Donald Trump’s Town Hall Takes Strange Musical Twist | EUROtoday

OAKS, Pa. ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump turned a city corridor in Pennsylvania right into a live performance, singing alongside and dancing for almost 40 minutes whereas his favourite hits performed on stage.

“Turn it up. Great song,” Trump informed supporters at a cavernous expo heart in suburban Philadelphia as Jeff Buckley’s cowl of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” blared from the audio system.

“How about this: We’ll play ‘YMCA,’” he stated at one other level to cheering supporters because the Village People track, a Trump crowd favourite, began up.

Trump initially took a number of questions from attendees within the viewers about inexpensive housing and the economic system however appeared to develop tired of the format after two folks fainted within the viewers, inflicting prolonged interruptions in this system.

“Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music,” Trump stated, directing his workers to play “a couple of real beauties.”

“Who the hell wants to hear questions?” he added.

After dedicating Schubert’s “Ave Maria” to the daddy of a service member who died in Iraq, Trump then determined to maintain the music going, swaying on stage and fist-pumping to supporters whereas songs from Sinead O’Connor, Elvis Presley, Guns N’ Roses and others performed.

“Nothing compares to you,” Trump mouthed to the group as O’Connor’s haunting vocals on “Nothing Compares 2 U” rang out within the room and her music video performed on the screens.

A staffer walked as much as Trump at one level and handed him a card. The former president pointed at it and nodded approvingly; a brand new track choice appeared to have been made. Then, seconds later, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” a track fashionable amongst conservatives however described by singer Oliver Anthony as criticism of all politicians, riled up the group.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung gushed over his boss on X, previously Twitter, calling him “unlike any politician in history.”

At the opposite finish of the state, at a rally in Erie, his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, performed clips of Trump’s feedback over the weekend wherein he advised that the navy ought to deal with his political opponents if there’s unrest after the November election outcomes are available.

“Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged,” Harris stated to supporters. “He is out for unchecked power. That is what he is looking for. He wants to send the military after American citizens.”