Drama erupts as Donald Trump attends ‘Les Misérables’
Security was on her in seconds, escorting her out as stunned audience members looked on.
Fist pumping
That expletive sparked a wave of wild applause and cheering.
Just moments later, counter-shouts of “We love you!” echoed back, followed by a fresh round of boos, and then “U.S.A! U.S.A!”
Trump responded in full campaign-rally mode, pumping his fist in the air three times. The gesture was unmistakable, mirroring the now-famous fist-raising moment he made after surviving an assassination attempt last year in Pennsylvania, when he defiantly yelled to the crowd: “Fight, fight, fight.”
‘Wildly ironic’
Videos of the couple being met with boos – and some applause – quickly went viral online with many netizens commenting that it’s “wildly ironic” that Trump was seeing “Les Misérables” “while he sends troops to attack protesters.”
His appearance at the megamusical – that tells the story of disenfranchised people rising up against their government in 19th-century France – comes just as Trump was sending the National Guard into Los Angeles to quell escalating anti-deportation protests.
“Someone explain the plot to him,” democratic California governor Gavin Newsom quipped on X, alongside a news clip with the headline: “Trump attends ‘Les Misérables’ premiere as protests persist across the country.”
