Donald Trump says his wife Melania Trump doesn’t like his dancing to one song.
Donald and Melania Trump have been married since 2005. Andrew Leyden
President of the United States Donald Trump revealed on Friday at an event in Florida that he received feedback from his wife From Melania Trump.
CNN– and Entertainment Weekly -according to news sites, Trump said Melania doesn’t like him dancing to the Village People’s 1978 hit YMCA to the beat.
– He hates that I dance to a song that is sometimes called the gay national anthem, the president said at the event.
“We love that song, but she’s a very elegant woman and she said, ‘Honey, please don’t dance. It’s not Presidential. I said it might not be Presidential, but I’m leading by 20 points in the polls,'” he said.
Clips of Trump’s narration have been published on social media.
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In January 2025, one of the authors of the song and a member of the Village People Victor Willis strongly denied that YMCA would be a “gay song”. At that time of The Guardian according to Willis said in a Facebook post that his wife would sue any news site that said otherwise. YMCA has been interpreted several times as referring to homosexuality due to its lyrics.
Trump once found himself in the middle of an uproar YMCAbecause of the song. In 2020, Trump used the song in his election campaign. According to Entertainment Weekly, the Village People initially accepted Trump’s act. Willis soon asked Trump to drop his music.
– I’m asking you to stop using my music at your events, especially YMCA and Macho Man songs. I’m sorry, I can’t just look away anymore, Willis wrote on Facebook.
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Soon, AFP reported that a lawsuit was going to be filed against Trump’s act. The song’s copyright holders were a lawyer Richard Malkan according to “surprised by the misuse of the song and the fact that the song has been used for partisan and electoral purposes in favor of Donald Trump, which they would not have accepted”.
Trump used YMCAsong also in his 2024 election campaign. At the time, Willis said Trump had gone through the legal process to license it for his use. According to Willis, the song had generated several million dollars since the president started wearing it.
– That’s why I’m happy to allow the elected president to continue YMCA– the use of the paragraph. And I thank him for choosing to use my song,” Willis wrote on Facebook.
The Village People performed the song at the Make America Great Again event in January 2025.
– Our presentation does not support the policies of the elected president, Willis made it clear at the time.