Watch video of President Trump teaching kids the ‘Trump dance’
President Donald Trump taught high school athletes his favorite “YMCA” dance on the White House lawn.
President Donald Trump added a high-profile moment to a White House fitness event on Tuesday, May 5, when he stepped onto the South Lawn and performed his signature fist-pump dance to visiting high school athletes.
A video released by the White House shows the 79-year-old president slowly pumping his fist as students look on during an activity commemorating National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. The White House’s instant account on X says the president is “teaching kids how to do the Trump dance.”
The National Institutes of Health said the students were there for events related to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, a May event that began in 1983 to promote physical activity, fitness and youth sports participation.
First Lady Melania “dislikes” Trump’s dancing
President Trump’s South Lawn appearance comes days after first lady Melania Trump publicly joked that she was not a fan of Trump’s dancing.
“She doesn’t like me dancing either,” President Trump told a crowd at a retirement community in The Villages, Florida, on May 1, referring to his fist pump to the Village People’s hit “YMCA.”
“We love that song,” Trump said. “But she says, ‘Darling, don’t dance. That’s not the president’s job.'”
“I may not be the president, but the polls have me leading by 20 points or something,” Trump added, pointing to poll numbers.
The presidential physical fitness test is back.
Trump also used the May 5 event to announce an executive order reinstating the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and reaffirming the reinstatement of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, USA TODAY reported.
The test was first introduced in 1956 and replaced in 2012 under former President Barack Obama with a program that emphasizes long-term student health over performance benchmarks.
“This year marks the council’s 70th anniversary, and under my leadership, we will once again make fitness and nutrition a national priority,” Trump said in a statement posted on the White House website.
President Trump said fitness is a measure of a nation’s strength and urged Americans to pursue “regular exercise and the joy of sports.”
The president signed the memorandum in the Oval Office, attended by school-age children, professional athletes, and members of the Cabinet, including Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The administration is positioning the move as part of a broader “Make America Healthy Again” policy.
Contributor: Katherine Palmer, USA TODAY
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