discussion and Fighter Comparisons

14:00 to 14:59

A conversation about personal scars and fighter health comparisons.

“It's not like some of the wrestlers, some of the UFC fighters.”

Questioning Trump's Health Reports

15:00 to 17:51

An analysis of the questionable medical reports regarding Trump's health.

“And that's why he had no mark on his ear after everybody in his orbit claimed that he got shot in the ear with an AR-15 bullet.”

Concerns About Transparency and Health Records

17:52 to 20:19

Discussions on the lack of transparency in Trump's medical records and health assessments.

“So that was his annual report in 2025, which means he's supposed to have an annual report right now, April in 2026.”

Public Perception and Political Consequences

20:20 to 22:44

Exploring how Trump's actions impact public perception and voter sympathy.

“And then we see his physical and cognitive decline before our eyes right now.”
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2:59Ben Meiselas:We have to have a very serious discussion about what took place last night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Hilton Hotel as it relates to Donald Trump's cognitive and physical health. I know there's a lot of discussion about what took place, but I want to just focus on what's on the video as it relates to Donald Trump's physical health. Now, you'll recall when the Secret Service tried to escort Donald Trump out of the room when this incident was taking place, Donald Trump couldn't walk straight. And the Secret Service was very jarred by the fact that Donald Trump can't really walk well.

3:42Ben Meiselas:And so they told Donald Trump, hey, you got to get up, you got to get up. And then as Donald Trump is leaving, he falls flat. He almost like falls on his face, right? We're going to show you what went down. And the Secret Service had to pick him up and they had to basically drag him out of there. And I think they were just like, wow, this is now being caught on film finally. And we've been talking about this and we've seen this before as well though. But let me just remind you what went down as Donald Trump literally just falls down, whether it's out of fear, whether it's that he can't walk straight.

4:20Ben Meiselas:I want to show you this. Then I want to talk about seeing this. I want to talk about Butler, Pennsylvania. I want to talk about how those medical records have never been released. And while we're at it, really no credible medical records from Donald Trump have ever been released at all. And this incident last night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, I think raises serious questions about all of this. And I'm not afraid to ask those questions here on the Midas Touch Network. And I know you're smart enough to look into it. So let's just watch Donald Trump fall down flat on his face as he's being escorted out by the Secret Service.

5:01Ben Meiselas:Here, play this clip.

5:17There's the president being escorted. The president being escorted out one side. The vice president being escorted.

5:22Ben Meiselas:And I'm just going to show it to you from another angle right now so you can see for yourself. Here, let's play this clip.

5:59Ben Meiselas:and then there's this very bizarre footage when the incident took place at the white house correspondence dinner donald trump was seen like smirking almost it's a very strange reaction i'll just show it to you in slow motion here. Let's play it.

6:21Ben Meiselas:All right, more on that in just a moment. And then during the press conference that followed with Kash Patel and Todd Blanche, that Donald Trump had like a half hour after, and he was saying, now this incident is why we need a golden ballroom. We need a secure ballroom because this would never happen if we had a golden ballroom. Here's Donald Trump, just so you could see for yourself right here, falling asleep as Kash Patel's talking. And we've been showing you these clips of Donald Trump falling asleep over and over again. Here, just play this clip. Those that were there. And if any of those individuals have information, please come forward to law enforcement of the FBI's Metropolitan Police Department.

7:03We will be examining this individual's background thoroughly. That process has already started. and we are going to ensure that he was either a vulnerable factor or anyone else that was responsible. We will analyze all.

7:13Ben Meiselas:And just to remind you, before the week ended, when Donald Trump was at that press conference, which was purportedly about reducing prescription drug prices, he also fell asleep. It almost looked like he was getting into REM sleep. I'll just remind you of that. And then let's talk about Butler, Pennsylvania for a second. and hear play this clip. We continue our work on negotiating international trade agreements. 59 days after we stood in this office and President Trump, standing with Albert Bourla from Pfizer, announced the first of the 17 MFN deals, together with our colleagues from the Department of Commerce under Secretary Lutnik's leadership and from the U.S.

