When the Detroit Lions players mimed the Trump Dance after scoring in front of both the president and a houseful of miserable Washington fans last Sunday night, it was hard to know whether they were merely giddy or taunting the locals. But the NFL isn’t known for its sense of irony and shortly afterwards, in contrite mood, wide receiver Amon-Ra St Brown, who led the celebration, said he was inspired by the fact that the president was sitting watching the game in the Fox broadcast booth.
“So, first of all, if I offended anyone, I do apologise. It was just – we were having fun. If any president was at that game, and they had a dance, I would’ve done it.”
The idea of all the American presidents – from Lincoln, to Roosevelt to LBJ and Nixon to Carter – having a signature dance that they would break out whenever the mood took them i
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