Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. John Paul Garrison posted a new video analyzing President Donald Trump's body language during an Oval Office event with his "Make America Healthy Again" appointees at a White House Rose Garden gathering this week.

Garrison, who goes by the nom de guerre "Dr. G" on his YouTube channel, identified Trump's unusual behavior at recent events that has the doctor scratching his head.

First, in the Oval Office, Garrison said that Trump appeared to be dozing off again as Robert Kennedy praised him. When he then opens his eyes again, Trump appears "disoriented."

"Watch this again," Garrison replays. "He's going to fall asleep many times throughout this and I know I've shown videos of him falling asleep before, but I think the fact that this is happening in the middle of the day in a bright room full of people is so, so concerning."

"You can notice his breathing is starting to change. And as you can see, he's trying to reorient himself after he wakes up," Garrison continued. "Now, as you can see, as he's getting tired again, you're noticing this side of his mouth is starting to droop down."

Garrison also noted that his analysis is "not a psychological evaluation of any kind." He said he's merely using his knowledge to speculate on what could be happening with the president's health.

"So the big question is: why is he falling asleep? Is it related to health issues?" he questioned. "Is it related to neurological issues? Is it related to medication? Because as I talked about in the last video, if he's potentially having a seizure, he could be on anti-seizure medication and that can have sedating effects. So, it's possible if he's being treated for seizures, that could result in something like this."

One past observation from Cabinet officials has been that Trump will call them at all hours of the night. Previous reports about "bizarre sleep habits" and his daughter-in-law said it could be a reason he has trouble staying awake during the day.

Garrison doesn't think that it's enough of a reason for why Trump would be falling asleep "in the middle of a meeting like this with all of the lighting, all of the reporters. That really is not an adequate explanation."

The doctor also said he's seeing a continuing pattern of repeated involuntary spasms and jerking movements. There is also some verbal slurring and confusion. He then noticed that Trump kept looking down at his right hand.

"He's not wearing a watch, by the way, I checked. You can see very clearly, later on, he is not wearing a watch," said Garrison. "Him looking at his right hand is not unique. He has been doing this repeatedly over the past few meetings. So, there's something going on. Whether it's that he's had an injection in his right hand, whether there's bruising there, he continues to look at it over and over again."

Finally, he pointed out that the more emotional Trump gets about something, the more he appears to slur his words. A female reporter asked him if he would be willing to drop a nuclear weapon on Iran.

Trump claimed, "I would never say that," and then said that he would not do it. Then he attacked the reporter for a "stupid question."

"When he starts getting more emotional, his language skills start to fall apart more. We've seen this very consistently.
When he gets agitated, when he gets angry, he has a much harder time articulating himself," Garrison observed.

In the meeting in the Rose Garden, Garrison said that Trump "doesn't seem to know where to look anymore. Part of what President Trump used to always do is he used to always actually have great eye contact."

Now, the doctor said it appears Trump is looking "all over the place" and "appear[s] confused once anybody speaks for more than a few seconds."

Garrison noticed that all of the business people are looking at Trump in the face, but the president is looking down and away.

"It's very, very peculiar behavior. There is most definitely something very, very wrong right now," he said.

Then there are the jerking motions, Garrison saw.

"The more agitated people are, the more exhausted they are, the more likely you're going to see these neurological quirks like that right there," said the doctor. "Again, I know I've pointed this out many times, but it's so important that you see how frequently this happens. Whether or not this by itself could be some sort of myoclonic seizure activity or something else. We are seeing these involuntary neurological spasms over and over again."

Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. John Paul Garrison, known as "Dr. G.," who frequently analyzes nonverbal communication, analyzed President Donald Trump's speeches over the past several days, including several "glitches" that point to the president's physical and mental decline.

Trump was in Nebraska on Monday, in Duncan, Oklahoma, and then in Ohio and Alabama prior to that. It's all part of Trump's MAGA blitz ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, where he hopes to encourage what's left of his coalition of supporters to support Republicans on Nov. 3.