7:51Ben Meiselas:Trade Representative's office under the leadership of Ambassador Greer, we negotiated a landmark agreement with the government of the United Kingdom in which they agreed to increase significantly the amount that they spent on branded pharmaceuticals for the first time in 26 years. That work continues with other countries. And third, we will continue our work with our partners in Congress to codify the principles that underpin these most favored nation deals so that these savings for American families and this innovation that is unleashed at the same time persists for decades to come. Oh, and I do, before talking about Butler, let me just show you this to remind you that Donald Trump's press conference that he then held after this incident at the Washington Hilton.

8:35Ben Meiselas:He was talking about how he wants to build a golden ballroom and that this shows why you need a golden ballroom. Here, play this clip. And we looked at all of the conditions that took place tonight. And I will say, you know, it's not a particularly secure building. And I didn't want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we're planning at the White House. It's actually a larger room and it's much more secure. It's got drone proof. It's bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. That's why Secret Service. That's why the military are demanding it. They've wanted the ballroom for 150 years for lots of different reasons.

9:22But today's a little bit different because today we need levels of security that probably nobody's ever seen before.

9:31Ben Meiselas:Now, this is what Marjorie Taylor Greene posted this past week as it relates to Butler, Pennsylvania. Here's what she says. She goes, I'm not calling the Butler assassination a hoax, the assassination attempt, but there are a lot of questions that deserve public answers. I'm asking, why won't Trump release the information about Matthew Crooks? Did he actually act alone? If not, who is behind him and who helped him? Why the cover up? Now, there's been a lot of effort to not be as forthcoming as necessary. We'll just put it that way as it relates to the purported shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania back in July of 2024.

10:14Ben Meiselas:Now, you will recall that Donald Trump promised that he would release his medical records as related to that assassination attempt or the purported incident that took place back then, instead of ever releasing the medical records, instead, MAGA sycophant Ronnie Jackson, MAGA Republican congressman who was a physician to Donald Trump at one point in time, but not anymore. He posted the following instead of the actual Butler Memorial Hospital records being produced. Here's what Ronnie Jackson wrote back on July 26, 2024. As the former physician to the president of the night of Donald Trump, I have continued to monitor his health and well-being along with his primary care physician.

11:01Ben Meiselas:Since the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 30th, the would-be assassin fired multiple rounds from a relatively close distance using a high-powered rifle, with one bullet striking the former president and now the Republican nominee for president in the right ear. I have reviewed President Trump's medical records from Butler Memorial Hospital, where he was initially evaluated and treated for a gunshot wound to the right ear. Having served as an emergency medicine physician for over 20 years in the United States Navy, including as a combat physician on the battlefield in Iraq, I have treated many gunshot wounds in my career.

11:41Ben Meiselas:Based on my direct observations of the injury, my relevant clinical background, and my significant experience evaluating and treating patients with similar wounds. I completely concur with the initial assessment and treatment provided by the doctors and nurses at Butler Memorial Hospital on the day of the shooting. During the congressional hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass. There is absolutely no evidence that this was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself.

12:16Ben Meiselas:Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else. As a former White House physician for 14 years who served during three presidential administrations and served as the appointed physician for both Obama and Trump, I fully understand the global significance of this attempt on the life of a former president. So what they were going with is that Donald Trump got shot in the face with an AR-15 bullet. He got shot in the ear and it barely left any mark because Donald Trump's ear is apparently immune to AR-15 bullets. Like that's what they were going with. And they never released the Butler Memorial Hospital.

12:49Ben Meiselas:Instead, they released propaganda photos like this. I was saved by God to make America great again and photos like that. But notice the difference in how he responded to that one versus this incident that took place at the White House Correspondence Dinner. Oh, by the way, then they sold all of the merch, the fight, fight, fight merch with this purported assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Are they going to start selling White House Correspondents Dinner merch? It should also be noted that Matthew Crooks, who lived in Pennsylvania, he was a Trumper. His family was a Trump-supporting family.

