Donald Trump's Town Hall Takes Strange Musical Twist
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The former president turned a town hall into a concert in Pennsylvania, dancing and singing along to "real beauties" on stage for nearly 40 minutes.
OAKS, Pa. ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump turned a town hall in Pennsylvania into a concert on Monday, singing along and dancing for nearly 40 minutes while his favorite hits played on stage.
“Turn it up. Great song,” Trump told supporters at a cavernous expo center in suburban Philadelphia as Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” blared from the speakers.
“How about this: We’ll play ‘YMCA,’” he said at another point to cheering supporters as the Village People song, a Trump crowd favorite, started up.
Trump initially took several questions from attendees in the audience about affordable housing and the economy but seemed to grow bored with the format after two people fainted in the audience, causing lengthy interruptions in the program.
“Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music,” Trump said, directing his staff to play “a couple of real beauties.”
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