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NFL Legend Says ‘Trump Dance’ Is Now Part Of Football Culture
Former NFL Most Valuable Player Joe Theismann that the “Trump Dance,” which has been widely mimicked by pro and college football players in recent weeks, is now an integral part of the game and a testament to the president-elect’s cultural power.
The dance, which was created by President-elect Trump to the tune of “YMCA,” is rather easy to replicate. Players first started replicating the dance — as well as Trump’s “fight, fight, fight” plea made in the seconds after he was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania — after the July 13 attempt on his life. The frequency of the celebration increased in the build-up to the 2024 Election and became even more widespread after his victory, as players have been seen hitting the dance move after sacks, turnovers, touchdowns and other big plays.
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“The creativity of the players today is amazing,” Theismann, who spent the entirety of his NFL career with the Washington Redskins, told Newsmax in an interview that aired Friday.
“It’s like they’re almost focused more on what dance they’re going to do when they do something special, as opposed to being able to do the things special to allow them to do the dance. And certainly we’ve had a lot to dance about in the world of football.”
Theismann, a two-time Pro Bowl quarterback and 1983 NFL MVP, went on to state that “the dance is part now of football.”
The Washington sports legend went on to comment on the dance’s indication of a culture shift in the NFL and the country as a whole.
“But it’s really interesting how guys adapt and just how much social media and how much there is influence of every element of life in the world of football. Really, it’s a microcosm of society and of life,” he said. “So when you really think of the world of football, think of all the things that are happening in our lives. They happen in the world of football as well.”
The widespread popularity of the dance does appear to indicate a culture shift in America’s most popular sports league. In 2017, Trump sharply criticized then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who made national headlines by opting to sit for the national anthem. Kaepernick framed the United States as a racist country in which black people are hunted for sport and made a number of additional controversial displays and statements throughout the saga, including the decision to praise former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in Miami, the home to hundreds of thousands of Cuban exiles, and wear socks depicting police officers as pigs.
In response to Trump’s criticism, NFL teams organized league-wide protests against the national anthem, a stark contrast to the popularity of the “Trump Dance” in 2024.
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