JEERS TO YOU

Trump Greeted With Loud Boos in Kennedy Center Humiliation

The audience wasn’t so happy to see the Trumps.

Donald and Melania Trump were booed during an appearance at the Kennedy Center.

The president, 79, and first lady, 55, were attending the premiere of the musical Chicago on Tuesday night.

Video posted by the Daily Caller shows the pair appearing at the venue and being greeted with a mixture of applause and jeers after their presence in the audience was noticed.

Video posted by CBS reporter Aaron Navarro also captured the president and first lady receiving a mixed response, noting, “Reaction (mainly cheers) to President Trump inside the Kennedy Center tonight.” Loud boos could still be heard in the crowd.

The White House’s Rapid Response X account also shared video from the event, although the boos were less evident in the footage.

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Prior to arriving at the venue, Melania posted a slow-motion video of herself wearing a fringed white dress that embodied the 1920s flapper culture of Chicago, and its lead characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly.

The musical explores themes including celebrity criminals, corruption, and greed. The storyline centers on a slick lawyer who turns crime into fame.

It is the couple’s first public appearance since they appeared together at the premiere of the flop documentary Melania in January at the Kennedy Center.

Some members of the Chicago audience were unaware President Trump was in attendance. The Independent reports others received a voicemail or email telling them a “special guest” was going to be there.

The publication quoted Bobi Jo Swartz, an EMT and paramedic firefighter from West Virginia, who said she was “definitely shocked” when she saw heightened security at the venue, including bomb-sniffing dogs inspecting vehicles.

“I love it,” Swartz said. ”I’m glad that he’s a part of it.”

Trump’s last visit to the venue to see a theatre show, his favorite Les Misérables last year, also saw him receive a mixture of boos and cheers.

The president received backlash after he insisted his name be added to the outside of the Kennedy Center.

His handpicked board voted on Dec. 18 to add the president’s name to the building, despite having zero legal authority to do so.

That led to a string of musicians and performers boycotting the once-prestigious arts venue, which is now scheduled to shut down on July 4 for a two-year renovation.

This week, Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty filed a motion at D.C. District Court insisting that Congress intended for there to be no room for modification when it named the Kennedy Center after the slain President John F. Kennedy.

Trump previously discussed his plans to spend “around $200 million” on renovating the Kennedy Center after its closure. “It’s in very bad shape, it’s rundown, it’s dilapidated,” he said in the White House last month.

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

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