“”I also noticed the black-robed activists and military officers didn’t do much.””
I believe it’s protocol for them NOT TO applaud or show any emotion. There was one officer (kind of baldish) who sat to the extreme right with the group of four who always had the look of “Huh? what’s he talking about?” Comical...
“”who sat to the extreme right with the group of four””
Have to correct that - saw a clip later and there were three in uniform in that picture so he was the third one on the right.