Kennedy Center to close this July

[senseandsensibility]

Trump just posted that he will be closing the Kennedy Center along with a lot of BS about construction. It will be closed for an "approximate" two-year period of time.

As Ron Filipkowski put it I guess we're supposed to believe that this has nothing to do with virtually all the artists canceling on him. And as Ron reminds us, everything trump touches dies.

[Bettie]

1. Are they tearing that down too?

So that he can build some sort of monument to himself?

[senseandsensibility]

2. "renovating" it

It probably involves a lot of gold paint.

[Hope22]

30. I thought they already renovated it!

He has to be the laziest person ever born. Easier to shutter the thing.

[bobalew]

67. Every renovation. & vanity project is

a grift & shakedown opportunity to take a "CUT"...Apply that to everything including pardons......

[GoodRaisin]

6. Exactly. Krasnov is trying to build as many structures that he can slap his name on

as he can, before he croaks. All using taxpayer money.

[vapor2]

8. That's what I said, either tearing it down or adding gold crap

[Zelda_Orchid]

23. Already has plans drawn up

[ShazzieB]

28. What is this?

[generalbetrayus]

33. It looks like something out of "The Man in the High Castle".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)

[Celerity]

38. The Volkshalle (planned for Berlin/Germania, but never built)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkshalle

The Volkshalle (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌhalə], "People's Hall" ), also called Große Halle ([ˌɡʁoːsə ˈhalə], "Great Hall" ) or Ruhmeshalle ([ˈʁuːməsˌhalə], "Hall of Glory" ), was a proposal for a monumental, domed building to be built in a reconstituted Berlin (renamed as Germania) in Nazi Germany. The project was conceived by Adolf Hitler and designed by his architect Albert Speer. No part of the building was ever constructed.

The word Volk had a particular resonance in Nazi thinking. The term völkisch movement, which can be translated to English as "the people's movement" or "the folkish movement", derives from Volk but also implies a particularly racial undertone. Before the First World War, völkisch thought had developed an attitude to the arts as the German Volk; that is, from an organically linked Aryan or Nordic community (Volksgemeinschaft), racially unpolluted and with its roots in the German soil of the Heimat (homeland).

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[ShazzieB]

49. Very interesting!

I figured there was a story behind that photo. Thanks for filling me in.

[calimary]

59. From a distance, that third photo has a face in it.

In the center arch. With what looks like squinting eyes and a long white mustache hanging down to the floor immediately below it.

[Rebl2]

32. Wouldn't

be surprised. He probably wants to build a bigger, better Trump Kennedy center😠

[Ol Janx Spirit]

69. Except that the new center will drop the Kennedy name....

It's as much about that as it is anything else IMO....

[Lonestarblue]

65. My thought exactly.

[Takket]

3. is there any chance that some groups can sue to stop the renovations?

on Historical preservation grounds?

or some laws about managing the center?

the lawsuit could pretty much just be bullshit, just needs last long enough to keep drumpf tied up until a blue congress can strip his funding.

[niyad]

46. Ummmm, does "East Wing" ring a bell?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Everything Americans respected and valued must be destroyed.

Destroy everything good and decent about our country.

[ananda]

25. I think it's the way his narcissism works.

He can't allow anything he's not associated
with to be good in any way.

This is destructive in itself, but his enablers
make it exponentially worse.

I don't see how this kind of destruction can
last much longer, but I guess I've thought
that before, so ....

[Irish_Dem]

50. Yes, narcissists cannot stand it when others get praise, admiration, respect.

All of that should be going to them because they are so special.

So they will destroy good decent people, events, history, etc.

I also believe Trump works for our enemies.
And they have a vested interest in making the US a third world country.
Nothing to admire or respect about our country.

[ananda]

51. TwoTrumps

I can agree that his foreign policy is aligned with
Putin and other autocrats.

Domestically, however, I think he is driven by
his malignant narcissism.

