The President-elect is a longtime fan of Village People’s enduring 1978 hit, “Y.M.C.A.,” which has long been synonymous with gay pride. Trump has frequently played and danced to the song at ...

He was with the group for eight years, with about five of those years doing the actual Village People performances and the other years a bit stilted as the band muddled through legal drama.

Becoming a village was not a big deal, because, well, Syracuse was not a big deal at the time. Its population hovered between 400-600 people, less than Watertown, Auburn and Geneva back then.