Opening night of “Les Misérables” was meant to celebrate the president’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. But he also was forced to encounter his critics.
President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, attending “Les Misérables” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Wednesday. Soon after taking office, the president appointed himself chairman of the center and restocked the board with loyalists.
The president and first lady are scheduled to attend the opening night of the musical, one of his favorites, after he seized control of the cultural institution.
Advance episodes of “Art of the Surge” offer a rare behind-the-scenes look at the adulatory environment in which Mr. Trump has moved since regaining power.
President-elect Donald J. Trump during the Army-Navy football game in December, with Senator John Thune to the left of him and Speaker Mike Johnson to the right. The documentary filmmaker Justin Wells can be seen in the background, holding up a mobile phone.
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