Trump Allegedly Had ‘Music Man’ in White House Who Played Favorite Show Tunes When He Was on ‘Brink of Rage’

Trump was notorious for using the 'Cats' show tune "Memory" at his rallies, even the mid-pandemic ones, despite pushback from Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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An upcoming tell-all book penned by a former White House press secretary alleges that single-term POTUS Donald Trump was so taken with the Cats track “Memory” that he had an aide on standby to play it for him.

The book in question, titled I’ll Take Your Questions Now and featured in a New York Times report on Tuesday, comes from Stephanie Grisham. One of four people to hold the press secretary title under the Trump administration, Grisham said Trump’s “handlers” had picked an unnamed White House official—allegedly referred to as the “Music Man”—to be responsible for playing the former Apprentice host his “favorite show tunes,” with the aforementioned Cats cut among the selections.

This was done, according to the Times piece on the book, to pull Trump “from the brink of rage.” Also revealed in the book is that the so-called “Music Man” in question is Grisham’s former boyfriend, though she does not directly give his identity. However, the Times report states that the “Music Man” was Max Miller, who’s now making a Trump-aligned bid for office in Ohio.

Of course, Trump’s Cats fandom isn’t exactly a revelation, as the recently-sued-by-Capitol-police-officers Republican figure was known to use “Memory” at his rallies. In July of last year, as first reported by the New York Post, “Memory” composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s company Really Useful Group sent Trump’s 2020 campaign a cease-and-desist letter over his repeated use of the song. 

But at a mid-pandemic rally last October, Trump’s team used the song once again anyway. Less than a month later, Trump lost the election.

Last month, multiple U.S. Capitol Police officers filed suit against Trump in connection with the fatal Jan. 6 riot. Also named was Roger Stone, who’s known for his unsettling choice of back ink, as well as several extremist groups.

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