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YOU might think a man with the nuclear launch codes wouldn’t have the time to obsess over the summer season at a regional arts venue, but you would be wrong. In between falling out with Elon Musk, ordering the National Guard into Los Angeles and trying to destroy Harvard, Donald Trump has also been waging a literal culture war.
In February, he mounted his most successful coup to date, installing himself as the chair of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The president announced he would attend the opening night of Les Misérables there on 11 June, combining the evening with a fundraiser. Several members of the cast immediately pledged not to appear. (Perhaps Donald could step in to cover Javert? He can’t be worse than Russell Crowe.)