{"id":5153,"date":"2025-06-16T09:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:17:20","slug":"trump-fires-back-at-celebrity-boycott-during-his-and-melanias-surprise-les-miserables-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/?p=5153","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires back at celebrity boycott during his and Melania\u2019s surprise \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 outing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"353\">In a surprise public appearance, former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump attended a performance of <em data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"237\">Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> in New York over the weekend\u2014sparking headlines not for the show itself, but for Trump&#8217;s pointed remarks afterward.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"628\">The couple\u2019s presence drew mixed reactions from the audience, with some cheers and a few scattered boos. But it was Trump\u2019s response to ongoing celebrity criticism and designer boycotts, particularly targeting Melania during their White House years, that grabbed attention.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"857\"><strong data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"675\">\u201cWe\u2019re not interested in their approval,\u201d<\/strong> Trump told reporters as they exited the venue. <strong data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"857\">\u201cMelania and I came to enjoy a great show\u2014not to seek validation from celebrities who never respected this country to begin with.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1082\">The outing came just days after renewed media buzz surrounding celebrities and designers who refused to work with the Trumps during their time in office\u2014a boycott that\u2019s recently resurfaced in interviews and retrospectives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1307\">Melania, as usual, remained composed and silent, dressed elegantly but modestly. Observers noted her presence seemed symbolic\u2014perhaps a subtle reminder that, despite the backlash, the Trumps remain unapologetically visible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1592\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The moment added fuel to the long-running feud between Trump and the entertainment elite, once again putting him at odds with a cultural class that\u2019s largely distanced itself from the former president. But for Trump, the message was clear: the show goes on\u2014with or without Hollywood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise public appearance, former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump attended a performance of Les Mis\u00e9rables in New York over the weekend\u2014sparking headlines not for the show itself, but for Trump&#8217;s pointed remarks afterward. The couple\u2019s presence drew mixed reactions from the audience, with some cheers and a few scattered &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5154,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}