U.S President Donald Trump speaks at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Critics on social media dunked on President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace “vanity project” Thursday, laughing that the conclusion of the event to the tune of the Village People’s “YMCA” appeared to cap the moment with a final non-serious cherry.
“Nothing says America is a serious country, like YMCA playing at the closure of ‘Board of Peace’ meeting. Absolute clown show,” said one commenter on X, speaking of the Thursday meeting containing several nations with a history of human rights abuse, including the imprisonment or execution of gay men and women, or people of alternative religions.
“This Board of Peace thing was indistinguishable from a Celebrity Roast. Complete with YMCA walk-off,” said another critic on Blue Sky.
Other critics described using the song as classic Trump: “I guess if you've spent any time around Trump you have to know what this is because he only has like five f—— songs on his playlist,” complained another Blue Sky user.
Diplomats, heads of state, and businessmen from more than 40 countries made an appearance, but critics pointed out that “there were hardly any women and zero Palestinian delegates.” Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani is the only woman on the board. Meanwhile U.S. allies, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Pope Leo (A U.S. citizen and a former resident of Chicago) rejected Trump’s invite.
In between dozinging, Trump announced nounced he was sending $10 billion taxpayer dollars “to the Board of Peace,” despite the absence of Congressional approval to divert money from the federal budget.
The event was so emblematic of Trump, one Blue Sky commenter admitted, that he “was legit surprised [Trump] did not also walk on at the beginning [of the event] to Lee Greenwood's ‘God Bless the USA’”
“[The YMCA thing] was truly a great slapstick moment immediately after Trump talked about the respect and dignity of this jerkoff sesh,” remarked another.
“A British ex-royal arrested. A South Korean ex-president jailed for life. And meanwhile, here in the US, the felon-in-charge ‘dances’ to YMCA as he hobnobs with the crew of grifters he calls Board of Peace. Where is that giant asteroid when you need one?” howled another.