The analysis details more of Trump's "speech, body language, facial movements, motor behavior and apparent difficulty producing certain words clearly" the video describes. It asks, "Are these simply ordinary verbal mistakes during long campaign speeches, or is there a broader pattern developing across Trump's recent public appearances?"

The first thing he noticed was the twitch of Trump's arm and he grimaced as if it was painful or unexpected.

"Now, if you're paying close attention, you may have seen his right arm spasm-ed and then his teeth clenched," said Garrison. "We're going to go back and watch this again, but we're seeing struggles with controlling his motor functioning. And this can be due to a variety of neurological conditions. It can be due to different kinds of neurological damage. We're actually going to get more into the specifics of that as we go, but I want to go back and I want to show you this again first."

During that same incident, Garrison said that it's clear that at the same time Trump is struggling to maintain his train of thought.

"I think he really felt that. I think he really recognized that something just happened and he's having a very hard time maintaining concentration and maintaining focus," said Garrison.

Trump's slurring words at the start of the Alabama where he appeared to say "thank yo" and struggled to pronounce "a place called Mobile." Garrison noted that the term for this is dysarthria, where muscles used for speech simply fail. The Mayo Clinic claims that a frequent cause can be "Nervous system and brain damage from conditions like strokes, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), traumatic brain injury or cerebral palsy."

"He's having a hard time controlling his mouth. Maybe a hard time controlling his lips and his jaw," Garrison explained. "And that's going to, at times, make words sound strange because these issues seem to be intermittent. In other words, they don't happen constantly. They only happen at times. Just like his right arm, which we've seen spasm over and over again. And incidentally, there are motor pathways that are related. So there could be a lesion in the brain that both affects the lower jaw, the mouth, and language production as well as motor functioning of the limbs because those are related."

That section of the speech continued with slurs and jumbled speech, and his arm seemed to twitch again.

Garrison said that brain lesions are most commonly caused by damage to the brain, such as a small stroke. That can leave a lesion.

"There could be damage and impairment in the pathways that deal with both the limbs and the mouth. So we might actually see clusters where we see both problems with language production as well as controlling the limbs. So it does make sense that we're seeing this at the same time," he said.

At one point, Trump corrected himself when he couldn't pronounce "pivotal." Garrison said that his body was spasm-ing as he was trying to speak, which made the word "pivotal come out completely wrong. And so he actually noticed it so much that he felt the need to correct it. He typically does not."

Garrison goes on to show more of Trump's twitching, this time in his full body. Even Trump seems to notice, with his eyebrows rising and his eyes widening.

In the next segment, the speech wasn't affected by the muscles in his mouth; it was about planning the words he would say next on the fly. When he doesn't know these words, Garrison said, Trump generally moves past it and fumbles through, covering by going off on another tangent.

At the Ohio rally, Trump appears to be more agitated and impulsive. Garrison said that he assumes Trump is like that all the time in private, but in public he's now struggling to keep a tighter grip on himself. As he continues to age, Garrison expects this will grow worse with the president lashing out in anger.

President Donald Trump has been exhibiting a "very, very strange" new behavior, according to one body language expert, amid numerous others that indicate his physical and cognitive health continues to decline.

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist, as well as an expert in body language, who produces numerous videos offering professional insights into the behaviors of major public figures. Over the last several months, he has frequently examined Trump during speeches and appearances, noting many signs that point to significant neurological decline, even suggesting that he may have suffered a stroke sometime last year.

In his latest video, Garrison examined several clips of Trump from the past week, including an Oval Office event in which he was being questioned about his new press ban. As the president spoke, Garrison noted the signs of a "very, very strange" emerging trend in which Trump appears to struggle with eye contact.

"Now, something I've been observing for months now is that President Trump's eye contact has gotten very, very strange," Garrsion said. "When he's talking to people, he looks away. He struggles to maintain appropriate levels of eye contact. Obviously, people look away sometimes, but what I'm talking about are changes in his behavior because this is not what he used to do. We see issues in social cognition, gaze control [and] attention deficits after people have had strokes, when they have dementia, when they have frontal lobe dysfunction, when they have various neurocognitive issues. So, to see him struggling so much with eye contact now to me suggests this is more evidence of that continued decline."

