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Donald Trump appeared to mimic a “sex act” on a microphone stand during a campaign rally after experiencing technical difficulties.

Viewers were stunned by the former president's apparent gesture during his Milwaukee rally in Wisconsin on Friday night.

Trump complained about the microphone and told the crowd the stand was too low. “I came in today,” I said, and to be fair, I did so after four of those things. I mean, I'm human, right? I come in and here’s the problem…”

He grabbed the microphone stand and made gestures with his hand and mouth before saying, “Way too low.”

A short clip of the bizarre moment spread across social media and was even shared by Twitter profile KamalaHQ with a “?” as a caption.

The viewAna Navarro was among the shocked onlookers. “Ask yourself: What would happen if Kamala Harris did that?” she said in a post on X. “Yes. You saw correctly. That's Trump on stage at a rally, pretending to perform a sex act over a microphone.

“This is not normal. Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States. Vote him out.”

At the start of the rally, Trump, frustrated, ripped the microphone from the podium to hold it closer to his mouth.

“I think this microphone stinks,” Trump said. “And then we don’t pay the contractor. I say don’t pay the contractor, then they write a story, Trump doesn’t pay his bills, he’s a bad guy.”

At one point, as the problems appeared to continue, the former president said, “This must be a joke. Do you want to see me blow the hell out of the people backstage?”

The crowd cheered and Trump continued: “I don't mind if they want to move forward a little or something, but it's a pretty stupid situation, but that's fine.”

“I get so angry, I’m seething up here. I'm fuming, I'm busting my ass with this stupid microphone,” he continued.

“I’m blowing out my left arm. Now I’m going to blow my right arm out and my damn throat too because of these stupid people.”