Former President Donald Trump’s ‘mental competency’ questioned on Russian state TV following event at City Hall where he stopped taking questions and instead danced for an extended period on stage has been done.
On Monday, after two people in attendance at a town hall in Pennsylvania passed out and required medical treatment, President Trump suddenly told the audience to “no more questions” and “just listen to the music.” Ta.
“Let’s make it music. Who wants to hear the questions?” Trump said, then continued to stand awkwardly and, at times, dance on stage as the music played for 39 minutes.
Russian state TV host Olga Skabeyeva, dubbed the “Iron Doll of Putin TV” for frequently promoting propaganda sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said this during Tuesday’s Russia-1 broadcast. He pointed out a strange episode.
Former President Donald Trump is pictured during a town hall event at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania on October 14, 2024. During the event, I stopped asking questions and raised eyebrows, but instead… Hall event held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania on October 14, 2024. Trump stopped taking questions during the event and instead danced on stage as music played for nearly 40 minutes, raising eyebrows. more
Julia Davis, founder of the watchdog group Russia Media Monitor, wrote: post X (formerly Twitter) said the broadcast “reluctantly acknowledged that there was good reason to focus on Dancing Donald and question his mental acuity.”
Skabeeva said on air that Trump was “suspected of being unfit due to his advanced age,” while “Democratic propaganda” claimed that “Donald refused to answer questions and offered to dance instead” The media reported that he was referring to a state event. Translated from Davis’ group.
On the same broadcast, US-based Russia-1 correspondent Igor Naimshin later pointed out that President Trump had claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris rather had problems with “cognitive stamina and agility.” , indicated that he believed there was reason to suspect President Trump was mentally unstable. unfit.
“You have to admit that former U.S. presidents, and perhaps future U.S. presidents, often repeat the same thing during their speeches,” Naimsin said as footage of Trump dancing at City Hall played. “Certainly he has given reason to doubt his mental capacity…He is nowhere near (in age) current President Joe Biden.”
Newsweek reached out to President Trump’s office for comment via email Tuesday night.
Questions about Mr. Trump’s mental health due in part to his actions at City Hall on Monday were not limited to Russian state television.
Alyssa Farrah Griffin, a former Trump aide and co-host of The View, said on Tuesday’s broadcast that the president was going through a “very real decline” and that “I was working there at the time. “He wasn’t even a person who had any kind of problems.”
In a post on X, Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan touted City Hall’s unusual response as proof that “something very special is happening in Pennsylvania.”
“A total love fest at Pennsylvania City Hall! @realDonaldTrump turned to the music as everyone was so excited they almost passed out,” Cheung wrote. “Nobody wanted to quit and hear more songs from the famous DJT Spotify playlist!”
At 78 years old, Trump is the oldest major party presidential nominee ever and has faced questions about his cognitive abilities and suitability as president since Harris replaced Biden, 81. Biden is often the subject of similar questions.
A Marquette Law School poll released earlier this month found that 61% of registered voters agreed that Trump is “too old to be president,” compared to 13% for Harris. Only had the same idea.
