President Donald Trump fired back at a journalist who asked why the cast of Les Misrables gave him a boycott after stepping out of the Kennedy Centre Wednesday night with the support of the First Lady Melania Trump.
I just do not care. Trump said, I would not be honest. I only do run the country well.
Just prior to Wednesday evening premiere, it was reported that the Trumps, the Vice President, J.D. Vance, and his wife, Usha, would watch the legendary musical attended by several stand-ins.
A source with knowledge confirmed that to the Daily Mail, blasting that reporting as fake news on the part of CNN as soon as it was posted: “It was a fake news by CNN since the outset, all anonymous sources.”
Moreover, there were the threats that the president would be heckled and interrupted during the performance by drag queens. On passing the Kennedy centre, a troupe of drag queens had congregated a block so.
The Trumps eventually entered the theatre to cheer, applause and a USA chant, there were also some jeers.
In February, the president seized a historic move and ran the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts.
Just 19 days in to his second term, Trump announced that he would also replace the board of the Kennedy Centre (named after the late Democratic president) and make himself its chairman.
As at now, he has named Richard Grenell, the former acting Director of National Intelligence under Trump, the former executive director of the Kennedy Centre. Grenell is also a special mission envoy.
As the 2025-2026 line-up was already mostly composed of musicals (Chicago, Les Miserables and Moulin Rouge), Trump lauded Grenell already! Back to the Future: A musical, Mrs. Doubtfire and Monty Python: Spamalot.
Insecure actors, Grey s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes and musician, pianist Ben Folds were some of the celebrities and artists who cut their ties with the Kennedy Centre.
On the Kent Kennedy Centre, these were some of the LGBTQ programs that had to be moved due to the events concerning the WorldPride in this month.
Another performance that was cancelled by the Kennedy Centre was by the Gay Men Chorus of Washington, D.C. which was to take place during Pride Month.
In addition, the children musical based on LGBTQ, called Finn was cancelled.
Others drag queens demonstrated against changes that occurred on Wednesday night and were applauded into their seats in the theatre.
It is a new era and Trump said on the red carpet, where Grenell stood on the top, With this being something. Those are amazing bones of this facility and we are going to turn it around into a great one.
Last month at a dinner with the newly appointed members of the Kennedy Centre board, Trump criticised the appearance of the new enclave to the Kennedy centre.
The president cracked, “it is the last time that I will ever take a job without reading it.”
Another time Trump was on the red carpet and the newsman asked him what play he attended when he received his first theatre.
The president replied, well I would say maybe way back in ages, it might have been Cats.
Melania Trump answered that her first performance was the one in the play of the Phantom of the opera.
To the Daily Mail, Mrs. Trump has confessed that she is a Les Mis fan.
I am, I thank you.
And the president himself stated that he has seen this musical several times, which is set in the period of French Revolution.
I have witnessed it, we have witnessed it, several times, it is terrific. it was nearly our first choice. This is what we got and we are getting some others that are great that are coming, other great ones are coming, said Trump.
However, the president seemed annoyed when one of the reporters raised a question to him concerning who he related most to, Inspector Javert or the former convict Jean Valjean.
Laughing Trump replied: Oh that is a hard one, the latter part of that question, that is hard I think. You better tell me that one honey, I don†t know.
Melania Trump refused to comment.