“I hope he’s okay”: Kamala Harris once again questioned Donald Trump’s mental health on Tuesday, after her rival had cut short a campaign meeting the previous evening, remaining on stage for a long time listening to his songs favorites.
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“Trump seems lost, confused and as if frozen on stage,” commented the campaign team of the Democratic presidential candidate, broadcasting a video of the incident.
Donald Trump, who would be the oldest American president to take the oath of office if he wins on November 5, responded to questions with a nightly message on his social network, claiming to have obtained “exceptional” results on two separate cognitive exams.
“I am in much better health than Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden and, above all, Kamala,” assured the 78-year-old former Republican president, three weeks before the election.
The strange scene took place during a “town hall,” a public question-and-answer session with voters, hosted by the candidate in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
The event, in an apparently poorly air-conditioned room, was interrupted when two spectators successively became unwell, requiring the intervention of first aiders.
“Does anyone else want to pass out? Raise your hand please,” Donald Trump quipped. Then, after the campaign meeting had only started half an hour before, the septuagenarian suggested: “What if we had a music festival? (…) Let’s stop the questions, let’s listen to some music.”
“Unstable”
The Republican asked for his favorite playlist to be broadcast, starting with tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing theHail Mary.
Donald Trump is often described as very attached to his favorite playlists, which he likes to play on his private plane or at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. But, here, the astonishment came from the fact that the candidate did not resume his question-and-answer session.
“Who wants to hear questions?” he decided. Election night therefore took an unusual turn for more than thirty minutes with music, the former president rocking upright, his microphone in hand, a scene mocked by the Democrats.
“It was different than usual, but it ended up being a GREAT EVENING!” defended Donald Trump on his Truth Social network on Tuesday, accusing Kamala Harris of having “poor medical results”.
The Democratic candidate, who will celebrate her 60th birthday on Sunday, has several times accused her opponent in the race for the White House of being “unstable” mentally.
Hallelujah And YMCA
His team presents the stories, sometimes very confusing, of Donald Trump during his campaign meetings as so many illustrations of a possible cognitive decline of the Republican.
The candidate brushes aside these criticisms out of hand.
“I will keep you informed when I lose control, I really think I will be able to tell you,” he told his supporters.
Donald Trump, however, ruled out running again in 2028 in the event of defeat on November 5, indicating that this campaign would indeed be his last.
The public was able to listen to Con Te Partiro by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, Hallelujah performed by Rufus Wainwright, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’Connor, An American Trilogy by Elvis Presley, Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony, November Rain by Guns N’ Roses and, of course, the go-to disco hit at Donald Trump meetings: YMCA of the Village People.
Other musical celebrities like ABBA, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Celine Dion and the Rolling Stones have asked the Republican candidate to stop playing their songs during the campaign.
