{"id":8185,"date":"2025-10-31T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:20:02","slug":"drama-erupts-as-donald-trump-attends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8185","title":{"rendered":"Drama erupts as Donald Trump attends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 Night Sparks Protests, Boos, and Viral Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Presidential Appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended&nbsp;<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>&nbsp;at the Kennedy Center on June 11,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just days before his 79th birthday. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it many times, it\u2019s one of my favorites,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said, per&nbsp;<em>Reuters.<\/em>&nbsp;His visit marked his first return since pledging to remove what he called \u201cwoke\u201d programming from the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Backstage Boycott and Protest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>CNN,<\/em>&nbsp;several cast members boycotted the performance in protest of Trump\u2019s attendance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while some audience seats were donated to drag performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to support the artists and bring attention to the drag ban,\u201d performer Tara Hoot told&nbsp;<em>NPR.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boos, Cheers, and Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During intermission, a woman shouted, \u201cFelon, you\u2019re a convicted felon!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>prompting mixed reactions of boos, cheers, and chants of \u201cU.S.A.!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump responded with a defiant fist pump \u2014 a gesture reminiscent of his campaign rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2219700754-1536x1086-1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17767\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viral Aftermath<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online, critics called the moment \u201cwildly ironic,\u201d noting the musical\u2019s theme of revolt against tyranny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a photo of Trump awkwardly clutching Melania\u2019s thumb went viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 Night Sparks Protests, Boos, and Viral Reactions A Presidential Appearance President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended&nbsp;Les Mis\u00e9rables&nbsp;at the Kennedy Center on June 11, just days before his 79th birthday. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it many times, it\u2019s one of my favorites,\u201d Trump said, per&nbsp;Reuters.&nbsp;His visit marked his first return since pledging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8187,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8185\/revisions\/8187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}