A grainy clip of a White House aide pressing her hand to her stomach has spiralled into one of the internet's most persistent Donald Trump conspiracy theories yet. Social media users now claim the unidentified woman is secretly 'zapping' the 80-year-old president awake whenever he appears to doze off in public.
The theory took hold after footage from a Fox News-streamed Oval Office event on Monday, 10 August 2026, appeared to show Trump's eyes closing before he jolted upright at the exact moment the aide's hand moved on her midsection. It is the latest chapter in a running online narrative about Trump's alleged tendency to fall asleep during official appearances, one the White House has repeatedly and firmly denied.
