A president who sends the army against protesters, in front of a show that celebrates a popular uprising against a despot. Donald Trump attended this musical comedy this Wednesday, June 11, June 11 The miserableInspired by Victor Hugo’s novel.
Planned for a long time, the cultural excursion has acquired a particular relief when the city of Los Angeles is shaken by important demonstrations against the migration policy of the US President.
Hoots and applause
Committed to a remote roundabout with California Democratic governor, Donald Trump sent federal troops to restore the order … without asking for his opinion.
“We are going to have a security country, we will not have what would have happened in Los Angeles … if it had not been there (…) Los Angeles would have left smoke,” he threw to the press before the show, although the local authorities of California would make sure that the situation was under control.
The US president arrived at a tuxedo on the red carpet of the Kennedy center, the prestigious Washington Performance Hall, along with the first lady Melania Trump, whose public appearances are rare.
He arrived at his shelter, the presidential couple was received by a noisy mixture of applause, uulos and whistles of the public already installed in red armchairs.
Call for a popular uprising
The musical of Miserable Take spectators in the barricades in Paris during the brief insurrection of June 1832 against the monarchy, repressed in the blood by the Army and the National Guard.
The most famous song of the musical, created in France in 1980 and then became a global phenomenon after its adaptation to Broadway, is a call for popular survey, which is called in English. Do you listen to people? (In the French version, The will of the people). Donald Trump had played it before announcing, on November 15, 2022, which was presented again in the presidential elections.
On the red carpet, the US president did not respond to a journalist who asked him if he preferred Jean Valjean’s character, condemned to have stolen a bread miche to feed his family, or Inspector Javert, who is looking for him throughout history.
“This is a difficult question (…) I don’t know. It is better to answer it,” he replied, returning to his wife Melania.
Drag Queens
The night at the Kennedy center also illustrated the will of the Republican to affirm his control over the world of culture. The president recently took the reins of this performance room, where he installed a direction made of faithful, responsible for printing a resolutely antiprogressive inflection point in programming. His vice president, JD Vance, had also hooked for this reason at the Kennedy center when he attended a classical music concert last March.
Asked by the press about the boycott of a part of the actors due to their presence, Donald Trump replied: “I don’t care. Frankly. All I do is manage the country well.”
Committed to an ultra conservative crusade against what he calls “anti -American propaganda” in art, but also in research and history, the president had established the “drag queens shows aimed specifically at our youth.” “He will stop,” he promised.
Like a standing tip for the billionaire, four Drag Queens took place on Wednesday night in the room, under the applause of a large part of the public.
Wednesday’s program is not an ordinary representation: the musical occurs as part of a fundraising night, aimed at decorating the funds of the institution. According to the Washington Post, it costs two million dollars to participate in a reception and take a photo with Donald Trump, in addition to attending the show in a box.
Source: BFM TV
