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Washington Commanders tight finish Ben Sinnott has seemingly fallen sufferer to the “Trump dance curse.”

Last Sunday, Donald Trump turned the first sitting president since Jimmy Carter in 1978 to attend an NFL recreation during the common season because the Detroit Lions coasted to a 44-22 victory over the Commanders.

With just below seven minutes remaining within the lopsided contest, Sinnott reeled in a four-yard landing cross from quarterback Marcus Mariota to cut the deficit to 19, 41-22. Upon trotting into the tip zone, the 23-year-old spun the ball earlier than doing his best impression of the Trump dance — which the POTUS usually deployed at his marketing campaign rallies because the music ‘Y.M.C.A” played.

Less than one week after the now-viral touchdown celebration, Sinnott was downgraded to out with an ankle injury ahead of the Commanders’ worldwide recreation towards the Miami Dolphins in Madrid Spain.

Taking to social media, NFL followers couldn’t help however poke enjoyable on the timing of his health setback. “Did Don’s dance a little too much it seems,” one X consumer wrote, with one other including: “Trump dance curse.”

Over 10 video games this season, Sinnott has caught three receptions for 33 yards and a landing. Since being chosen by the Commanders with the No. 53 general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft, he’s amassed simply eight receptions.

Back in June, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn insinuated that Sinnott would take a main leap in his second 12 months on the skilled degree. “Ben Sinnott is one I thought had just a fantastic offseason and I’m seeing that come to fruition in this timeframe that he’s been going,” he stated. “So, seeing different guys into different spaces, it’s been good. But there’s quite a few actually, and it’s not all in the same way.”

Sinnott isn’t the only player who took a page out of Trump’s book last weekend. Following a nine-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter of the Lions’ win, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown similarly broke out the 79-year-old’s dance to celebrate.

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“I heard Trump was going to be at the game,” St. Brown told reporters in the locker room after the game. “I don’t know how many times the president’s going to be at the game, so just decided to have some fun.”

St. Brown’s touchdown celebration swiftly drew a fierce wave of backlash online, prompting the 26-year-old to apologize for unintentionally offending anyone. “First of all, if I offended anybody, I do apologize,” he defined on the ‘St. Brown Podcast.’ “I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just, we’re having fun. If any president was at that game and had a dance I would have done it. It had nothing to do with who the president was.

“We were just having fun, doing the dance. Nothing more, nothing less.”