Fox News hosts Emily Compagno and Harris Faulkner were thrilled on Monday’s Outnumbered segment by the growing trend of high-profile athletes performing the quirky “Trump dance” in honor of President-elect Donald Trump.
The dance, which became a signature move during Trump’s rallies, involves a unique back-and-forth and up-and-down motion of the arms to songs like “YMCA” by The Village People.
Compagno introduced a clip of UFC fighter Jon Jones, who performed the move after successfully retaining his heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden over the weekend. “The UFC event wasn’t the only place we saw that dance this weekend,” Compagno said. “Since his massive election win, the Trump Dance has been taking over!”
Fox News then played clips of several NFL players joining the trend, gyrating on the field in similar fashion. Compagno declared, “The reality is, it’s sweeping the nation!”
She also mentioned media backlash, particularly after the Las Vegas Raiders reportedly cut off footage of players performing the dance. “It’s swept a few teams, and there was some media backlash for it. But what do you make of these high-profile athletes and champions doing the Trump Dance?”
Faulkner chimed in, noting Trump’s widespread influence on pop culture. “He is the mainstream. He is pop culture, for years and years,” she said, referring to the success of The Apprentice. “It’s also joyful, and that’s something the Left didn’t deliver on. It didn’t guide its people through real joy.”
Compagno emphasized that the Trump Dance represented more than just a dance move. “It’s what it represents!” she declared. “Remember when it was RGB? Remember when it was ‘Trump, bad’? Now, it seems like the bonds have been broken, and everyone is embracing the pop culture that is Trump—Trump joy!”
Both hosts agreed that sports, once a unifier, had been overtaken by politics but suggested that President-Elect Trump’s embrace of joy and populism might be the new unifying force. “He knows his audience,” Faulkner concluded. “And his audience is the entire American people.”
