{"id":4640,"date":"2024-11-26T02:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2024-11-26T02:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:37:33","slug":"zach-sielers-viral-trump-dance-caps-dolphins-businesslike-victory-over-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4640","title":{"rendered":"Zach Sieler\u2019s Viral “Trump Dance” Caps Dolphins\u2019 Businesslike Victory Over Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"
After forcing a fumble by Drake Maye, Sieler broke into the once-and-future president’s homage to the Village People.<\/div>\n
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Zach Sieler, left, goes Trump on the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Sunday, November 24, 2024.<\/span>\u00a0CBS Sports screenshot<\/span><\/div>\n
The Miami Dolphins put on a businesslike show at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, dismantling the New England Patriots 34-15 for Miami’s third straight victory. The win moved Miami to 5-6 on the season\u00a0and kept the team’s name prominent featured in\u00a0g<\/a>raphics laying out postseason scenarios in the AFC.<\/p>\n

It also had the Dolphins on the lips of those who love talking about Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

While the game was all about Tua Tagovailoa’s command of the Dolphins’ offense as he racked up 317 yards in the air, including four touchdown passes, the moment that set social media ablaze came courtesy of veteran defensive lineman Zach Sieler.<\/p>\n

After forcing a\u00a0fumble by New England quarterback Drake Maye\u00a0late in the third quarter, Sieler broke out the “Trump Dance,” a viral celebration recently that has been gaining traction in the sports world in the wake of the soon-to-be 47th U.S. president’s own triumph earlier this month.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nAs with virtually anything remotely involving a red trucker hat, Trump world took notice, feting Sieler and teammates Calais Campbell and Emmanuel Ogbah, who quickly joined him in the distinctive awkward shimmy, adding their own flair to the impromptu routine.<\/p>\n

We have no idea whom Sieler voted for. But it should come as no surprise that he \u2014 the same man\u00a0who owns Clay Gully Outfitters, a sprawling 5,000-acre ranch\u00a0located 30 minutes from Lake Okeechobee where tourgoers can partake in\u00a0duck, wild turkey, and even iguana hunting \u2014 might lean toward the right. But after breaking out his version of the Trump Dance, a few larger red-hat accounts \u2014 including a Marjorie Taylor Greene parody account with 700,000-plus followers \u2014 made sure the rest of the world knew that just as it was on Election Day, Miami is now Trumpland.<\/p>\n