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To the editor:
In late winter 1980, I would’ve chuckled politely and considered you delusional if you’d said that the disco hit “Y.M.C.A.” would become a signature song for an American president and an anthem of the Iranian revolution 40 years later.
Given what Americans had seen and heard coming out of Iran in the late 1980s, it seemed unlikely that a hit disco song, which had also been adopted by the gay movement, would ever find a warm spot in Iranian hearts.
In fact, back in the day, “Bomb Iran,” a parody of “Barbara Ann,” a song made popular by the Beach Boys, was a hit.
“How times have changed!"
With the U.S. and Israeli precision strikes on Iranian military targets and the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the “supreme leader” responsible for countless Iranian deaths and a supporter of Islamist terrorism, Iranians worldwide who fled this repressive regime celebrated, often incorporating a song adopted by Donald Trump into their festivities.
They defiantly shouted “YMCA” and added the Trump Bump, the restrained dance that President Trump immortalized several years ago.
As this armed conflict fades into history, I’ll always remember the joyful Iranian people dancing to “YMCA,” performing the Bump, and expressing gratitude to President Trump and the US. Their radiant faces, symbols of freedom and hope, will forever remain etched in my memory.
Robert Sica
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fcannisi
It's nice to see a video create a happy memory. The below linked video certainly brought a smile to my face:
https://twitter.com/i/status/2034032401303945419
I'm thinking of making it my ringtone.
Saturday, March 21 Report this
Valete
Trump Bump in Verse
The Trump Bump is a dance step originated by Pres. Trump.
It was a feat of ingenuity which broke his political slump.
Kamala Harris failed to win the presidency, apolitically.
She was too concerned with treachery, incorporeally.
Joe Biden, a somnolent man, is asleep on tremulous land.
With his hand in his mouth, Biden was ousted from command.
Biden’s wife and son have been looking for somnolent Joe,
but to their dismay, somnolent Joe is not in the know.
As Trump is in the White House doing the Trump Bump,
looking at pictures of somnolent Joe, dazed, in a slump.
A look of glee is evident on President Trump’s glowing face;
for he booted sleepy Joe from the White House in total-disgrace!
Saturday, March 21 Report this
fcannisi
After a month and one-half of war, no one in Iran is dancing to YMCA anymore.
However, after the defeat of Trump ally Victor Orban, millions of Hungarians took to streets to dance to "We are the champions".
Wednesday, April 15 Report this