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Trump campaign use of Y.M.C.A.

The use of the song Y.M.C.A. by the Trump campaign, its origins, and the controversy surrounding its adoption.

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Feb 1, 2026
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how did the song "YMCA" become a Trump campaign song

’s 1978 hit “Y.M.C.A.” became a campaign staple through a sequence of tactical uses at rallies, opportunistic licensing, and a public reversal by that turned earlier objections into commercial accepta...