Donald Trump says he made the “gay national anthem” fashionable once more … implying his dance strikes gave “Y.M.C.A” its groove again.
POTUS appeared at an occasion in The Villages — a retirement neighborhood in Florida — on Friday … when he introduced up the well-known track by The Village Folks.
Trump factors out the track rose to new heights in 2024 throughout his presidential marketing campaign … with Billboard asserting again then that the monitor — initially launched in 1978 — spent a fifth week at No. 1 on Dance/Digital Digital Tune Gross sales, probably the most for any group in 2024.
DJT inflates the track’s success a bit — no shock there — claiming it topped the charts for months … not fairly, but it surely actually acquired some assist from then-candidate Trump.
After all, he says his signature dance — fists raised, hips swiveling — helped the track go viral … although he says First Woman Melania Trump begged him to not dance because it does not look “presidential.”
That will not cease this prez, although … who busted out the strikes onstage Friday whereas on the occasion in Florida — even throwing in a golf swing for good measure.
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Keep in mind … on the weekend of Trump’s 2025 inauguration, The Village Folks hit the stage with President Trump and danced together with him whereas celebrating his victory.
Many within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood expressed distaste for the efficiency given the Trump administration’s stance on trans folks … although Village Folks star Victor Willis has all the time insisted the track is not about homosexual intercourse — it is actually a track for each events.
In actual fact, Victor informed us these calling the group’s hit a homosexual anthem is definitely “hurting the song” when he joined us on “TMZ Live” again in 2024 — a little bit over a yr earlier than The Village Folks danced with Trump.
Trump’s hips do not lie … the band made a killing again in 2024 — and his dance strikes appear to be the rationale why, based on the prez himself.
