A campaign event for Donald Trump took a different turn yesterday after the former president spent over 30 minutes swaying, dancing and bopping to his favourite songs on stage.

Trump decided to stop taking questions at a town hall event in Oaks, near Philadelphia, near after two audience members fainted, apparently because of the heat.

After he requested air conditioning, the moderator, Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, tried to keep things political, saying, "They probably can’t afford it, sir, in this economy."

Trump had other plans, however, and decided to switch tack.

"Let's not do any more questions. Let's just listen to music. Let's make it into a music. Who the hell wants to hear questions, right?" he said.

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A nine-song playlist then started, which was filled with the usual songs that are played at Trump's rallies.

It included James Brown’s It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World, the Village People’s YMCA, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor, and Luciano Pavarotti’s rendition of Ave Maria.

For around 37 minutes, Trump stood on stage swaying, bouncing on his heels, interacting with audience members, and momentarily breaking out dance moves.

“Those two people who went down are patriots. We love them. And because of them, we ended up with some great music, right,” he said.

“Total lovefest at the PA townhall! Everyone was so excited they were fainting so [Donald Trump] turned to music,” Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung wrote on X.

“Nobody wanted to leave and wanted to hear more songs from the famous DJT Spotify playlist!”

Trump's campaign rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, reacted to the event on X

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