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By Benjamin Lynch
US Politics and National Affairs Reporter
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A viral social media post showed Donald Trump dancing with cheerleaders before the Super Bowl.
The former president's deputy director of communications, Margo Martin, posted a video on X of cheerleaders putting on a show for Trump, who briefly danced along to tunes played by a local high school band. The clip, taken at the Trump International Golf Course in Florida and posted on February 11, has been viewed over 236,000 times.
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Newsweek approached a spokesperson for Trump for comment via email out of normal working hours.
Reaction to the video among social media users was mixed, with some saying they enjoyed the video.
"Love Trump's moves," oner person wrote, while another added: "I love how he dances along."
One X user said: "So lovely! He dances with their music."
Others were less complimentary and one user joked: "Would've been lit if they played the imperial Death March."
Another added: "Just, why?"
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It comes after Trump posted about pop star Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. Kelce played for the Kansas City Chiefs on February 11 in a 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
On his Truth Social media platform, Trump said he helped Swift when he was president and said there was "no way" she would endorse President Joe Biden. He added: "Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can't stand me!"
Trump said: "I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn't do anything for Taylor, and never will."
So far, Swift has not endorsed any candidate in the 2024 presidential election but did endorse Biden in 2020 after the act was signed.
The Music Modernization Act, signed by Trump in 2018, allowed copyright law to be updated to deal with streaming.
The act "changes the way songwriters and music publishers are paid statutory mechanical royalties," according to the Library of Congress' website summary.
An attorney behind the act, Dina LaPolt, told Variety on February 11 that the notion in Trump's Truth Social post that he helped Swift by signing the act was "funny" to her.
"Trump did nothing on our legislation except sign it, and doesn't even know what the Music Modernization Act does. Someone should ask him what the bill actually accomplished," said LaPolt.
Newsweek has approached a spokesperson for Trump for comment via email.
In a statement on signing the act into law in 2018, Trump said: "I am pleased to sign this landmark legislation, which provides critical updates to copyright law to reflect the realities of music licensing in the digital age and to better reward artists and producers for the online use of their music."
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