Garrison also argued that the press ban itself was a sign of Trump's recent mental decline, noting his explanation about getting "sick of" negative press coverage indicates that the president's "resilience" is weakening.

"It used to be that he would try to use the fake news and make that something that would get his base excited," Garrison explained. "But at this point, he seems to have abandoned that because it's too upsetting for him. He doesn't have the ability to think through all of this the way that he once did. So at this point, that's why he's trying to get rid of it because it's not useful to him. At this point, it just confuses him. It upsets him and he doesn't know what to do with it. And this is because he is not able to think as clearly as he once was."

President Donald Trump's evident decline has had numerous visible impacts on his abilities, with one body language expert exposing the new ways in which it is causing him to struggle to "project power."

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist, as well as an expert in interpreting body language. He also produces numerous videos using his professional expertise to shed light on the behaviors of public figures and what they reveal. This has included many videos about Trump and his signs of failing health, with Garrison theorizing that the president is experiencing accelerated decline, often consistent with the symptoms of a recent stroke.

In his latest video about Trump, Garrison explored the body language cues present during the president's recent visit from Chinese leader Xi Jinping. While the discussion centered on "power dynamics," Garrison stressed that this was all happening amid a context of Trump's seeming decline, noting that "his behavior and body language are actually different than they used to be." Early on, he noted that the president continued to struggle with involuntary spasms during the visit, and explained that this put him on the back foot with Xi, as he would be "focused on trying to control his body rather than anything else."

Garrison highlighted the times when Trump paused his speech so it could be translated into Chinese, during which he lifted his chin higher into the air. This, he explained, is a common tactic people use when trying to assert strength, as it exposes the neck and communicates that you are not concerned about a weakness being targeted. Trump also struggled to keep still during these moments, with Garrison suggesting that other world leaders would see it "as a sign of discomfort or a sign of not feeling at ease."

Garrison then transitioned to an examination of Xi's body language for contrast.

"So, what you're observing so far is that he has what I would describe as a normal reaction that you would expect from a world leader. He appears attentive while President Trump is speaking," he explained. "He's nodding while he's listening to the translation. Everything you're observing right now is essentially what you would expect from a situation like this. And the reason I'm even showing you this now is that President Trump's reaction, when we're going to look at President Xi speaking, is quite different."

He continued: "As you can see, he looks around a little bit. He doesn't have an intense gaze, just staring at President Trump. Nor is he looking away or looking uninterested. As I said, it's basically what you would anticipate in a situation like this. Seeing President Trump and President Xi back-to-back really makes it stand out how uncomfortable President Trump often times looks when he's been speaking lately. President Xi appears very calm. You're not really seeing any emotion on his face. He certainly isn't moving around a lot. Basically, everything is as you would expect from someone who has a very disciplined and controlled way to provide speeches."

Garrison later concluded that Xi consistently showed "a very calm, measured approach to basically everything," while Trump appeared "much more distractible."

"[Trump] seems to be struggling more with attention than he ever has," Garrison explained. "And it seems that he was very excited towards President Xi, particularly as the second day wore on. Now, one big difference between the two is that President Xi seems somewhat ambivalent, at least in my opinion, about whether or not President Trump likes him. The body language doesn't suggest that he has any particular interest or cares whether or not President Trump likes him. Whereas President Trump is sort of the opposite. It seems like he really wants to be liked by Shei. He seems excited by him. And it seems like what he wants is some acknowledgement."

President Donald Trump appeared to suffer "multiple" neurological incidents during a recent high-profile speech, according to one body language expert, who called the situation some of the "most significant" episodes he has witnessed so far.

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist and body language expert who produces numerous videos offering professional insights into the behaviors of major public figures. Over the last few months, he has examined Trump during various speeches and appearances, noting many signs that point to significant neurological decline, even suggesting that he may have suffered a stroke sometime last year.

