Leftist Maduro regularly appeared on stage dancing to a techno remix of his mantra “No War, Yes Peace” as US forces massed in the Caribbean in late 2025.
Trump is known for dancing to the disco song Y.M.C.A. at his rallies.
But while Trump hailed the “brilliant” US special forces raid that seized Maduro and his wife on Saturday, most of the speech was about firing the starting gun on the crucial 2026 US midterms.
The 79-year-old returned to the theme of his dancing, and other moves, as he ran through a list of his policy priorities before November’s crucial election to decide who holds Congress.
‘So unpresidential’
While discussing his administration’s banning of transgender women from women’s and girls’ sports, Trump performed an exaggerated imitation of what he said was a trans weightlifter.
“My wife hates when I do this,” Trump said. “She said, ‘it’s so unpresidential’.”
Trump added that “she hates it when I dance,” adding: “Could you imagine FDR dancing?”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was in office from 1933 until 1945, was paralysed from the waist down by polio in 1921.
Trump also referred to the fact that his speech was on the fifth anniversary of the US Capitol attack by supporters irate at what he still falsely calls his “rigged” election loss to Joe Biden in 2020.
He was impeached for the second time over the riot – and warned Republicans that the same thing could happen if they do not win this year’s midterm elections.
“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win ... I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” he said, referring to rival Democrats.
Trump pardoned nearly 1600 January 6 rioters on his first day back in office on January 20, 2025.
With the parties of incumbent presidents often taking a beating in midterms, Trump urged Republicans to focus on issues like healthcare and the cost of living.
Polls have shown that US voters are still concerned about the affordability of basic goods, despite Trump’s claims that the economy is doing well.
“I wish you could explain to me what the hell’s going on with the mind of the public. Because we have the right policy,” Trump told the Republican lawmakers.
-Agence France-Presse
