Trump reveals the ‘unpresidential’ thing he does that Melania ‘hates’ - BERITAJA

President Donald Trump admitted to supporters that First Lady Melania Trump has many times urged him to extremity dancing to the Village People’s deed “YMCA,” calling it “not presidential.”

Speaking successful The Villages, Florida, 1 of the country’s about salient status communities, Trump said Melania takes rumor pinch 2 of his habits. “She hates the point I do connected weightlifting. She says it’s truthful unpresidential. And she hates erstwhile I dance, too,” he told the crowd.

Trump added, “She hates erstwhile I creation to what’s sometimes referred to arsenic ‘the cheery nationalist anthem,’ you cognize that,” earlier saying, “We emotion that song.” He recalled her reaction: “She goes, ‘Darling, please’ — you know, she’s a very elegant female — she goes, ‘Darling, please don’t dance. It’s not presidential.'”

The remarks drew laughs and cheers arsenic Trump besides discussed the “No Tax connected Social Security” measurement tied to his Big Beautiful Bill. He later danced to the 1978 disco deed astatine the extremity of his speech.

Melania has said this before

This was not the first clip Melania’s mixed feelings about the creation surfaced publicly. In a January question and reply pinch Fox News anchor Jesse Watters, she said, “I for illustration it astatine definite times. Some days it’s not due and I told him so. But it’s his creation and I deliberation group emotion it.” She besides noted she performed the YMCA creation astatine Trump’s inauguration, though she said it was “different than his.”

The creation returns connected the world stage

The regular resurfaced during the 2026 FIFA World Cup tie astatine the Kennedy Center successful Washington, D.C., connected December 5, 2025. The arena ended pinch a Village People performance, wherever Trump was again seen dancing.

Co-hosted by Kevin Hart and Heidi Klum, the ceremonial drew attraction erstwhile Trump stood and danced during “YMCA.” Reports said Melania appeared entertained by his moves.

Earlier successful the event, Trump received the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino, an grant created weeks earlier aft he did not triumph the Nobel Peace Prize.

The statement complete “YMCA” arsenic a cheery anthem

The statement complete whether “YMCA” is simply a cheery anthem has resurfaced pinch Trump’s continued usage of the song. The way gained fame successful cheery discotheques and became tied to the organization about the Village People, reflecting the YMCA’s domiciled arsenic a gathering spot for young cheery men successful the 1970s. Still, co-writer and lead vocalist Victor Willis has pushed back.

“There’s been a batch of talk, particularly of late, that Y.M.C.A. is someway a cheery anthem. As I’ve said galore times successful the past, that is simply a mendacious presumption based connected the truth that my penning partner was cheery and immoderate (not all) of Village People were cheery and that the first Village People medium was wholly about cheery life,” Willis said. “The existent anthem is Y.M.C.A.’s entreaty to group of each stripes, including President-elect Trump.”

Trump dances on

Despite Melania’s reservations, Trump continues to usage the opus and creation astatine nationalist events. From Florida status communities to run stages and world events, the YMCA regular remains a signature portion of his persona, unpresidential explanation and all.