In his latest video, Garrison examined Trump's address to the 81st session of the United Nations in New York City this week. While many in the media noted the alarming rhetoric of the speech, the psychologist noted multiple incidents of "seizure activity" from the president, part of a growing trend that he has highlighted several times in recent videos.

"Over the past several months, I've been showing President Trump's steep neurological decline, and I've done a couple of videos over the past several weeks showing what was likely seizure activity," Garrison said. "That's what we're going to be looking at today. The most significant of that activity that I have seen yet."

Examining a clip from Trump's U.N. address, Garrison highlighted a "distinct neurological event," which was immediately followed by a second one. In the first instance, Trump appears to jerk slightly while briefly closing his eyes. Showing it in slow motion, Garrison noted how the activity appeared to move "from his right arm to his eyes to his mouth to his left arm," matching the behavior of a specific type of seizure that he has suspected the president of suffering in recent weeks: a focal motor seizure.

In the second instance, Trump's upper body appears to spasm more dramatically as the movement follows a similar path. Garrison also noted how Trump appeared to speak more rapidly after the spasm, suggesting that he "was actually very scared for a moment there, because he starts picking up the way he's speaking."

"I think that was very noticeable, very alarming, and also very out of control," Garrison explained. "So, if you're wondering what can cause abnormal motor activity like what we're observing, something like having a stroke can cause people to develop focal epilepsy, and then they regularly have these types of seizures."

He later concluded: "As I've said in many videos now, we do continue to observe a steep neurological decline. It does appear to be progressing, because I would say that what we saw today is worse than what we've been observing. I plan to continue to do videos on this because I do believe that his judgment is actually going to get worse. His speech is going to get worse, and I think we're going to see a lot more activity just like what we saw during this speech."

President Donald Trump exhibited "concerning behaviors" and symptoms on his right side during a recent public appearance, one psychologist noted in a new video, bearing an alarming resemblance to patients who have suffered a stroke.

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist, with specific expertise in body language cues, who produces numerous videos offering professional insights into the behaviors of major public figures. Over the last few months, he has examined Trump during various speeches and appearances, noting many signs that point to significant neurological decline, even suggesting that he may have suffered a stroke sometime last year.

The latter issue was on full display in his latest video, in which Garrison highlighted a clip of Trump from his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly, where strange symptoms were particularly focused on the right side of his body. He first noted an odd two-fingered gesture the president made after pulling back from a handshake with his Ukrainian counterpart, something that has already been dissected online.

"This clip has been making its rounds online. A lot of people seem to think that he's making a voluntary hand sign to people," Garrison explained. "Now, my interpretation is very different. To me, this does not look voluntary at all. To me, this looks like involuntary muscle contractions. Sometimes this can happen after a stroke. For example, when someone makes a quick movement or when someone shakes hands, sometimes there can be muscle contractions like this, particularly around the wrist and fingers, exactly like what we're seeing."

He continued: "If you watch President Trump's expression, you can see that he clearly knows that something's going on. It doesn't seem to be painful because you don't see him wincing. You don't see any acknowledgement of pain, but he certainly does seem to know that something's going on with his hand. But much like many of the other issues we've seen, he basically just ignores it and moves on."

Garrison also featured examples of odd hand issues during a more recent event in the Oval Office, which showed that the problem was not exclusive to his right side, as it cropped up in his left hand as well. At one point, the president "seemed like he was having a hard time articulating his fingers." During that event, Trump also made the "unusual" choice of keeping his right hand out of view beneath the Resolute Desk, something he almost never does. Garrison called this "a distinct change in behavior" that could be indicative of deeper issues.

"Something that's been very apparent recently is that President Trump's ability to sustain attention is totally gone," Garrison added, based on the Oval Office clip. "As soon as anybody else starts speaking, he's looking elsewhere. He's paying absolutely no attention to what's going on around him unless he's really excited about something. Aside from that, he can't seem to listen for more than a few seconds. The reason that matters is whether it's due to a neurodegenerative condition, whether it's due to a stroke or something else neurological, is that attention is a very complex brain activity. So, if we're seeing a shift or a change in that, it's worth paying attention to."

