The United States qualified for the semi-finals of the Concacaf Nations League by winning against Jamaica (4-2) on Monday in the quarter-final second leg. Christian Pulisic (26) started the evening perfectly by opening the scoring on a serve from Weston McKennie (13th). And the star of the selection celebrated this achievement with the fashionable celebration in the United States: the Trump dance. He performed a hip swing by moving his arms to the sides with clenched fists in the style of the next president of the United States, elected last week. He was briefly followed by a few teammates.
Pulisic takes responsibility for his celebration on social networks
The AC Milan player – who took responsibility for his celebration on social networks – follows a movement started by UFC star Jon Jones Saturday after his victory against Stipe Miocic, under the eyes of Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden (New York), whom the fighter warmly thanked on the microphone. The dance has since spread to university sports fields as well as the NFL.
San Francisco 49ers player Nick Bosa – who drew criticism for surging behind a teammate in the middle of a television interview wearing a “MAGA” (“Make America Great Again”) cap – was one of the first to celebrate on November 10 a successful action with the now famous hip swing. “The guys wanted me to do it (…) it was fun,” he explained to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Brock Bowers, of the Las Vegas Raiders, celebrated a touchdown with dancing on Sunday during his team’s defeat against the Miami Dolphins. “I watched the UFC fights, I saw Jon Jones do it and I thought it was cool,” he explained. The “Trump dance” has even penetrated the greens of professional golf, the favorite and ardent sport of Donald Trump: the British Charley Hull jokingly sketched the movement during her duel against the American Nelly Korda at the LPGA ANNIKA tournament in Belleair (Florida).
