Donald Trump's "YMCA" Dance
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About
Donald Trump's "YMCA" Dance refers to a viral video of President Donald Trump dancing to "YMCA" by The Village People while at a campaign rally in Florida. The video, taken shortly after he was discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center for his COVID-19 diagnosis, was praised by conservatives for showing how lively Trump seemed, while liberals found it tone-deaf considering the toll the pandemic has taken and suspected Trump's energy may have been due to steroids he was taking as a treatment for the illness. It also led to numerous edits where Trump was dancing to other songs or dancing in a different location.
Origin
On October 12th, 2020, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Florida. Afterward, he danced to the "YMCA" by the Village People. Video of the dance was taken by @BrianClowdus, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 27,000 likes (shown below).
Y’all!!!! POTUS DANCING!!!! @realDonaldTrump #MAGA2020LandslideVictory pic.twitter.com/F5gqjMk0oC
— Brian Clowdus (@BrianClowdus) October 13, 2020
Spread
Twitter was divided by party lines on the video. Conservatives thought it highlighted how energetic Trump seemed. User @SusanStJames3[1] tweeted, "Did Trump look great tonight or what? His energy is higher than ever 😀" (shown below, left). Liberals found the video distasteful for multiple reasons. User @OxfordDiplomat[2] tweeted, "The impeached President of the United States is quite literally high on a bunch of experimental drugs and is just out dancing to the YMCA while America burns – physically and metaphorically behind him. You couldn’t write this script."
Others made parodies of the video. A novelty account called @Dancing_Trump began posting the clip set to various music (example shown below, top). User @JaseMonkey posted a green-screen template of Trump dancing, gaining over 20 retweets and 30 likes and inspiring further parodies (shown below, bottom). The meme was covered by StayHipp.[3]
Cardi B – W.A.P. pic.twitter.com/v28ThngzYT
— Trump Dancing to _________ (@dancing_trump) October 14, 2020
I've rotoscoped dancing Trump and put him on a green screen background. Internet, show me what you've got. pic.twitter.com/I4RHRrHeSI
— Basket Jase 🐶 🎸 🎥 (@jasemonkey) October 13, 2020
Various Examples
I dare you to caption this without getting banned:
🔊 Sound Up#TrumpIsALaughingStock pic.twitter.com/kmFzlkahJP— major_Ray🧢⚔️ (@major__Ray) October 14, 2020
Hey #Trump Get this dance 🎶
We're voting right now for #BidenHarris pic.twitter.com/7ZlLEk2C77— WendySpirit (@WendyDay5013) October 14, 2020
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline pic.twitter.com/zYt6nP9Yx3
— Trump Dancing to _________ (@dancing_trump) October 14, 2020
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ pic.twitter.com/JOxfrhxFBj
— Trump Dancing to _________ (@dancing_trump) October 14, 2020
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @SusanStJames3
[2] Twitter – OxfordDiplomat
[3] StayHipp – DONALD TRUMP DANCING TO ‘YMCA’ MEMES & PARODIES