13:24Ben Meiselas:And like Fox, state regime media, all of them tried to gloss over that fact and act like, oh, like he was a liberal or something. That's why he was going after Donald Trump. Do you remember when Donald Trump showed off his ear to Joe Rogan, though, and was trying to explain it? Remember that, just so we can see it for yourself. Play this clip. He did my friend Theo Vaughn's podcast. Right. And he just did it. How did he do with it? He did great. He just talks like a normal human being. Is that why you called me to do this? No, no. Holy cow. He was a nice guy. Once they shot you, I was like, he's got to come in here.

13:57It's all about timing. It's all about the timing. Timing's good. I think timing's perfect. Do you even have a scar on your ear? You got anything on there? I do. What do you say? Right over here. That's a tiny little mark. It zicked right there. Yeah. It healed up pretty fucking good. Yeah, it's pretty good, yeah. It's not like some of the wrestlers, some of the UFC fighters. No, you didn't get cauliflower here. No, no, no. It was sort of like a top shot. Mm-hmm. The point of the bullet was a little of the ass, but you see the thing's taken off a little bit, but it makes me a tougher guy. You know, the fighters love their...

14:34You know Bo Nickel? He's a great fighter. Yeah, I love Bo Nickel. How's he going to do? I think he's terrific. He's great. He's a fantastic fighter. He was almost like undefeated in college. Yeah, he's a fantastic wrestler and one of the best mixed martial artists. When is he fighting again? He's fighting in Madison Square Garden in November. Oh, that's going to be an inch after the election. Yep. So I'll either go as president or I'll be depressed and I won't bother.

14:57Ben Meiselas:Yeah, I think they're having a fight right after. One of the things that - And then shortly thereafter, he said that his lobe heals very quickly, And that's why he had no mark on his ear after everybody in his orbit claimed that he got shot in the ear with an AR-15 bullet. I mean, do you remember the official story? He got shot in the face, but it didn't leave a mark, apparently. And here's how he described his lobe. Let's play it. Pretty much recovered, yeah. I'm a fast healer. It's a hell of a shot, but I'm a fast healer. Yeah, pretty much recovered. Do you have an inferior ear? No, it didn't hit that.

15:35I got very lucky. It just hit the lobe, as they call it. Yeah, a little bit. Not much. On top. A little bit. You know what?

15:49Ben Meiselas:I think that makes us, we need to reflect generally on everything that's going on right now. I mean, we all know that Donald Trump really can't walk in a straight line right now, right? I mean, we have the video of him, for example, when he was meeting Putin in August in Alaska. He couldn't walk in a straight line. He's kind of zigzagging left to right. Similarly, when he meets with foreign leaders, we see it all the time. He had to be guided through a room by the Japanese Prime Minister, Takeishi. You know, and that brings me to this guy, Sean Barbarella, who's the physician to the United States.

16:21Ben Meiselas:He's the physician to the President of the United States. There's Barbarella. He's the guy responsible for preparing what I believe are these phony medical reports for Donald Trump. They're not even medical reports. They're doctor's notes. So he's the guy who back on April 13th, 2025, during Donald Trump's annual physical then, said that Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological and general function. And it goes on to say Trump's day includes participation in multiple meetings, public appearances, press availability and frequent victories in golf events.

17:01Ben Meiselas:And that's how they describe he's healthy because he frequently wins golf events. Frequent victories in golf events is not something that goes on a medical report. It's also false. Donald Trump cheats at golf and he plays in his own course and gives himself awards, which is freaking weird. but that doesn't belong, even if he did win, which he didn't, that shouldn't be going into medical reports in the first place. And then they have obvious red flags like this, like they say that Donald Trump is 75 inches and 224 pounds. They say he's between 6 '3 and 6 '4 and only weighs 224 pounds. I mean, the guy's probably 300 pounds, at least.

