Trump: Watching ‘Les Mis’ while crushing the protests


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Trump: Watching ‘Les Mis’ while crushing the protests

Donald Trump attends Les Misérables after a crackdown on protests, highlighting the irony of his watching a musical about defying tyranny while real-life dissent encounters repression on US streets. | Today’s Political Cartoon.

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Donald Trump, fresh from ordering a crackdown on protests, attended Les Misérables on Wednesday night with his wife, a show about resisting authoritarianism.

His clueless enthusiasm exposes the absurd disconnect between the musical’s revolutionary message and his anti-democratic agenda.

As citizens rise in song on stage, real-world dissent is met with force outside, in Los Angeles and other cities across the United States.

The irony of Trump watching a musical about defying tyranny while real-life dissent encounters repression on US streets.

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