Trump Signs Executive Order Reducing Vaccines for Children, but His Demeanor During the Event Is What’s Drawing More Attention
RFK's vaccination announcement is one thing, but Trump and his assistant's behavior during it is drawing more attention.
On Monday, President Donald Trump, amidst a few colleagues and members of the press, signed a controversial executive order reducing the number of recommended vaccines for children from eighteen to eleven. Present during the Oval Office event was United States Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who provided details of how this will work.
While the subject of Monday’s discussion was crucial, another aspect of the event is gaining even more attention on social media. As clips from the event circulated online, people observed that Trump appeared to be dozing off and struggled to keep his eyes open while RFK Jr. spoke next to him.
They also pointed out that RFK Jr. was shaking uncontrollably while trying to read from a paper he held. Additionally, people criticized the young woman standing beside Trump, with many even suggesting that she was responsible for waking him.
Mystery woman behind Trump is going viral on social media
The young woman standing behind Trump during Monday’s event has become a social media sensation and has been nicknamed “The Zapper“, a nickname she earned after people theorized she was secretly keeping him awake.
When Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, spoke during an event on Monday focused on vaccination, Trump appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open. Then, at a certain moment, as Trump gradually tilted his head, a woman standing behind him seemed to be touching her stomach area and at one point appeared to press something in that region.
As soon as she did that, Trump woke up. It should be clarified that this isn’t a serious theory and is more of an amusing observation.
People can still choose to give their children eighteen vaccines
Although Trump’s Monday executive order recommended eleven vaccines for children, it also said parents can continue vaccinating their children with all eighteen vaccines. A fact sheet from The White House highlighted, “Immunizations no longer recommended for all children are now recommended for shared clinical decision-making, ensuring that parents have all options available to them.”
Additionally, the order recommends splitting the combined MMR vaccine into three individual shots and giving all vaccines at separate medical visits, which they argue gives parents more choices about when and how often to vaccinate. The decision comes amid increasing skepticism within the Trump administration about vaccines, with some officials, including the leader in chief himself, wrongly linking it with autism.
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