How “YMCA” became Donald Trump’s unlikely theme song
The Republican campaign’s embrace of the gay anthem shows just how much the party has been changed.
ByDonald Trump
Donald John Trump, born in 1946, was president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and is president-elect after beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. His first presidency was marked by drama and controversy. On 6 January 2021, supporters of Trump stormed Congress in an attempt to thwart the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election the previous November. Trump had spread false claims that he had in fact won the election and encouraged the crowd to march to the Capitol building. Find our latest news and comment here.
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Letter of the week: Democracy in chains
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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