{"id":89403,"date":"2026-05-03T03:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/donald-trump-says-melania-hates-his-notorious-dance-moves\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:33:44","slug":"donald-trump-says-melania-hates-his-notorious-dance-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/donald-trump-says-melania-hates-his-notorious-dance-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Says Melania &#8216;Hates&#8217; His Notorious Dance Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s dance moves have become a notorious aspect of his persona \u2014 and his wife, first lady <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong>, is admittedly not a fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hates it when I do the thing on weight lifting. \u2018It\u2019s so unpresidential.\u2019 And she hates it when I dance, too. She hates it when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as as the gay national anthem,\u201d the president, 79, told a crowd at The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday, May 1, referring to the Village People\u2019s hit song \u201cY.M.C.A\u201d and the president\u2019s signature fist-pumping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hates it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat song was number five 32 years ago, and it went to number one 32 years later. It never hit number one. It was number five 32 years ago and it went number one for months during the last months of the campaign. We love that song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president added of his wife\u2019s disdain for his dance moves, \u201cBut she goes, \u2018Darling, please\u2019 \u2014 you know she\u2019s a very elegant woman. She goes, \u2018Darling, please don\u2019t dance, it\u2019s not presidential.\u2019 I said it may not be presidential but I\u2019m leading by 20 points in the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Reacts-to-Trump-Old-Age-Joke-After-Slamming-Widow-Gag.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to Trump's 'Old Age' Joke After Slamming 'Widow' Gag\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Reacts-to-Trump-Old-Age-Joke-After-Slamming-Widow-Gag.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Old Age&#8217; Joke After Slamming &#8216;Widow&#8217; Gag<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJimmy Kimmel continued his war of words with President Donald Trump during the Tuesday, April 28, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! In his opening monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel, 58, played a clip of Trump\u2019s televised news conference earlier in the day welcoming the U.K.\u2019s King Charles III and Queen Camilla on a state visit to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donald then went on to share that his wife \u201cparticularly\u201d hates when he attempts to recreate footage of a female athlete competing in a weight lifting competition among other women and a trans athlete. (The president has made anti-trans rhetoric a cornerstone of his presidency, advocating for laws that ban trans athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports and accessing gender-affirming care.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325495\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4325495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2195011093 donald trump melania trump dancing\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2195011093-donald-trump-melania-trump-dancing.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n President Donald Trump dances with his wife First Lady Melania Trump<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president then went on to pretend to lift weights, telling the crowd, \u201cAh, mom, I can\u2019t do it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the more than one hour speech, the president also addressed the recent shooting at this year\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, telling the crowd that he \u201cshouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was just an attempt, they say, on my life,\u201d the commander-in-chief said. \u201cI should be indoors at a secure facility where I can quietly, beautifully and safely play out my term, destroying everything that comes in our way, like bad countries that want to get nuclear weapons. We\u2019ll take care of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cSo they want me to be in a secure place, and I said, \u2018What\u2019s more secure than the villages?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Television personality Dr. <strong>Phil McGraw<\/strong>, known professionally as Dr. Phil, also attended the president\u2019s speech, at one point joining him on stage. The talk show host \u2014 a staunch supporter of the president \u2014 joked to the crowd that his wife, <strong>Robin McGraw<\/strong>, was upset that he was in The Villages because \u201cthose people are crazy partiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272603954-Donald-Trump-Wanted-to-See-What-Was-Going-On-Amid-WHCD-Shooting.jpg?crop=418px%2C176px%2C1141px%2C644px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Donald Trump Wanted to 'See What Was Going On' Amid WHCD Shooting\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272603954-Donald-Trump-Wanted-to-See-What-Was-Going-On-Amid-WHCD-Shooting.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Donald Trump Explains Why He &#8216;Slowly&#8217; Evacuated WHCD During Shooting<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPresident Donald Trump recalled his experience during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting on Saturday, April 25. The president said in an interview on the Sunday, April 26, episode of 60 Minutes that he \u201cwanted to see what was happening,\u201d which led to Secret Service agents taking longer to usher him out of the Washington [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dr. Phil went on to praise the president, claiming that he has restored \u201ctrust\u201d by increasing tax deductions for senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I really do want to take a chance to talk about this a little bit, because what the president is doing here is really something you got to think about it differently,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s restoring trust between Americans and the government because you understand that this was, your benefits, were never supposed to be taxed to begin with. That was the deal the American government made with the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s dance moves have become a notorious aspect of his persona \u2014 and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, is admittedly not a fan. \u201cShe hates it when I do the thing on weight lifting. \u2018It\u2019s so unpresidential.\u2019 And she hates it when I dance, too. 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