Donald Trump hit a flat word Wednesday when pressed on “Les Misérables,” the musical he’s lengthy praised as one among his favorites.
Showing on the purple carpet forward of a efficiency of the present on the Kennedy Middle — the sometimes bipartisan establishment which Trump has purged and controversially made himself chair — the president was requested by a reporter: “Have you ever seen the musical earlier than and do you determine extra with Jean Valjean or Javert?”
Valjean, the heroic protagonist, seeks redemption after 19 years in jail for stealing bread. Police inspector Javert, in the meantime, is totally obsessive about regulation, order and punishment.
Trump dodged the query.
“That’s a troublesome one. The final a part of that query, that’s robust, I feel,” he mentioned, earlier than turning to his spouse, first woman Melania Trump, and saying: “You higher reply that one, honey.”
“I don’t know,” he added. “I’ve seen it, we’ve seen it plenty of occasions. It’s improbable. I assumed it was nearly our first alternative. That’s why we obtained, and we’ve got others coming — different nice ones are coming.”
Trump’s reply — or lack of 1 — rapidly drew mockery on social media.
Some critics in contrast it to when Trump dodged a query about his favourite Bible verse. Others requested if he truly knew the “Les Mis” story, which facilities on an anti-government rebellion, in any respect.
Many prompt he positively recognized as Javert.