The tuxedo-clad US president - accompanied by first lady Melania - promised a ‘golden era’ for America at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington
“Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again!”
When the rousing anthem of revolution filled the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night, Donald Trump may have had a Pavlovian response along the lines of “Get me Stephen Miller” or “Send in the marines”. We will never know.
The tuxedo-clad US president had stood on a red carpet, accompanied by first lady Melania in a long black dress, promising a “golden era” for America before attending the musical Les Misérables, which translates as The Miserable Ones or The Wretched.
The story of Les Mis is inspired by the June Rebellion, an 1832 insurrection by republicans against the authoritarianism of a newly established French king. No one is expecting a replay from Republicans in June 2025.
