President Donald Trump said Tuesday in an address before Republican lawmakers that first lady Melania Trump is no fan of when he dances in public, calling it "not presidential."

"My wife hates when I do this," Trump said Tuesday at the Kennedy Center during an address at the House GOP Member Retreat. 

"She's a very classy person, right? She said, 'It's so unpresidential.' I said, ‘but I did become president.’ … She hates when I dance. I said, ‘Everybody wants me to dance.’"

'"Darling, it's not presidential," he continued of what the first lady tells him. 

Trump dancing became a hallmark of 2024 campaign rallies, with Trump routinely kicking off and ending public events by dancing, frequently while the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" or Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." blasted in the background. The signature dance typically includes Trump making a fist and shimmying his arms back and forth while pointing to people in the crowd. 

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The president has previously mentioned the first lady did not approve of his rally dancing, recounting to crowds of supporters in 2023 in Iowa that: "She said, ‘Darling, I love you, I love you, but this is not presidential. You don’t dance off the stage. This is not presidential.'"

Trump continued Tuesday that the first lady had pressed him that past presidents did not dance solo on political stages, pointing to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as an example of how presidents should conduct themselves. 

"She actually said, ‘Could you imagine FDR dancing,’" he continued. "She said that to me."

"And I said, 'There's a long history that perhaps she doesn't know because he was an elegant fellow, even as a Democrat."

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"He was quite elegant, but he wouldn't be doing this. But nor would too many others. But she said, ‘Darling, please, the weightlifting is terrible.' And I have to say this, the dancing, they really like," Trump said of supporters who enjoy his rally dance routines. 

"She said, 'They don't like it. They're just being nice to you,'" Trump recounted. 

"'I said, that's not right," he continued. 

Trump's comments on the first lady's dislike of his dancing came amid him impersonating weightlifters while discussing biological males competing against biological females. Trump has said in public before that Melania Trump does not approve of him imitating weightlifters, as well as dancing during political events. 

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Trump's address before the group of Republican lawmakers follows a historic and busy weekend, when he confirmed the U.S. military carried out a successful strike in Venezuela and captured the nation's dictatorial president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. 

The pair, as well as others entrenched in the regime, were charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy charges. The couple pleaded not guilty in a New York City court Monday and are being held in a prison in Brooklyn. 

Tuesday's event, however, is more focused on the party's agenda for the coming year, as lawmakers prepare for the wild midterm season that will pick up steam in the coming months. 

Trump capped off his address by clapping and dancing to the "Y.M.C.A." as he walked off stage.

Negotiations over security guarantees for Ukraine may be nearing a breakthrough. 

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said allied nations are close to locking in a framework that would pave the way for a peace deal with Russia during an appearance on "Fox & Friends First" as talks begin in Paris.

"What we should expect is really a finalization of a couple of agreements. One is the Coalition of the Willing, which is about 50 allied countries, many of them in NATO are going to agree to a certain security framework for Ukraine," he said Tuesday. 

"And so is the United States, both as part of that Coalition of Willing and separately."

This agreement could pave the way for a final peace deal with Russia. 

"We're really very far down the road. This is a great development, and we could be on the cusp of a peace deal," Whitaker added. "While we continue to pray for peace, we're also doing all the hard work to make sure we can sustain that peace."

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The United States will be represented by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be absent due to obligations related to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, a move Whitaker called "a big win for the United States of America and the security of the Western Hemisphere."

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Whitaker framed the operation as a piece of a broader deterrence strategy, saying it sends a clear message to U.S. foes.

"Any adversary of the United States should be concerned about what they saw," Whitaker said. 

"It demonstrated capabilities that no other country can execute. And at the same time, it demonstrates that the United States, when the president says something, when we draw a red line, that we're willing to enforce that with our power."

He pointed to Operation Midnight Hammer, a U.S. military strike carried out in June 2025, aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear program, as another instance of Trump backing up his words with action.

"That, to me, is what ensures peace through strength," Whitaker said.