Trump suffers temporary teleprompter glitch

Donald Trump's speech on economic policy got off to a rocky start Thursday, as the famously unscripted candidate was forced to revert to his notes when a teleprompter loaded with his speech apparently failed.

"We're having a lot of fun on the campaign and on the trail. I just wanted to say that—and it's always a lot of fun when you come up and the people don't have the teleprompter working but that's OK," Trump said, looking down occasionally as he spoke at the lectern.


The audience at the New York Economic Club, where he and running mate Mike Pence appeared together, laughed.

Trump added, "Lucky I brought some notes," before continuing his speech.

"Everything that is broken today can be fixed. And every failure can be turned into a truly great success. Just look at the way I just melded into the teleprompter that just went off," Trump remarked minutes later. "Who else could have pulled that off, OK? Who else?"