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Trump quips about dancing to a 'gay national anthem' in remarks about Melania

musicMay 1, 202614839

Donald Trump said, "Melania hates when I dance to what's sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem" during recent remarks. He did not identify a specific song, echoing a jokey label that has been applied to various anthems and pop tracks. That matters because a former president using a 'gay national anthem' line turns LGBTQ culture into a rhetorical target and highlights his penchant for provocative, personal jabs in public remarks.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first lady hates when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem. We love that song."

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Josh Marshall122

is it ymca or macho man?

Almightrex60

yeah, we all hate it too

mjfrombuffalo58

what is this press conference supposed to be about?

Kent Randau37

32 years ago? That would be 1994. Y.M.C.A. was released 1978. That’s 48 years ago. It was also #2 on Billboard, not #5.

pbgvsruletheworld.bsky.social30

He’s so back in the 70’s when disco reigned, before AIDS slaughtered gays/hemophiliacs/the emergency-transfused, when Donald thought himself king of Manhattan, but where everyone knew him as a classless schmuck. We may be in 2026, but he’s still a classless (now very old) schmuck.

Sally True20

32 years ago was 1994.

Gerald Glenn Saenz 🇺🇦20

She hates him more though.

Michael Friedman13

Does she hate the song or does she hate what Trump refers to as “dancing” when the song is playing? Never mind, probably doesn’t matter.

Cranky Old Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇦11

She hates you Orange Turd, not the song!

Parker11

Bit of a stretch to call it dancing.

nenapoma.bsky.social7

He is very macho man .

courtney01.bsky.social7

Fun fact: Melania is not the only one who feels a little sick every time they see that bizarre display.

Ms. Unformation7

The first lady is too judgmental.

Foxtrot D. Tango7

He needs to be in an inpatient psych unit. Not in ANY position of power.

Judy6

Is that the imperial we

TRuxMintinBox6

We’re five minutes away from his starting to brag about how big his dick is and how much Melania loves having sex with him. He sounds like a drunk crazy person.

Rudy 🇨🇦6

I don't know weather to laugh or cry.

gpgon.bsky.social6

She probably just hates that he dances, in general. And that he breathes, and talks; his entire existence perhaps.

MaryM5

I hate when he breathes.

Minister of flags5

He really is at war with himself. I love that for him.

Cath RN, PhD5

She just hates him. Period.

DS from NC5

He is so damn random.

darthburkie.bsky.social5

Someone should ask him what year it was 32 years ago

Kathy5

Though she is no "Einstein", she is smart enough to know what an idiot he is.

Kathy4

They never should have taken his TV show away. This is when he’s happiest. He loves just standing on a stage and babbling incoherently. If we just let him do that on TV forever, none of this would be happening.

Janice4

Hey Donnie, talk about Arnold Palmer's d*ck size again.

Jade Jurek3

This seems so weird for the president (or anyone, for that matter) to say at a public event.

Angry AF3

Hahahaha those funny, old bigots. THEY AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT. TWICE.

Kim3

I remember going to a wedding where one was a cop in Chicago and all his cop friends danced to YMCA. This was pre-Trump and I just sat there with my mouth open.....

E Denzer3

The President of the United States, everybody - let’s give him a hand. Next on open mic night is Dave from Home Depot, please remember to tip your servers

Lexx Moya3

No Donald even without dancing she hates you.

ejguentzel.bsky.social3

My God. The bar for the leader of the free world is so low it's melted into the bottom of hell. Seriously, how does our country come back from this kind of pathetic embarrassment?

Fathead3

She shows her disgust, by slapping away his dead hands

Solomon Hinton3

What is happening?! Why is it happening?!

✨Gears, Geeks, Guilloti—✨2

Go ahead and ask us what we hate, you big dumb ass...

Non threatening boy.2

Dance is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

Enigma87502

We all have an idea why he likes to dance to YMCA. Because he is a closeted gay guy that likes men as much as women or maybe more... His adoration of males is extraordinary. Just ask Jack Nicolas, the well hung golfer.

The Psychopomp2

Not much left of the ol' frontal and temporal lobes, huh?

brian2

Melania doesn’t like the circlejerk dance. I’m shocked.

Gus Orviston2

Took me a sec to realize that he wasn’t calling the Star Spangled Banner gay, and is in fact referring to a different song.

Cat Ballou2

Needs some lessons from this minister. bsky.app/profile/nbcn...