President Trump was booed late Wednesday on the Kennedy Middle’s glitzy opening evening efficiency of “Les Miserables,” though he additionally obtained some cheers.
As they took their seats, the president and First Girl Melania Trump acquired the combined response from the viewers, a few of whom wished to make their emotions identified about his effort to reshape the performing arts establishment to swimsuit his his right-wing politics.
Close to the tip of the intermission, an viewers member loudly cursed Trump’s title, an outburst that drew applause from the packed home.
A number of drag queens attended in protest in opposition to Trump’s complaints that the Kennedy Middle had hosted too many reveals that includes cross-dressing previously.
President Donald Trump and First Girl Melania Trump arrive on the Kennedy Middle within the presidential limousine for the opening efficiency of “Les Misérables” on the theater on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Kevin Carter/Getty Pictures)
Trump shrugged off any controversy as he walked in on the crimson carpet with the primary woman.
“We want to bring it back, and we want to bring it back better than ever,” Trump mentioned.
A number of different MAGA loyalists attended the present together with Vice President JD Vance and his spouse, Usha. together with Legal professional Common Pam Bondi, Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist who generally advises Trump.
For Trump’s critics, “Les Mis,” which is about amid revolutionary nineteenth century France, is a tone deaf selection given his right-wing insurance policies and the tumult on the streets of Los Angeles, the place Trump has deployed troops to quell protests over his anti-immigration insurance policies.
President Donald Trump and First Girl Melania Trump arrive on the Kennedy Middle on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
Since returning to the White Home in January, Trump shocked the humanities world by firing the Kennedy Middle’s longtime director and board and changing them with loyalists, who then named him as chairman.
