A furious Donald Trump raged at his sound system at his rally in Detroit on Friday night after a technical problem disrupted the event.
The former president, 78, had the sound cut out for more than 17 minutes while speaking to rally attendees in Michigan, leaving him to wander around the stage aimlessly while becoming visibly angry.
When the sound finally came back on, Trump enraged the event staff, drawing applause from his crowd.
“I’m not paying the bill to this stupid company,” Trump said of his rally sound system. “If it comes to light again, I will sue that company.”
A furious Donald Trump raged at his sound system at his rally in Detroit on Friday night after a technical issue disrupted the event.
Trump angered staff at the event, saying, “I will not foot the bill for this stupid company.” If it comes out again, I will sue the hell out of that company.
The awkward moment Friday night came as Trump rallied his supporters in Michigan, one of the few key states that will decide the November election.
The audio failure caused something of a suspense among attendees, as Trump had been building his opinion on “the most beautiful word.”
“For me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is not ‘love,’ it is not ‘respect,'” he said, before his microphone was cut off.
NBC reporter Garrett Haake, who was at the event, said Trump was “lazing around on stage waiting for the tech people to figure this out.”
After 16 minutes, he aggregate: ‘The music has played, but there is no microphone. Trump is still standing on stage, greeting people. The attendees are starting to leave.
Some online continued to criticize Trump’s comments that he wouldn’t pay the sound crew or would “sue that company,” with one joking that he “has a lot of class.”
“Do you remember when this kind of language was considered inappropriate for a former president?” said another.
Trump paced the stage for more than 17 minutes when the sound cut out at his rally in Detroit on Friday night.
Trump warned against a Kamala Harris presidency when he told his crowd Friday night, “I will put Detroit first.” I’ll put Michigan first. I will put America first’
Before the technical issue, Trump had been trying to court voters in Detroit and walk back his insults to the city during an event at the Detroit Economic Club a week ago.
At that event, he warned that ‘the entire country will end up being like Detroit’ if Kamala Harris defeats him in November. “You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”
Following backlash from Michigan residents over the comments, Trump changed his tune on Friday.
“Your beautiful place, your beautiful city,” Trump said. ‘It was decimated as by a foreign army.
‘I’ll put Detroit first. I’ll put Michigan first. “I will put America first.”
Friday night wasn’t the first time Trump has drawn attention by wandering around the stage at an event in recent weeks, with a series of medical emergencies on Monday in Pennsylvania prompting him to abandon his remarks in favor of simply playing music for his crowd.
As doctors jumped to help attendees, Trump said from the stage, “Let’s not ask any more questions…let’s just listen to music.”
First came Ave Marie, Schubert’s masterpiece that is a favorite at weddings and funerals, as Trump stood center stage watching in the middle distance.
Then came Pavarotti and James Brown. And finally, inevitably, the townspeople singing ‘YMCA’