The President and his wife Melania, accompanied by the V-P couple, were gretted with mixed boos and cheers last night on turning up for the musical Les Miserables.
Nothing much more to report, except this red-carpet comment from the Prez: ‘The new era here is going to be something. The bones of this facility are really incredible, we’re going to make it really great.’
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