President Donald Trump may have suffered a "distinct neurological event" at a recent speaking appearance, according to one psychologist, who called the footage some of the "most alarming" and "extremely concerning" evidence of Trump's deterioration.

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist specializing in body language, and he also works as a content creator, using his professional insights to examine the behavior of major public figures. He has made numerous videos examining the president across various appearances and has often noted that he appears to show signs of neurological decline, suggesting also that he may have suffered from a stroke at some point since returning to the White House.

In his latest video, Garrison examined Trump's speech from earlier this week at an event in which he bestowed the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA's Artemis II team. During the address, Garrison noted that the president showed some of the most alarming signs yet of neurological issues and went so far as to suggest that he suffered an episode of some kind.

He highlighted a specific point in the speech, as the president talked about the stock market, in which he appears to suffer a spasm in one arm, blinks and then spasms in the other arm. Garrison explained that this looked like a neurological issue moving across both sides of Trump's brain.

"What you just observed was a distinct and concerning neurological event, and you got to watch it cross both hemispheres of his brain," he said. "I'll explain what I mean. You saw his right arm jerk, and then you saw him blink. You heard his voice hesitate, and then you saw his left arm jerk. You literally watched it travel across his brain."

After replaying the portion of the speech a few more times, he added: "And to be very clear, these were not simple muscle spasms. This is not something related to pain. You don't see any pain on his face. And you actually watch it travel from one arm to his eyes to his voice to his left arm. Now, what this is very consistent with is something that we see in people that have had strokes called a focal aware seizure or a focal motor seizure. And this can be focused in one part of the brain, and occasionally it can spread to both parts of the brain. Doesn't always, but sometimes the activity will move across the brain. And I'm not insisting that's what's going on with him, but it is clearly something neurological, whether it's post-stroke or something else. But sometimes there's scarring in the cortical areas, and this can cause focal aware seizures."

The Epilepsy Foundation describes focal aware seizures as a type that can begin in one portion of the brain, and during which the person experiencing them remains entirely responsive and conscious of what is happening.

Garrison further highlighted distinct signs of disorientation during the supposed event, noting how Trump appeared to repeat himself unintentionally.

"There are a variety of reasons that someone may be exhibiting these neurological symptoms, but it is clear throughout this that he is declining and he is struggling," Garrison concluded later. "I do think we're seeing these neurological issues playing out in real time and affecting his judgment, Lake America being a prime example of that."

President Donald Trump continues to exhibit signs of "a complex and evolving medical situation" that the public does not fully understand, as one body language expert and clinical psychologist explained this week, with some of these signs seeming to indicate that he is "losing control."

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with a specialty in interpreting body language cues, as well as a prolific content creator using professional insights to break down what public figures give away with their behaviors. He has made numerous videos breaking down Trump's many public appearances, coming to the general conclusion that his cognitive and physical decline has accelerated in the last year, likely made worse by his advanced age.

In one of his latest videos, Garrison examined the recent viral clip shared to social media by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, from which many viewers seized upon an odd bulge seemingly visible in Trump's pants as he walked away from the camera, leading to theories that this was physical evidence of the president wearing adult diapers. Garrison stressed that he did not make these observations to heap "shame or embarrassment" on Trump or anyone else in need of such garments due to "bladder or incontinence issues," but rather to highlight how the president seems to be dealing with a medical issue.

Combined with other evidence from the past few months, he suggested that Trump's possible neurological decline could be causing him to lose control of certain bodily functions.

"Needing a medical aid like this can be something as simple as prostate issues. However, over the past several months, we've been seeing significant neurological decline," Garrison explained. "A stroke, for example, can damage the parts of the brain that manage bowel and bladder control. There are other issues like Alzheimer's, for example, that disrupt the communication between the brain and various parts of the body. So, there are a number of neurological reasons that we should be concerned about this."

