{"id":93580,"date":"2026-01-08T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/93580\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:58:33","slug":"the-signature-thing-that-trump-does-that-melania-simply-cant-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/93580\/","title":{"rendered":"The signature thing that Trump does that Melania simply can\u2019t stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4V67YXMYOJBP7FCXBCD5BPUT34\">First Lady Melania Trump has a big problem with one of her husband\u2019s signature moves, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5674808-trump-dance-melania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/5674808-trump-dance-melania\/\">The Hill reported. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SYE3LJ4KL5GMVHEX7PY6BTHVG4\">\u201cShe hates it when I dance,\u201d President Donald Trump revealed while talking to House members during a GOP retreat on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WAZHUHNWEJHIDLKPGLYXONIIPQ\">\u201cShe\u2019s a very classy person,\u201d the president said, describing how the first lady wanted him to stop dancing in public. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PIQ35K7JNNBP7POJOQ3NUIBU7U\">Trump\u2019s awkward-but-enthusiastic, fist-pumping, hip-gyrating dance, including on stage during political rallies and presidential speeches, has spawned a thousand memes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NJL2ZAB2LVEM5BGODUHHFTVCAM\">But according to Melania, \u201cIt\u2019s so unpresidential,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5J7LLOFTNBG4BEDVW2CFGVO7NQ\">\u201cI said, \u2018But I did become president,\u2019\u201d Trump said, drawing laughs from Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4CXG6CUCPRB53E2NFI3MJYQWIY\">\u201cShe actually said, \u2018Could you imagine FDR dancing?\u2019\u201d Trump said, referring to the nation\u2019s revered, 32nd president, who used a wheelchair due to polio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SU6LMO2FTFB6DHGRELDMSGKOUI\">\u201cAnd I said, there\u2019s a long history that perhaps she doesn\u2019t know. Because [Roosevelt] was an elegant fellow, even as a Democrat. The attack by Japan. He was quite elegant, but he wouldn\u2019t be doing this, but nor would too many others,\u201d Trump said during a lengthy diatribe in which The Hill said the president mocked and imitated transgender athletes taking part in weightlifting competitions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GM5MVQK7RBBH5A3BSEZD2GSIQ4\">Despite the first lady\u2019s criticism, Trump\u2019s dancing has inspired legit imitators, including NFL players who have done the \u201cTrump dance\u201d to celebrate touchdowns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZWIHTSUBLJFVBJTNFURDVMUMKY\">Trump said he defended his dancing to his wife by pointing to supporters\u2019 fondness for his footwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3C6SYIKLPVBSFNUWNV7CQJ4RMA\">\u201cThe dance they really like,\u201d he said he told her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MNZOHMRAIREGVLJQUJHGZQQQV4\">\u201cShe said, \u2018They don\u2019t like it. They\u2019re just being nice to you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Lady Melania Trump has a big problem with one of her husband\u2019s signature moves, The Hill reported.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-93580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}