Odd behavior

'Hope he's OK': Kamala Harris mocks Donald Trump's odd behavior at town hall

David Jackson

Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats used the odd ending of Donald Trump's most recent town hall to again raise questions about the former president's mental state.

"Hope he's okay," Harris said in an X post that included an edited video of Trump standing awkwardly and occasionally bobbing his head to music on a playlist that he called for after a pair of medical emergencies disrupted a town hall outside Philadelphia.

Trump aides said the swing state crowd loved his performance, and accused Harris and the Democrats of lashing out because they fear defeat.

"DESPERATE times call for desperate measures!" said Trump aide Dan Scavino, Jr., responding to Harris on X.

'Let's not do any more questions'

Several organizations that monitor Trump's public appearances played up the incident in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

"I don't recall seeing anything like this three weeks before an election," said an X post from the organization Republicans Against Trump. "Trump is unraveling in front of our eyes. He’s going to lose."

At times, Trump stood awkwardly amid music ranging from "Ave Maria" to "Halleljuah" to "Nothing Compares 2 U;" The former president bobbed his head and swayed to songs like the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." and James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World."

Kamala HQ, a rapid response arm of the Harris campaign, offered a different take: "Trump appears lost, confused, and frozen on stage as multiple songs play for 30+ minutes and the crowd pours out of the venue early."

Trump aides said Democrats left out the part about why Trump began the concert.

Trump halted the town hall when a spectator succumbed to the heat. Shortly after the event resumed, a second spectator had a medical emergency and Trump decided to end the event and asked his producers to play music to lighten the mood.

"Let's not do any more questions, let's just listen to music," Trump said. "Let's make it into a musical. Who the hell wants to hear questions, right?"

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'Would anybody else like to faint?'

In addition to the music, Trump told a few jokes to sweating supporters in a hot and crowded building with inadequate air conditioning. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem joined him on stage.

Assuring the crowd that the two people were going to be okay, Trump joked: "Would anybody else like to faint?"

Before that, the former president said of the sweaty atmosphere: "Personally, I enjoy this - we lose weight, you know? ... We can do this, lose four or five pounds, it's okay with me."

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'The energy was amazing'

As the music session, Trump aides raced to social media to promote the event.

"President Trump turned his town hall into a concert tonight and the energy was amazing," said national press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X. "He gives people hope in a way that no other politician is capable of."

The decision by many supporters to stay for the music seemed to surprise Trump.

"There's nobody leaving," he said. "What's going on?"