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Trump quips about dancing to a 'gay national anthem' in remarks about Melania

musicMay 1, 2026171,005

During recent remarks, former President Donald Trump quipped that Melania "hates when I dance to what's sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem." He delivered the line as a joke about dancing to an unnamed song and did not identify any specific anthem. The comment ties sexuality and national symbolism into a provocation and continues his pattern of using sexualized humor about his marriage in public remarks. There is no single song widely recognized as a "gay national anthem," so the phrase functions as a cultural shorthand rather than a literal reference.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first lady hates when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem. We love that song."

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Josh Marshall145

is it ymca or macho man?

mjfrombuffalo72

what is this press conference supposed to be about?

Almightrex65

yeah, we all hate it too

Kent Randau58

32 years ago? That would be 1994. Y.M.C.A. was released 1978. That’s 48 years ago. It was also #2 on Billboard, not #5.

pbgvsruletheworld.bsky.social40

He’s so back in the 70’s when disco reigned, before AIDS slaughtered gays/hemophiliacs/the emergency-transfused, when Donald thought himself king of Manhattan, but where everyone knew him as a classless schmuck. We may be in 2026, but he’s still a classless (now very old) schmuck.

Sally True24

32 years ago was 1994.

Gerald Glenn Saenz 🇺🇦24

She hates him more though.

Michael Friedman16

Does she hate the song or does she hate what Trump refers to as “dancing” when the song is playing? Never mind, probably doesn’t matter.

Parker13

Bit of a stretch to call it dancing.

Cranky Old Man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇦12

She hates you Orange Turd, not the song!

Ms. Unformation10

The first lady is too judgmental.

nenapoma.bsky.social9

He is very macho man .

courtney01.bsky.social9

Fun fact: Melania is not the only one who feels a little sick every time they see that bizarre display.

darthburkie.bsky.social8

Someone should ask him what year it was 32 years ago

Judy7

Is that the imperial we

Kathy7

They never should have taken his TV show away. This is when he’s happiest. He loves just standing on a stage and babbling incoherently. If we just let him do that on TV forever, none of this would be happening.

Rudy 🇨🇦7

I don't know weather to laugh or cry.

Foxtrot D. Tango7

He needs to be in an inpatient psych unit. Not in ANY position of power.

Jade Jurek6

This seems so weird for the president (or anyone, for that matter) to say at a public event.

TRuxMintinBox6

We’re five minutes away from his starting to brag about how big his dick is and how much Melania loves having sex with him. He sounds like a drunk crazy person.

Minister of flags6

He really is at war with himself. I love that for him.

Kathy6

Though she is no "Einstein", she is smart enough to know what an idiot he is.

gpgon.bsky.social6

She probably just hates that he dances, in general. And that he breathes, and talks; his entire existence perhaps.

MaryM5

I hate when he breathes.

Cath RN, PhD5

She just hates him. Period.

DS from NC5

He is so damn random.

Lexx Moya4

No Donald even without dancing she hates you.

ejguentzel.bsky.social4

My God. The bar for the leader of the free world is so low it's melted into the bottom of hell. Seriously, how does our country come back from this kind of pathetic embarrassment?

Enigma87504

We all have an idea why he likes to dance to YMCA. Because he is a closeted gay guy that likes men as much as women or maybe more... His adoration of males is extraordinary. Just ask Jack Nicolas, the well hung golfer.

Solomon Hinton4

What is happening?! Why is it happening?!

Janice4

Hey Donnie, talk about Arnold Palmer's d*ck size again.

web_rant3

YMCA by the Village People was released in 1978, when 31 year old Trump was facing federal charges his Trump Management company continued to discriminate against Black people in apartment rentals following a 1973 lawsuit and a 1975 consent decree regarding housing bias. bsky.app/profile/atru...

✰˚* Cheryl ˚* ✰3

He just let the world know his wife is a bigot.

Angry AF3

Hahahaha those funny, old bigots. THEY AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT. TWICE.

Menen Kim3

He is losing cognition and dementia is clearly attacking his frontal cortex. There’s no control, dis-inhibition is increasing , his worst impulses have no restrictions. Expect more sexualized comments and more vulgarity too.

Kim3

I remember going to a wedding where one was a cop in Chicago and all his cop friends danced to YMCA. This was pre-Trump and I just sat there with my mouth open.....

E Denzer3

The President of the United States, everybody - let’s give him a hand. Next on open mic night is Dave from Home Depot, please remember to tip your servers

Fathead3

She shows her disgust, by slapping away his dead hands

✨Gears, Geeks, Guilloti—✨2

Go ahead and ask us what we hate, you big dumb ass...

Non threatening boy.2

Dance is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

jjl62.bsky.social2

Well, he does perform a double glory hole dance.

The Psychopomp2

Not much left of the ol' frontal and temporal lobes, huh?

brian2

Melania doesn’t like the circlejerk dance. I’m shocked.

Gus Orviston2

Took me a sec to realize that he wasn’t calling the Star Spangled Banner gay, and is in fact referring to a different song.

Cat Ballou2

Needs some lessons from this minister. bsky.app/profile/nbcn...

FowlerBroncos.bsky.social2

The village People threatened to sue Jim Jefferies if he didn't retract his joke that YMCA was a gay anthem. I think they either have to sue Trump or publicly apologize to Jefferies.