After Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment in 2016, Trump supporters rebranded themselves “Les Déplorables”—a pun that became rally branding. Trump embraced it fully, appearing at a Miami event the following week with the slogan projected behind him. “Welcome to all of you deplorables,” he told the crowd.

President Donald Trump 's attendance at a performance of Les Miserables at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, during which he received cheers and boos from sections of the crowd, triggered a wave of jokes and memes on social media.

Vice President JD Vance has been skewered online for making a Sweeney Todd joke prior to attending a Les Misérables performance in Washington, DC on Wednesday night. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The president watched the musical's opening night at the Kennedy Center amid reports that some in the cast would boycott the performance.

Musical fans, you're in for a treat. Les Miserables The Arena Spectacular — a large-scale version of the acclaimed Les Miserables musical, which played over 200 performances in the West End — is coming to Singapore in March 2026,