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in which he recalled how he’d initially asked Trump to stop playing “YMCA” after receiving more than 1,000 complaints from fans.The president-elect’s team purportedly obtained a license to use “YMCA” on the campaign trail, however, so Trump continued to play it.
That change of heart also came, he noted, after witnessing the “benefits” of the president-elect’s embrace of “YMCA” firsthand.“Y.M.C.A. has benefited greatly from use by the President Elect,” Willis wrote. “For example, Y.M.C.A. was stuck at #2 on the Billboard chart prior to the President Elect’s use. However, the song finally made it to #1 on a Billboard chart after over 45 years due to the President Elect’s use.
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