We learn that the omnipresent Donald J. Trump has started a dance craze that is becoming the new “in” thing. It involves holding fists out forward at waist level and alternately pumping them, one or the other, back toward the body in time to the music. It’s usually done in a celebratory moment.
A certain amount of coordinated foot-shuffling can be added to the overall mix. Some add an imagined golf swing - what you’d do with a chip shot, not a long drive. Instapundit has posted a link to a short video illustrating various politicians and athletes doing the as-yet-unnamed celebratory “dance.”
Trump is for sure a multi-talented public figure; after he’s out of office books will be written about him and his impact on our society. Suggested book title: The Extravert as Public Icon. Suggested name for the dance: the Donald or just the Don.
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Upon further reflection, the first time I remember seeing the classic horizontal fist-pumping move of this dance was performed by Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). It was done when none save the camera was watching Flitwick as the Weasley twins made a spectacular exit from Hogwarts, frustrating the evil Professor Umbridge.
You can watch a brief snippet of the film here on YouTube, the fist pump is at its very end, at about 2.26 of the total 2.28 minutes. Flitwick clearly liked their bravura style.
