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Expert Says Trump’s NASA Episode Fits Focal Seizure

9/1/2026

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  • President Donald Trump displayed a neurological event while speaking at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
  • Clinical psychologist Dr. John Paul Garrison said the movements matched a focal aware seizure and were not simple muscle spasms.
  • Garrison observed a right-arm jerk, a blink, a voice hesitation, then a left-arm jerk.
  • He suggested the episode could be post-stroke or an epileptic focal motor seizure, indicating neurological decline and no facial pain.