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02nd Aug 2016

WATCH: Donald Trump tells mother with crying baby to leave rally

Conor Heneghan

Just another day on Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign.

Barely a day passes without something eventful happening in the world of Donald Trump and today was no different.

During a speech at a rally in Ashburn, Virginia on Tuesday, a baby could be heard crying in the audience. Trump, smiling, responded by saying: “I hear that baby crying. I like it. What a beautiful baby.”

A couple of minutes later, however, with the baby’s crying still very much audible in the background, Trump changed his tune.

“Actually, I was only kidding,” Trump said.

“You can get the baby out of here. That’s all right. Don’t worry. I think she believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking.”

The episode was just the latest bizarre turn in a campaign which has had plenty of bizarre moments and came on the same day that Trump was strongly criticised by Barack Obama, who said that the Republican nominee was “unfit to serve as President”.

As you might expect, Trump wasn’t about to take it lying down…

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