When I was a high school senior we were allowed to have a school dance at the gym but because there was no budget for a DJ our principal, whom we called DJ, agreed to set up a bunch of speakers on the stage with a table that held the stereo system from his band room office (he was also the band director) and we could play the cassettes or CDs that our fellow students brought and since I was not popular and no one ever asked me to dance I volunteered to be one of the people up on the stage pumping out the music with my friend Amy and things were going pretty well until, in the midst of “Wild Wild West” blasting and the lights flashing, a girl named Johanna brought up a cassette single warning us that the song on one side was fine but the other side was definitely not and since it was 2 Live Crew I believed her and set the cassette carefully on the table only to have someone bump the table and tip things so I could remember which was the bad side and which wasn’t and of course I put it in the cassette player and out poured a string of cuss words that made every teacher look at the stage in horror as I frantically tried to hit stop while all the kids cheered.
One of the songs we were also not allowed to play was “Humpty Dance” because of obvious reasons.
With that long non sequitur, let me introduce you to my new exercise jam.
When my FitBit reminds me that it’s time to get 250 steps in, I discovered that if I start walking in place when the music to “The Trumpty Dance” starts and walk to the beat, I get just over 250 steps. It’s the easiest 250 steps you’ll ever take and I can promise that most of you might find your inner groove because here’s the thing about President Trump’s dance: it’s for all ages.
It is literally the dance of a senior citizen.
It can be the dance of the middle aged GenXer who likes to shake her thang when no one is looking but also has bum knees and needs low impact dancing.
It can be the dance of the younger crowd, as shown in this video, open to varied interpretations.
It can be the dance of the rhythmically challenged.
This is the MAHA fitness workout for 2025: The Trumpty Dance. So easy, a liberal a caveman anyone could do it.
Except Joy Behar, from what I gather at the end of the video.