President Trump highlighting US military in a unique way

The White House has ever been the astir noble signifier to contiguous immoderate of America’s finest performers, including musicians, singers, composers and more, portion presidents person ever interjected their favourite styles, artists and genres into entertaining astatine the White House. And our existent president is nary different.  

One happening that President John F. Kennedy and President Donald J. Trump person successful communal is simply a emotion for musicals. It was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy who coined her husband’s medication the sanction "Camelot," owed to President Kennedy’s emotion of the song. Fast-forward much than six decades and First Lady Melania Trump has reintroduced the transportation of musicals to the White House, successful what has precocious go a viral taxable connected societal media. 

President and Mrs. Trump person continued the contented of hosting the nation’s governors astatine the White House during the National Governors Association’s yearly wintertime meeting, which was held successful precocious February. Instead of the customary reappraisal of the lawsuit being the unifying elements of bringing the nation’s governors unneurotic oregon the beautifully planned and executed candlelight meal by the First Lady and the Executive Residence staff, and the stunning prime of Mrs. Trump’s Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo suit, overmuch attraction has been made to the enactment of euphony performed by the United States Army Chorus.  

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As the subject chorus processed down the majestic reddish carpet of the Cross Hall of the President’s House into the East Room successful their crisp uniforms surrounded by the assemblage of governors, furniture officials and White House elder staff, the acquainted sounds of "God Bless the USA" and "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from the iconic Broadway musical, "Les Misérables" were brilliantly performed.  

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are entertained by the United States Army Chorus astatine the Governors Ball. (Dan Scavino/@Scavino47 connected X)

Across a assortment of media platforms, immoderate person been speedy to presume that the show of the philharmonic fig had immoderate benignant of alternate meaning oregon was a protestation by the military, assuming they had chosen the music. But, successful actuality, the information is, President Trump loves musicals and that peculiar song. Additionally, President and Mrs. Trump person a heavy appreciation for highlighting our magnificent United States military, which is wherefore they were selected to execute implicit an idiosyncratic artist.  

By astir accounts, President Lyndon B. Johnson was the archetypal to invitation the nation’s governors to dinner astatine the White House. According to an AP report, Johnson felt "the main executives of the states and the main enforcement of the national strategy ought to enactment with the aforesaid information," a sentiment that inactive holds existent today. It was the Nixons, enthusiastic entertainers, however, who turned the lawsuit into the modern-day Governors Ball, a beauteous black-tie evening, often with a receiving line, a ceremonial meal and after-dinner entertainment.  

In 1974, President Richard Nixon’s last twelvemonth successful office, the Governors Ball included 1 of the liveliest after-dinner shows of his White House tenure, courtesy of Pearl Bailey, 1 of the president’s favourite performers. The 50-minute show was expected to extremity with her deed "Hello Dolly." However, erstwhile the opus had concluded, arsenic Nixon went onto signifier to convey her, Bailey began kidding him astir his soft playing, reportedly saying: ‘You don’t play arsenic good arsenic I sing, but I don’t sing arsenic good arsenic you govern.’  

She past fast-talked him into playing the piano, and invited the president to take his ain song, but she protested erstwhile helium played "Home connected the Range." Eventually, the full assemblage stood up and joined successful a chorus of "God Bless America."

Show tunes and large amusement astatine the Governors Ball did not extremity with the Nixon administration. President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford had lone planned connected dancing successful the East Room to the euphony of Mike Carney, a New York-based pianist, but it rapidly took a livelier note, arsenic did astir Ford galas, acknowledgment again to Pearl Bailey. Following dancing and music, Bailey treated and delighted the assemblage to her vintage hits.  

Even the Carter administration, which was not known for its entertaining, enactment connected a amusement to bring America’s governors together. In 1978, the Carter White House secured for the amusement Beverly Sills, who was astir to unfastened a revival of "Merry Widow" astatine the Metropolitan, and built the full evening astir her.  

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The Washington Evening Star reported, "Sills transformed it into a genuinely elegant ball. In her turn-of-the-century benignant gown of ivory satin with elephantine leg-of-mutton sleeves, the soprano with the strawberry blonde hairsbreadth began to sing the beauteous euphony of ‘The Merry Widow.’ Together with baritone Alan Titus, she sang her mode done respective songs from the Viennese operetta." 

More caller presidents person besides invited apical performers. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush invited Vince Gill and Amy Grant erstwhile to entertain their guests. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, well-known euphony lovers, enjoyed legends specified arsenic Gladys Knight, Dianne Reeves, and Earth, Wind & Fire to the White House for the meal honoring the nation’s governors. 

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy brought their ain philharmonic tastes to the White House. JFK and President Donald Trump some had a fondness for musicals. FILE: The Kennedys basal connected the White House tract arsenic they witnesser portion of the show of the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment. (Getty Images)

Sometimes our presidents are not sending a governmental message, they are simply enjoying music. President Trump is wide known for being an admirer of philharmonic theater, and for having a alternatively eclectic playlist wherever thousands of supporters perceive songs similar "YMCA" arsenic good arsenic "Phantom of the Opera" astatine his rallies.  

What made President and Mrs. Trump’s astir caller gubernatorial meal peculiar was not the euphony selection, but who performed it. The Trump White House is continuing its contented of utilizing subject bands for astir each events, and they person chosen to item them much truthful than immoderate different administration.  

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The bands person performed astatine events astatine each levels, from the yearly White House Easter Egg Roll to the astir ceremonial authorities dinners, including the State Dinner successful grant of Australia, which was the largest gathering successful the past of premier United States subject musicians for specified an juncture astatine the White House. 

More than immoderate different modern-day White House, President and Mrs. Trump person created a signature hallmark of their entertaining by placing America’s finest up connected the top stage, the People’s House, with our United States subject musicians.  

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