Kamala Harris spent a lot of Tuesday questioning Donald Trump’s psychological state and health for workplace after the 78-year-old Republican’s newest televised city corridor veered right into a surreal, impromptu music session.
“Hope he is okay,” the Democratic candidate posted on X.
Harris’s marketing campaign, which has begun to aggressively problem Trump on his well being and psychological stability, mentioned that he appeared “misplaced, confused, and frozen on stage” throughout the Monday occasion.
Former president Trump defended the occasion within the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, saying it was “so completely different.”
“It was wonderful! The Q and A was virtually completed when folks started fainting from the thrill and warmth,” Trump posted on his Fact Social community.
“We began taking part in music whereas we waited, and simply stored it going. So completely different, but it surely ended up being a GREAT EVENING!”
He hit out at Vice President Harris, who launched a White Home medical report on the weekend that mentioned she was match for the very best workplace and challenged Trump to do the identical.
“With all the issues that she has, there’s a actual query as as to whether or not she ought to be operating for President! MY REPORT IS PERFECT — NO PROBLEMS!!!” Trump wrote.
‘Let’s simply hearken to music’
For about half an hour, the occasion in Oaks close to Philadelphia was normal fare forward of the November 5 election, as Trump took pleasant questions from supporters on the economic system and price of dwelling.
Nevertheless it ended with a weird 39 minutes of music and dancing as Trump swayed awkwardly on stage following interruptions due to medical emergencies within the crowd.
“Who the hell desires to listen to questions, proper?” he mentioned.
Trump has made a quick, jerky dance his signature on the finish of rallies for years, almost all the time to his exit tune — the Village Folks’s 1978 disco anthem “YMCA.”
On Monday, nevertheless, he stayed on stage for 9 songs, starting from opera to Weapons N’ Roses and Elvis, with the ex-president alternating his dance strikes with standing in place and staring into the gang.
Harris and Trump are locked in a lifeless warmth, in line with polls, and the election is about to be determined by seven swing states the place the margins might come all the way down to barely 10,000 votes every.
With solely three weeks to go, the 59-year-old Democrat has more and more been homing in on Trump’s well being and age.
‘Obnoxious’ tariffs
It was the subject of her closing argument as she sat down with in style radio host Charlamagne tha God in an effort to spice up her messaging to Black male voters — part of the voters the place Trump has made positive factors.
After setting out her insurance policies for bettering the lives of Black males, she turned to Trump’s rallies and repeated a declare that riled him throughout their September debate — that bored supporters have been leaving his rallies early.
“I’ll level out what everybody is aware of, which is that the individuals who labored the closest with Donald Trump when he was president — labored with him within the Oval Workplace, noticed him at play within the Scenario Room, his chief of workers, two secretaries of protection, his nationwide safety advisor and his former vp — have all mentioned he’s harmful and unfit to serve,” Harris mentioned.
Trump’s personal marketing campaign schedule started with an Financial Membership of Chicago occasion, the place he mentioned he was for slapping “obnoxious” tariffs on buying and selling companions like Mexico in order that corporations transfer factories to the US.
“To me, probably the most lovely phrase within the dictionary is tariff,” Trump mentioned, earlier than heading for a rally in swing-state Georgia.
Trump is now the oldest individual ever to be nominated for a presidential bid, after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race following a disastrous debate that sparked fears about his personal age.
He has not launched a current complete report on his state of well being, prompting fierce criticism from Harris.
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