Les Mis premier: A lot of noise signfiying Trump. By Hal M. Brown
One thing is for certain. Donald Trump is no Jean Valjean. When asked whether he identified with Valjean, the exconvict who became a force for good in the world or police inspector, Inspector Javert, he couldn’t answer and instead told the reporter to ask Melania. (Perhap’s this could be a new quiz show: “Ask Melania.”)
This morning, shown below, are the featured articles on HUFFPOST with the opening page of their website on top:
The HUFFPOST headlines say it all about Dear Leader and Dear First Lady attending the Kennedy Center premier of the wildly popular musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s acclaimed novel Les Misérables. Throw in a story about J.D. Vance…
Here are the separate articles:
Trump Unironically Attends 'Les Misérables' As Protests Spread
Donald Trump Ducks ‘Les Misérables’ Character Question, Internet Brutally Answers It For Him
Trump's Cheers At 'Les Mis' Got Interrupted By A Whole Lotta Boos
'So Cringe': JD Vance's Theater Joke Falls 'Incredibly' Flat On Social Media
It is a side issue about Vance, but apparently the author of Hillbilly Elegy knows nothing about pop culture:
You can see in the photo (which HUFFPOST featured) that Melania is far better at hidng how she really feels under a pasted on smile than the supposed master performer and TV celebrity she married. You can click to enlarge the image below.
Here’s another photo, this is from Reuters:
It isn’t just the liberal HUFFPOST covering this story. Here’s the Google News search.
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What does all the brouhaha signify? In a way it signifies a great deal about Trump. On the other hand, to quote Shakespeare, it is merely ‘a tale told be an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing’…
What this one vignette in the tale of Trump tells us is that the country is being led by an idiot bent on becoming a dictator who is well on his way to destroying democracy using the vast military might at his beck and call to thwart any opposition.
He’s even going to have a parade on Saturday.
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Did the person asking the president that question really think he might have known the difference between Jean Valjean and Javert, or even who either was, or who Victor Hugo was?