Donald Trump's decision to order a sweeping overhaul of US childhood vaccine recommendations has been branded a 'real danger' by veteran Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, who also claimed the president's physical and mental decline is becoming impossible to ignore. Executive Order on Vaccines Alarms Critics of Donald TrumpTrump has flirted with vaccine scepticism, at times amplifying fringe views about childhood immunisation. Questions Over Donald Trump's Health Collide With Public Health StakesSchmidt's broader warning, however, is less about aesthetic impressions and more about power. Any major directive he issues on childhood vaccines, a subject already heavily politicised during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, will reverberate far beyond partisan circles. Trump has ordered an overhaul of how the US government handles childhood vaccine recommendations.