Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump’s mental state Tuesday after the 78-year-old Republican’s latest televised town hall veered into a bizarre, impromptu music session.
“Hope he’s okay,” the Democratic candidate posted on X.
Harris’s campaign, which has begun to aggressively challenge Trump on his health and mental stability, said that during the late Monday event he appeared “lost, confused.”
Trump’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung declared that instead “something very special” had taken place between the billionaire and the crowd.
For about half an hour, the event near Philadelphia in the key swing state of Pennsylvania was standard fare ahead of the November 5 election: Trump took friendly questions from supporters on the economy and cost of living.
With the session moderated by a loyal right-wing ally, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Trump was on cruise control, although he got the election date wrong by two months, urging supporters to vote “on January 5.”
After the town hall paused for two audience members who required medical attention, Trump then switched focus.
Jokingly asking whether “anybody else would like to faint,” Trump declared “Let’s not do any more questions.”
“Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it into music. Who the hell wants to hear questions, right?” Trump said.
And so they did: for more than half an hour, the Trump playlist blasted while the candidate mostly stood on stage listening and slowly dancing.
Trump has made a brief, jerky dance his signature at the end of rallies for years, nearly always to his exit song — the Village People’s 1978 disco anthem “YMCA.”
On Monday, however, he stayed on stage for nine songs, ranging from opera to Rufus Wainwright’s rendition of “Hallelujah,” Elvis, and of course “YMCA.”
And his dance routine expanded from the familiar jerky motion to a slow swaying. Often, however, he did not dance but stood in place stared out into the crowd, and sometimes pointed at people.