Garrison also highlighted a moment elsewhere during the same public appearance where Trump repeatedly used the phrase "young, beautiful girls" to describe women supposedly visiting him at the White House. Aside from the remarks potentially "channeling Jeffrey Epstein" in an uncomfortable way, Garrison also explained how this repetition could be a sign of something known as "perserveration."

"What perseveration means is basically repeating yourself over and over again because you can't inhibit it, or engaging in a behavior over and over again because the brain is breaking down and you can't stop it," Garrison said. "So, when we're seeing this, we're seeing emotions spill out that I don't think he wants to spill out as well. I think that we're seeing a lowered inhibition. So I think we're seeing perseveration. I also think we're seeing lowered inhibitions. And I know President Trump has never been the most inhibited individual, but there's some emotions leaking out here that I don't think are intentional."

A psychologist specializing in body language broke down the visible cues by President Donald Trump and his scandal-plagued assistant Natalie Harp, revealing the signs of a "strange dynamic" between the pair.

Dr. John Paul Garrison is a clinical and forensic psychologist, who has released numerous videos using his expertise in interpreting body language to examine Trump's behavior and well-being. While most of his videos have focused on Trump's signs of neurological decline, his latest video delved instead into his headline-grabbing relationship with Harp, the young assistant whose devotion to the president has been likened by many to an obsession.

Harp first entered Trump's orbit during his years away from the White House, and since his return, she has become perhaps his closest assistant, carrying around a portable printer at all times to share flattering reports and information with him, and maintaining considerable power over the information he sees. She has also alarmed staffers and Secret Service members over her devotion to him, leading the latter to raise concerns about her behavior becoming a security risk.

In his latest video, Garrison started by examining a recent piece of footage in which Harp was standing near Trump as he gave an address.

"One thing you may notice is that Natalie Harp is constantly smiling," Garrison said. "Now, you've only watched her for a few seconds, but you're going to see the same facial expression throughout the rest of this, as well as other video clips of her. She is always smiling. So, why is that? Why is it that President Trump would need somebody that is constantly smiling? Primarily because he's looking for constant admiration. He's looking for immediate feedback to say, 'You're doing great. Everything you do is great.' And keeping a facial expression like this, keeping this smile all the time, helps him [get] that."

He added: "And I don't want people to think I'm being critical that she is smiling. That's really not what I'm saying. But the point is that he doesn't care about authenticity. He doesn't want genuineness. What he wants is unusual amounts of loyalty. He wants devotion. He wants admiration. And so having somebody that keeps this look all the time is going to help feed that for him."

Garrison also highlighted a point in the clip where Trump noticed that Harp was standing near him, after which he began to look back at her more often. This, Garrison explained, was likely because she "truly is a source of comfort for him." Trump never appeared to show any different emotion when he looked at her, because to him, "people like this are objects."

"They are to be used," he explained. "So when he looks back at her, it may provide him security, but he's not going to feel the need to smile or nod or give any sort of recognition because he doesn't see it as a two-way street like that."

The instances of Trump looking back at Harp continued throughout the clip, adding to the sense that her presence was "regulating" for Trump in some way. Garrison also noted how her smile appeared to get bigger when the president tried to make a joke, and how she was "constantly" nodding in affirmation even when he was not looking at her. Another woman standing next to Trump in the clip was also nodding frequently, but Garrison argued that this was normal given that she was part of the conversation, whereas Harp was showing signs that "she's just so used to reaffirming everything that he says."

"It seems like almost by default she's constantly nodding her head along with every single statement he makes," Garrison added.

Later, he contrasted Harp's behavior with that of First Lady Melania Trump, using footage of her alongside her husband at the Freedom 250 race in Washington, D.C., where she appeared "disengaged" from her husband, looking away from him often and keeping her hands in her pockets.

"Melania Trump, on the other hand, is a lot more aloof," he explained. "She seems to resist physical touch from him. She seems to move away. She seems to show that she's quite irritated with him at times. And obviously, the dynamic is different. But I thought it would be interesting to contrast the two of them because the response that he's going to get is going to be so dramatically different. And Trump may actually be somewhat psychologically reliant on Harp at this point because of that constant sense of admiration."