17:44Ben Meiselas:But they claim he's 224, You see right there. And it's just lie after lie after lie. And then, of course, there was Donald Trump's. So that was his annual report in 2025, which means he's supposed to have an annual report right now, April in 2026. Where's his 2026 annual report? I've been saying over and over again, they're hiding that. Or he skipped it because we're at the end of April. Annual. Last one was April 13, 2025. annual should be April, 2026. I know I'm not great at math. And then they said there was a semi-annual back on October of 2025. That's the one where Donald Trump got memorized.

18:28Ben Meiselas:And then Trump was asked what part of the body that they were looking at. Because Barbarella almost tried to like hide it. Barbarella was like, he got advanced imaging during the semi-annual Walter read checkup. And then remember Trump was asked about it. Here's what he says. Here, play this clip. They asked about my MRI. And MRIs are very... Governor Walz, you mean the incompetent governor Walz? So if they want to release it, it's okay with me to release it. It's perfect. It's like my phone call where I got impeached. It's absolutely perfect. So if you want to hear about it or if you want to release it you want to have it released news nation failing failing news station news station is doing a lousy by the way but if you want to have it released i'll release it please can you ask what they were looking at for what releasing no no no what part of your body was the mri looking at i have no idea it was just an mri what part of the body it wasn't the brain because i took a cognitive test and i aced it i got a perfect mark which you would be incapable of doing.

19:35Goodbye, everybody. You too. Thank you, Mr. President.

19:45Ben Meiselas:So I think that when you see Donald Trump falling flat on his face and the White House Correspondents' Dinner kind of froze and was unable to walk straight, then he holds that bizarre press conference after where he's basically falling asleep. We saw him falling asleep the week all of his press conferences, the guy just falls asleep right now all of the time. And then you think about the prior purported assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and how they never produced medical records there. And I think that raises questions about he's never actually produced any credible medical records, in my opinion, at all.

20:23Ben Meiselas:And then we see his physical and cognitive decline before our eyes right now. So I think all fair, legitimate questions to be asking because at the end of the day, the main question we're asking here is, why aren't you showing us your actual medical records? Are you trying to hide? I'm asking a question that you have what your father had and what runs in your family, very serious Alzheimer's and very serious cognitive decline. I don't know if you do or you don't. I'm sharing my opinion here, but my opinion is I think that you should dissuade any person's opinion by showing your records. show the butler records produce a transparent butler uh investigation report as well you know and and i think a lot of that needs to be a lot of me at the end of the day it's just transparency it's just transparency and with everything this regime covers up covers up and it's like you know it's like when when when they go oh he got shot in the head with an ar-15 bullet but it didn't leave a mark come on we're not stupid we're not stupid it's like all their cover-ups We produced all the Epstein files.

21:28Ben Meiselas:No, you didn't. You didn't. You're covering up tens of millions of files. You're covering up a child sex trafficking. We're not stupid. The Strait of Hormuz is open. No, it's not. It's closed. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Why are you saying such flagrant lies? Iran really wants to meet with us. It's going to be a super great meeting. No, they don't. They don't want to meet with you. They don't want to meet with you as long as you're threatening them and have a naval blockade. They've been very clear about that we've won the war no you didn't we did regime change no you didn't the islamic revolutionary guard is in power they control the strait of hamouz the regime has actually never been more entrenched so you didn't win the war like we're not dumb we're not dumb you know i don't know if he thinks these things you know you know doing the press conference right after the white house correspondence dinner that's going to help his poll numbers we're going to conjure sympathy it isn't.

22:21Ben Meiselas:It isn't. Because the American people don't care about tuxedo events. I mean, the American people are the ones who are suffering every damn day. Don't try to play a freaking victim when the American people out there are the ones who are suffering because of you. We're never going to lose sight on that here at the Midas Touch Network. Ever. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thank you all so much for watching. Love this video? Support independent and unlock exclusive content, ad-free videos, and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others.

22:55Ben Meiselas:Let's keep growing together.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on his opinion that Donald Trump’s health is rapidly declining as evidenced by Trump’s response to the  shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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