Politics

Donald Trump had a tantrum over air conditioning

Donald Trump wants to make America cool again!

The GOP presidential candidate complained that a Virginia hotel, which played host to his town hall event on Monday, failed to turn on air conditioning and made the event feel like a “sauna.”

He threatened not to pay his hotel bill.

“I don’t know what hotel this is, but you ought to try turning on the air conditioning or we’re not going to get you paid,” Trump said at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center in Roanoke – where it was 96 degrees on Monday.

Trump accused the hotel of skimping on air conditioning to save a buck.

“But this is ridiculous,” Trump said. “So then there’ll be an article, ‘Donald Trump refuses to pay the bill.’ Of course. And you know what, the smart people say, ‘Trump is smart.’ The other people would say, ‘Oh, isn’t that terrible.’ OK. I think the ballroom and the people that own this hotel should be ashamed of themselves.”

Hotel management said Trump is full of hot air.

“The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center’s HVAC system was on and working properly throughout the event to provide a comfortable environment for all in attendance,” the hotel said in a statement to WDBJ.

“Temperatures in the mid to upper-90’s, doors opened for two hours to let hundreds of attendees enter and the ballroom filled to capacity did present a challenge. However, hotel staff did everything possible to keep guests comfortable and accommodated, both inside and out.”

— With Post Wire Services