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•The 'Trump dance' is a hip-rockin’ fist pump popularized by President-elect Trump
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The “Trump dance’s dance’ is a shimmy-based twist that our President-elect has famously done throughout his campaigns.
It involves Trump rocking his hips from side-to-side as he alternates pumping both of his fists forward from hip-level.
A number of athletes from all manner of sports have done the dance recently, including the U.S. soccer team.
Nick Bosa led some teammates in the jig over a week ago on Nov. 10 , which was notably a day after he was fined $ 11,255 for wearing a MAGA hat.
The move has also made it to foreign athletes, including British golfer Charley Hull and English footballer Barnsley.
The “Trump dance’s wiggle is “definitely a contradiction of the conservative maxim to keep politics out of sports,’” University of North Carolina history professor Matthew Andrews said what they mean is keeping liberal politics off the field.
I doubt that this will be the last instance of political dogwhistles sounding shrilly in our favorite pastimes.
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