{"id":2394311,"date":"2025-01-23T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sergeant-overwhelmed-with-joy-during-inaugural-dance-with-melania-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:39:27","slug":"us-sergeant-overwhelmed-with-joy-during-inaugural-dance-with-melania-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sergeant-overwhelmed-with-joy-during-inaugural-dance-with-melania-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US sergeant \u2018overwhelmed with joy\u2019 during inaugural dance with Melania Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-sergeant-overwhelmed-with-joy-during-inaugural-dance-with-melania-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During the inaugural celebrations\u200c for President Donald Trump, U.S. Sgt. Henry Waller expressed overwhelming joy\u2063 while dancing with First \u2062Lady Melania Trump at the Commander in Chief Ball.\u2064 This event\u200d was one of \u200bseveral memorable moments captured that night. Waller, a member \u2064of the Honor Guard,\u2064 interacted with Melania, asking\u200d her about her evening, which led to\u200d a light-hearted exchange. The article highlights the joy and\u2064 excitement surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-misstatement-says-it-all-no-peaceful-transfer-of-power-if-trump-wins\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden&#039;s Misstatement Says It All - No Peaceful Transfer of Power if Trump Wins\">inauguration events<\/a>, showcasing the importance of\u2064 such interactions between military personnel and the first family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US sergeant &lsquo;overwhelmed with joy&rsquo; during inaugural dance with Melania Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1945954\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Sgt. Henry Waller was &ldquo;overwhelmed with joy&rdquo; as he danced with first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Melania Trump<\/a> during Monday night&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inaugural<\/a> celebrations, one of several viral moments captured on the day President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> returned to the Oval Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The nation&rsquo;s first couple swapped dancing partners at the Commander in Chief Ball on Monday. Waller, an Honor Guard member who gave the first lady a spin onstage, recalled how he asked her how her night was going, to which she said it was going &ldquo;good&rdquo; and proceeded to ask how his evening was, prompting him to answer it was &ldquo;fantastic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First lady Melania Trump dances with a service member at the Commander in Chief Ball, part of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3295559\/trump-inauguration-offended-worst-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP&rsquo;S INAUGURATION OFFENDED ALL OF THE WORST PEOPLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I walked out onstage, I was trying to contain my composure, but we were told that it&rsquo;s not ceremonial composure,&rdquo; Waller told <em>Inside Edition<\/em>. &ldquo;We can smile if we want to, and I was just overwhelmed with joy being out on the stage with all those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-carrying-trump-2024-flag-at-trump-rink-tackled-to-the-ice\/\" title=\"Man Carrying Trump 2024 Flag At Trump Rink Tackled To The Ice\">people cheering<\/a> for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdWROaV4CNg?si=CZO5hc5ktT4beg6u\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Waller was also asked how good of a dancer the first lady was, and he responded that she was &ldquo;a really good dancer.&rdquo; He added that he did not rehearse much for the dance, as he only danced &ldquo;back home with my wife.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the president danced at the ball with Sgt. Tatiana Saldana of the U.S. Space Force. Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> and his wife, Usha Vance, also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">exchanged dancing partners<\/a> at the ball. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> danced with U.S. Staff Sgt. Lexus Martinez, who reflected how she was &ldquo;very nervous&rdquo; and joked that he was a better dancer than her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the Liberty Ball during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I was so nervous. I probably looked like I had two left feet,&rdquo; Martinez said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martinez&rsquo;s boyfriend, who was in the audience at the ball, recorded her dancing with the vice president while shouting, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s my girlfriend!&rdquo; During the dance,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/23\/us-news\/ny-marine-lexus-martinez-who-danced-with-vp-jd-vance-at-commander-in-chief-ball-reveals-joke-he-told-to-break-the-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> the vice president told Martinez that he hoped he would not step on her feet<\/a>, to which she joked, &ldquo;I hope you teach me how to dance up there,&rdquo; prompting the two to both laugh.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s inaugural celebrations featured performances from multiple musicians,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3295239\/jason-aldean-applauds-pro-trump-celebrities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> including country singer Jason Aldean<\/a>. The musician, who performed at the Liberty Ball and is one of the few celebrities who has supported Trump, said it was &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlamagne-tha-god-worries-harris-doesnt-like-to-explain-herself-needs-to-answer-questions-from-black-people-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Charlamagne tha God worries Harris \u2018doesn\u2019t like\u2019 to explain herself: \u2018Needs to answer questions from black people\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">good thing&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to see celebrities who were previously silent show up to celebrate Trump&rsquo;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1945954\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1945954\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US sergeant &#8216;overjoyed&#8217; dancing with Melania Trump at inauguration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2394312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melanias-dance-with-Henry-Waller-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49084,32423,49085,49083,32076],"class_list":["post-2394311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-inaugural-dance","tag-melania-trump","tag-overwhelmed-with-joy","tag-us-sergeant","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melanias-dance-with-Henry-Waller-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394315,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394311\/revisions\/2394315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}