The pastor of a Michigan black church has interrupted Donald Trump as he pilloried Hillary Clinton in a speech.
Rev Faith Green Timmons cut short Mr Trump as he attacked his Democratic rival's support for global trade deals.
"Mr Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we've done in Flint, not give a political speech," said the Bethel United Methodist Church pastor.
"Oh, oh, OK, that's good," the Republican nominee responded, shuffling papers on his podium.
He went on to make a few remarks about fixing Flint's drinking water problems, but some in the crowd began to heckle.
One woman shouted out that the real estate magnate had used discriminatory housing practices in his buildings.
The businessman responded: "Never, you're wrong. Never would."
The pastor interrupted again, this time to reproach Mr Trump's hecklers, saying: "He is a guest in my church and you will respect him".
Mr Trump abruptly ended his speech, which had lasted six minutes.
On Thursday morning, he spoke to Fox News about the pastor who had interrupted him.
He said he "noticed she was so nervous when she introduced me".
"She was like a nervous mess," he added.
On Wednesday night, after being admonished by the pastor of a Flint, Michigan, church, a chastened Donald Trump backed away from his attacks on Democrat Hillary Clinton and flipped ahead in his written speech on the town's water crisis.
The following morning, Mr Trump unloaded on the pastor, essentially claiming he walked into her trap.
Mr Trump has made a bit of a habit of playing nice when directly confronted, then sharpening his claws afterwards. Contrast the demur Trump while visiting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto with the firebrand who took the stage later that day in Arizona and bashed the Mexican leader on Twitter the following morning.
During the primary season, Mr Trump made a habit of badmouthing Republican debate moderators after the fact, with his broadsides directed at Fox's Megyn Kelly being particularly spirited. When he later sat down with her in a one-on-one interview, however, it was back to being a pussycat.
Critics will likely characterise this as the behaviour of a bully with thin skin. His supporters will counter that a skilled negotiator doesn't tip his hand in the face of an adversary. Either way, what you see with Mr Trump one moment isn't always what you get later on.
The New York businessman has been trying to woo black voters, after polls showed his level of support at dismal levels.
His Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, returns to the campaign trail four days after being taken ill at a 9/11 memorial on Sunday.
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