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US President-elect Donald Trump dancing at the final presidential election rally in Grand Rapids, Miami, USA on the 5th local time / Trump YouTube |
The ‘stiff dance’ that US President-elect Donald Trump performed at events has recently become popular at major sporting events in the US.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 18th (local time), President-elect Trump’s stiff dance as a ‘victory ceremony’ was witnessed several times in major sports games such as the National Football League (NFL) and the Mixed Martial Arts Championship (UFC). Done. Since around 2020, at official events, President-elect Trump has danced to the beat of the hit song ‘YMCA’ by the famous American dance group ‘Village People’ by shaking his pelvis and arms up, down, left and right while keeping his upper body and head stiff. . In major social media and communities in the United States, President-elect Trump’s dance moves were used as a ‘meme’, a source of comedy. This is because the fact that President-elect Trump was ‘out of shape’ was highlighted and it was difficult to see it as a proper dance.
Then, when President-elect Trump won the presidential election, it grew to the level of being featured as a ceremony at sporting events. At the UFC match held at Madison Square Garden in New York on the 16th, heavyweight champion Jon Jones, a Trump supporter, did a stiff dance toward President-elect Trump, who was sitting in the VIP section, after winning by TKO. After the game, Jones greeted President-elect Trump by handing him his championship belt.
Trump’s stiff dance ceremony also appeared in America’s most popular sport, the NFL. The next day, on the 17th, Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Brock Bowers did a stiff dance with his teammates after scoring a touchdown. In an interview after the game, Bowers said, “I imitated Jones’ dance that I saw during the UFC broadcast.” In addition to Bowers, players from other NFL teams have also been doing the Trump stiff dance as a celebration after recent touchdowns.
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Jon Jones is celebrating after winning the UFC 309 round held in New York, USA on the 16th local time. /Yonhap News |
It also appeared in a national soccer game. Christian Pulisic, a soccer player for the U.S. national team, did a stiff dance after scoring the opening goal against Jamaica in the North, Central, American and Caribbean Football Confederation Nations League match on the 19th. In an interview after the game, when asked if he danced it intentionally, he said, “It’s just a dance that everyone dances,” adding, “Trump was the one who created it (the dance), and I just did it because it was fun.” “It’s not a political dance,” he said. However, the sports world, whose main source of income is advertising and sponsorship, is wary of Trump’s dance. According to the NYT, the Las Vegas Raiders removed Bowers’ comments from their postgame press release. Even in the highlight video, the stiff dance ceremony was edited out.
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