President Donald Trump’s arrival at the Kennedy Center for the opening performance of “Les Misérables” received mixed reactions from the audience.
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend “Les Miserables” opening night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2025.
Kent Nishimura/Reuters
Videos circulating on social media show that while some attendees booed, their voices were quickly drowned out by cheers and chants of “USA,” from the president’s supporters.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to attend the opening night of “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2025.
Pool via ABC News
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to view opening night of “Les Miserables,” at the Kennedy Center, June 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
Alex Brandon/AP
There were also attendees dressed in drag. After overhauling leadership in February, Trump wrote on social media that there would be “NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA.”
Tara Hoot, Maria Con Carne, Ricky Rosé and Vagenesis walk to the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington to attend a performance of Les Miserables, that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also attending.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
Wednesday night was Trump’s first attendance at a performance at the Kennedy Center since he became its chairman and restructured the board. He toured the opera house earlier this year.
While walking the red carpet outside the Kennedy Center, the president was asked about actors in the show opting not to perform tonight. He said: “I couldn’t care less. All I do is run the country — well.”
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance arrive to attend the opening night of “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2025.
Pool via ABC News
-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow and Kelsey Walsh
