Trump jokes about security concerns, mic problems and Dr Oz during freewheeling Florida speech
President Donald Trump turned a microphone problem into a comic riff during remarks at The Villages in Florida, asking staff to "turn the mic up please" before joking he was...
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President Donald Trump turned a microphone problem into a comic riff during remarks at The Villages in Florida, asking staff to "turn the mic up please" before joking he was "screaming my a-- off because the mic is no good." The moment came during a wide-ranging, joke-heavy speech before the Florida retirement community, where Trump bounced between policy remarks, crowd work and off-the-cuff riffs, and, at one point, quipping, "What’s more secure than The Villages?" as he played to the audience. Trump first flagged the audio issue while discussing immigration and inflation under former President Joe Biden . "Tell them to turn up the microphone," Trump said. "Will you please turn up the mic?" TRUMP HIT IN THE FACE WITH MICROPHONE, QUIPS OPERATOR 'BECAME A BIG STORY' "You pay these guys a lot of money, and then you get up, and the mic isn’t on properly. And then they want their money," he continued. "And I don’t believe in paying people to do a bad job. "I’m screaming my a-- off because the mic is no good," he added. "Turn the mic up please." Trump opened the speech by joking about why he chose to appear at The Villages despite recent security concerns after the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner shooting Saturday night. TRUMP JOKES HE'D LOOK '20 POUNDS HEAVIER' IN A BULLETPROOF VEST, SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK ABOUT THREATS "They say on my life I should be indoors at a secure facility where I can quietly, beautifully and safely play out my term," Trump said. "I said, what’s more secure than The Villages?" He also praised the Florida community as "the single largest community of seniors anywhere in the world," before joking about the size of the overflow crowd. "They have an overflow room that’s bigger than this," Trump said. "Why the h--- didn’t I go there? To start off." He repeatedly teased the crowd about age while arguing his administration had delivered for seniors. "I don’t happen to be a senior," Trump said. "I’m much younger than you. I’m a muc…