Trump’s Microphone Trouble in Milwaukee Leaves Him ‘Seething’

The signs in the crowd said “Trump will fix it,” but former President Donald J. Trump grew increasingly exasperated on Friday night at a rally in Milwaukee when he experienced technical difficulties with his microphone.

“Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?” Mr. Trump, visibly irritated, asked the crowd at Fiserv Forum. The question kicked off a four-minute rant about his technical issues in which Mr. Trump grew steadily angrier.

“It’s a pretty stupid situation, but that’s OK,” Mr. Trump said. “I get so angry. I’m up here seething. I’m seething. I’m working my ass off with this stupid mic.”

The rally was Mr. Trump’s final scheduled event in Wisconsin, but his closing pitch was derailed just minutes into his remarks, when members of the crowd began chanting “Fix the mic!” and indicated that they could not hear him properly.

The former president’s solution was to remove the microphone from its holder to bring it closer to his face. But then Mr. Trump, 78, who has made a point to remind his supporters how hard he has been campaigning without a break, acknowledged that holding the microphone for so long was tiring.

“I’m blowing out my left arm, now I’m going to blow out my right arm, and I’m blowing out my damn throat too, because these stupid people,” he said.