On Twitter, Louis-Dreyfus also drew a parallel between her beloved political satire on HBO, Veep, and the real-life Trump administration, before taking a little swipe at the First Lady.
Her Seinfeld co-star, and fellow Joe Biden supporter, Jason Alexander also took notice of the parallels between the “Trump Dance” and Elaine’s.
Meanwhile, on TikTok, Trump’s dance moves have kicked off a trend that’s based on the fact that the president was dancing to the Village People’s “YMCA” at a rally. However, dancers are using a musical mash-up between “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay and “Swing” by Savage, which itself was its own TikTok trend known as the “Viva La Swing” dance. In that viral craze, TikTok users (often in public places) swing their hips to the mash-up while a person filming moves around them.
TikTok user @crisnate0 originally uploaded the clip of Trump dancing–edited to be set to the “Viva La Swing”—while a separate video by TikTok user Julia Keith copying Trump’s moves quickly amassed millions of views.
Village People founder Victor Willis has mocked Trump’s use of “YMCA” and has asked the president to stop playing the song—as well as “Macho Man”—at his rallies and events. Many users also point out that oddness of Trump developing his own dance moves to a song that already has very specific and memorable choreography.
Below is Julia Keith’s original video of her mimicking the president.
Another humorous response to the dance came from former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who tweeted out “And you people called ME Lurch?!” Kerry was referring to the frequent comparisons he’s had over to the years to The Addams Family character Lurch, as awkward, shambling zombie-like servant.
Not everyone was mocking the president. Not surprisingly, Ivanka voiced her approval.
Scott Adams, creator of the comic Dilbert, has frequently clashed with social media users for his support of Trump, although lately he’s been more critical of the president. With his Twitter message, he may soon be sorry should Trump remain in the White House (or on the stage at rallies).
Right-wing political commentator/provocateur Dinesh D’Souza was supportive of Trump’s unique groove when the original YMCA video was making the rounds.
Comedic actor Michael Ian Black’s sarcasm seemed to be lost by many who replied to a few different posts he made about Trump’s dancing. In each post, he identified as an undecided voter who might be moved to vote for another four years of Trump based solely on his dance skills.
While comedian Sinbad is known more for humorous takedowns, he can’t hide his disdain even when discussing the strange dancing.
The celebrity reactions are indicative of the overall response to the dance: His detractors gleefully mock him or get angered seeing his seemingly carefree behavior in the face of such national tumult, while his fans enthusiastically embrace his dancing.
For her part, Julia Keith hasn’t been entirely clear about how she feels. On Instagram stories, she shared a screen recording of Trump supporters sharing her video with a GIF that said: “I’ve made a huge mistake.”
