The initial showing of love for the baby didn't last long as Trump backtracked saying he was "only kidding".
"Don't worry about that baby I love babies," he said amidst laughter as the infant started crying in the crowded auditorium of a high school in Ashburn, Virginia.
"I love babies. I hear that baby crying and I like -- I like it, what a baby. What a beautiful baby, don't worry. The mom's running around like -- don't worry about it. It's young and beautiful, and healthy and that's what we want," Trump said and resumed his speech on China and its currency devaluation.
"Actually I was only kidding...You can get the baby out of here," he said amid laughter from the audience.
"That's all right, don't worry. I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking, that's OK. People don't understand, that's OK," he said to the distressed mother.
The rally was held in a neighborhood that has quite a significant number of Indian Americans, in particular those from the IT community.
Later in the afternoon, Senator Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, was seen cracking a joke on the incident with Trump in his home State.
