Melania Trump was a first lady in a few words as she walked the red carpet with her husband Donald in downtown Kennedy on Wednesday night – and even then he managed to cut her off.
Melania was out on a rare night with the president to see the musical based on revolution and oppression Unhappy In the recently Kennedy Tissue Center.
Trump is installed as chairman of the Kennedy Center in February, promising to remove all “awakened” productions from Washington’s emblematic site.
Donald and Melania Trump arrived in downtown Kennedy on Wednesday night. / Earn McNamee / Getty Images
During a 10-minute interview for a red carpet on Wednesday, Trump was asked to recall the first theatrical production that everyone saw.
“Ooh, it was a long time ago,” the president said. “I would say it may have been CatsS “
At that time, Melania was asked to recall the first theatrical production she saw. She replied: “Phantom of Opera,“Without expanding in your answer.
She raised her number of words when he asked him if she was a fan of Unhappy: “I am, I am,” she replied, before Trump cuts off. Trump replied again instead of his wife. “I think so,” Trump said, while Melania said the word “no” in response.
Trump is confronted by the media in the center of Kennedy. / Kent Nishimura / Reuters
Melania remained smiling and silent during the appearance of the red carpet at the premiere of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday. Her husband was questioned about who Unhappy The main character he identifies with more – Jean Valjan or Inspector Gaverd?
Jean Valjan is a former convicted, spending a lifetime searching for redemption and struggle for the poor and needy, Javer is a strict cop, decided to impose the brutal penal codes of France.
The president, clearly thrown, stopped, saying, “This is difficult, the last part of this issue, which is difficult.”
He then diverted to his wife, noting, “I think it is better to answer that a honey I don’t know …”
Melania remained silent.
“I’ve seen it, we’ve seen it several times,” the president said Unhappy“It’s fantastic. Other (in the center of Kennedy) are coming, other great ones come.”
Trump were greeted with a bus from the Kennedy Center audience as they sat down. Cheers can also be heard before the production begins.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham claims in her book in 2021 that during his first term, Trump has a “music man” who will miss her favorite tune shows on demand as a tactic to manage anger.
They included “memory” of Cats and “music of the night” from Phantom of the opera Soundtrack. Trump has played both songs at his rallies, choosing to pump the table of Magic with dramatic theater classics.
“Do you hear people sing?” from Unhappy He also joined the Trump Rally Playlist in 2016. The song is a cry for a revolution against the forces that must save the depressed. The creators of the musical expressed their anger that Trump was using the song of a political rally.
Trump regularly boasts to receive a personal letter from Andrew Lloyd Weber, who invites him to opening New York to Phantom of the opera In 1988
The first lady of the United States Melania Trump is a fan of the theater, obviously. / Kent Nishimura / Reuters
Unexual theater lover, Trump said earlier that he saw Evita of Broadway six times with ex -wife Ivana and his review of Phantom of the opera It was “great”.
The Kennedy Center saw a number of boycotts after the ingestion of Trump Maga. The musician Ben Folds left the center of Kennedy after Trump entered the board. In March, he told CBS News that he had never witnessed political intervention in the arts on this scale because of Trump’s “authoritarian instinct”.
“Let’s say I’m going into an artist who has different views from the president,” Falls said. “Do they feel safe to be alone? Do they feel safe, saying what they believe in? They are not political shows, but you can express what you would like.”
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