President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he's wholly unconcerned that actors of the popular "Les Misérables" play were boycotting their performance due to his appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which he recently MAGAfied.
A reporter asked the president about reports that some actors may be boycotting the performance.
"I couldn't care less. Honestly, I could. All I do is run the country. Well, the economic numbers, you saw them today, they're setting records," said Trump.
The president then launched into an aside about the state of the economy and heated clashes between protesters and law enforcement agents in Los Angeles.
"We took $88 billion in tariffs in two months. Far beyond what anybody expected. There's no inflation. People are happy. People are wealthy. The country is getting back to strength again. That's what I care about. And we're going to have a safe country. We're not going to have what would have happened in Los Angeles, remember? If I wasn't there? If I didn’t act quickly on that, Los Angeles would be burning to the ground right now."
Later in the question-and-answer session, Trump insisted, "Tonight's going to be great."
When a reporter asked Trump if he'd seen the musical before and whether he identifies more as Jean Valjean or Inspector Javert, Trump pondered for a second.
"That's a tough one. That last part of that question, that's tough. I think you better — you better answer that one, honey," he said, directing the question to Melania Trump. "I don't know."
Trump dismissed the entire board of trustees for the Kennedy Center, including its long-serving chair. He then appointed himself as chairman in February, and installed Richard Grenell as interim executive director and later president.
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