The Doobie Brothers sang “Listen to the music” as the crowd shuffled into the town hall last night at Oaks, Pennsylvania. It was a prophetic tune. Following two medical emergencies in the crowd, Trump decided to turn up the music. For 39 straight minutes, the candidate wandered the stage while his favorite tunes played.
The Trump playlist is the stuff of legend. At Mar-a-Lago, Trump is in charge of the tunes. With an iPad hooked up to the sound system, Trump cranks the volume and loses himself in the same dozen or so songs. He loves to force people to listen to his music. The rally-goers in Pennsylvania got a taste of that last night.
The crowd was restless about 40 minutes in. It was hot in town hall and supporters were waving their Trump signs like fans to keep cool. Trump tried to get his people to open the doors and cool the place off, but the Secret Service wouldn’t let them. “It’s steaming in here,” someone shouted from the crowd. Two people fainted.
Wilting in the heat, the President often sat in silence and waited for something to happen. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was on stage and she attempted to keep him on track to no avail. She’d ask a question and he’d talk for a little bit but he wasn’t into it and the crowd wasn’t into it. She joked about the lack of AC in the building. “Maybe they can’t afford it,” she said.
Trump seemed to make a decision. “Let’s make this a music fest.”
“Let’s listen to Pavarotti sing Ave Maria,” he said. After a minute of rambling, the music came on. “Nice and loud. Turn it up louder. We want a little action here. Turn it up louder.”
As the songs ran on, Trump kept pressing his people to turn it up. “Let me hear that music please. Loud. Nice and loud,” he said.
The opera gave way to disco. “YMCA” by the Village People. “So play YMCA, let’s go, nice and loud,” Trump said, gyrating and shaking his fists close to his head while making a face. “There’s nobody leaving. What’s going on?” He said after the song ended.
Then the Rufus Wainwright version of Hallelujah” came on. “Should we keep going? Alright, turn that music up. Turn it up. Great song,” Trump said.
This rolled into “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinéad O’Connor then “An American Trilogy” by Elvis Presley then “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony then “November Rain” by Guns and Roses. At some point, Noem left.
As the evening wound down and Trump himself worked his way through the crowd, the speakers played “Memories” from the musical Cats, a longtime Trump favorite.
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