Mary Trump, a psychologist and the niece of President Donald Trump, on Friday drew a connection between the president's signature YMCA dance and his one-time associate Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex trafficker, while also adding to concerns about the president's health.

In a video posted to X, Trump played a recent clip of her uncle performing the dance move at the close of a campaign rally for Republican candidates.

"Donald continues his streak of campaigning for Republican candidates in only the deepest of deep red states, and he wrapped up the latest rally with a very familiar, cringeworthy performance," she said before showing the footage of the president's YMCA shimmy. "That is a man whose ego is so huge and fragile and who is so unselfaware that he actually thinks people enjoy watching him do whatever it is he's doing there."

She went on to offer a series of observations about the clip. "As Donald is leaving the stage," she noted, "he's tapping his leg, which he's been doing quite frequently, like as he's trying to wake his leg up to remind him that he needs it to walk."

Mary Trump is not the first to flag such behavior. According to one widely cited psychologist, the president has been displaying "glitches" in his movements and speech with growing frequency, and the involuntary motions appear to have spread from the left side of his body to the right — a pattern suggesting "the dysfunctional pathways are crossing the brain," potentially the result of a stroke, dementia, or some other brain injury.

Polling data indicates that Americans are widely skeptical of Trump's mental and physical condition. A February survey found that 61 percent believed he was becoming "more erratic with age" — and that was before he launched war with Iran, a move that drove his approval rating to historic lows. An April poll showed that 48 percent think he has experienced modest or significant cognitive decline, while 51 percent think he has experienced modest or severe physical decline. A more recent survey found that 46 percent rate his mental sharpness as "poor." Taken together, the three surveys — from different pollsters between February and July — indicate skepticism that spans months rather than a single moment.

Skepticism extends to the White House itself: 61 percent believe the administration is not being truthful about the president's condition — a suspicion that grew after it was revealed he received an unusual number of hospital check-ups over the course of 2025. Taken with the polling on his condition, the figures point to a public that questions both the state of the president's health and the White House's account of it.

Mary Trump closed with one more detail from the video, saying, "and then in the middle, I caught the mediocre white man underbite." A close look at the clip shows she is referring to a moment in the dance when the president bites his lower lip. "I have seen him do that before," she added. "Where, oh, where was it?"

Her answer: an infamous video from 1992 showing her uncle making the same expression while ogling women alongside Jeffrey Epstein.

Source: Alternet