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  "textContent": "Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were booed at the prestigious national theater the president has spent months running into the ground.\n\nWhile attending the opening night of _Chicago_ at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, Trump appeared to receive a mixed reaction from the audience.\n\nOne video posted by PatriotTakes on X showed Trump and Melania standing in the mezzanine at the Kennedy Center receiving some applause and some loud boos.\n\n> Trump getting booed at the Kennedy Center tonight pic.twitter.com/qNz9vnxNNm\n>\n> — PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 1, 2026\n\nIn a 31-second clip posted by Rapid Response 47, the boos are much less audible, until the last 10 seconds.\n\nCNN reported that Trump received a “warm reception” compared to when he attended the opening show of _Les Mis é_ _rables_ in June, when he was protested by drag performers.\n\nThe Daily Caller’s Reagan Reese wrote on X that there had been two warring factions in the audience. “President Trump enters the Kennedy Center to loud cheers. Some boos, but the crowd drowned them out with more cheers,” she wrote.\n\nEarlier this year, Trump announced that he planned to shutter the Kennedy Center for two years for “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”\n\nMany have speculated that the planned temporary closure is an attempt by Trump to save face after his takeover of the institution—including renaming it the “Trump-Kennedy Center”—led to a sharp decline in ticket sales and multiple artists canceling shows.",
  "title": "Trump Booed at Kennedy Center Despite His Attempts to Overhaul It"
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