Mr Trump, who revels in large crowds and had predicted that his first rally in months would be epic, blamed the media for discouraging attendees and cited bad behaviour by demonstrators outside, but did not specifically acknowledge that many seats in the 19,000-seat BOK Center arena were empty.
TikTok users and Korean pop music fans are being partly credited for inflating attendance expectations at the rally on Saturday.
Social media users on different platforms, including the popular video-sharing app TikTok, have claimed in posts and videos that they registered for free tickets to the rally as a prank, with no intention of going.
Prior to the event, Mr Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale said there had been more than one million ticket requests for the event.
But the arena had many empty seats and Mr Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence cancelled speeches to an expected "overflow" crowd.
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