He wants to completely destroy everything and
evyerybody that shows him up for the loser he is.

He tolerates certain people, organizations, and
groups who support him, grovel to him, and
give him money... but actually respects nothing
but his own desire to be seen as better than
everything and everyone.

[Irish_Dem]

52. Yes this is why Trump is the perfect agent of destruction.

He follows orders for cash. Ruins the economy, destroys the democratic alliance.
Turns our allies into enemies, etc etc.

In addition, he destroys everything for personal pleasure as well.
Even the people who kiss his ass, he hates.
He doesn't respect them and never will.
He will destroy them on a whim or if it profits him in some way.

He will destroy everything for fun, profit, power.
He is a true sadist, hurting others turns him on.

[jmbar2]

5. Bwahahaha - ETTD

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. He killed off a great institution

[tanyev]

9. Two years? I guess it takes a long time to carve all those marble armrests.

😒

[BlueNProud]

10. Where's my fucking DOGE check?

[flvegan]

11. Took him a month. He couldn't bankrupt his own casinos that fast. n/t

[SheilaAnn]

12. Doesn't the Kennedy family have a say in this? trump is such a ridiculous person. Ugh. n/t

[maxsolomon]

55. Probably not.

It's run by the board, which he's stacked.

[calimary]

58. They could at least go public with their condemnation.

It sure would be nice to see SOME person or persons with national clout and connections start standing up to him.

SOMEBODY has to.

[maxsolomon]

61. Maria Shriver did already.

I presume more of the Kennedy Clan will, too.

[calimary]

63. As many as possible, one might hope.

[twodogsbarking]

13. One night showing "Melaaaaaaaniaaaaah" and the place is closing. Hmm......

[AverageOldGuy]

14. I saw something few weeks ago

About Trump wanting to replace the wooden armrests on the seats with marble armrests. As I recall the article I read had a pic of the marble armrests

[SunSeeker]

16. Marble is cold, like Melania.

There is a reason we don't make chairs out of marble.

[niyad]

17. MARBLE armrests??? WTAF????

[SunSeeker]

19. I'll make you feel like you're sitting on Trump's White House toilet!

[tanyev]

39. Nuthin' says warm and cozy like a marble armrest.

[FakeNoose]

22. Oh my God! That's insane...

I'd rather see the Kennedy Center demolished, than to have it ruined by Chump.
We can always rebuild it later after he's gone. He's such a complete asshole.

[mysteryowl]

15. Who is paying for it?

[niyad]

18. WE ARE

[mysteryowl]

20. Hmmm...I don't remember that we approved it. (congress)

[niyad]

41. WE have not approved anything, but the godemperor of the uiverse

does as he wishes.

[mysteryowl]

47. I think we hate him more and more everyday.

At a protest on Saturday, a woman asked me, "What do you think we will do when he dies?"
I said, one big party in the streets!!

[niyad]

48. Every day, he does something evil, disgusting, and horrible.

[DET]

21. 'Renovating' aka Demolishing

Expect wrecking balls. My guess is he’ll be paying homage to his favorite entertainment - UFC. Can’t you just imagine a big, beautiful shrine to the great sport of knocking people out.

[Escape]

24. Everything he touches...dies..

Donald Trump is America's Cancer.

[Starbeach]

26. Metaststic

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. ETTD

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

[Billsdaughter]

29. And HER!!!!

Never forget what she did to our beloved Rose Garden which is now concrete.

[CaptainTruth]

31. Fine. He'll no longer defile it. Democrats can re-open it.

[niyad]

42. You missed the part about two years for the "renovations"?? You

know, like the marble armrests???

[edhopper]

34. Does he have the authority

To do this?
He asks knowing it doesn't matter.

[niyad]

43. Of course he does-- he said so.

[COL Mustard]

35. I'm sure it will be beautifully and tastefully restored

And by that I mean I'm sure it'll be the gaudiest, tackiest thing imaginable. And I have quite an imagination for tackiness.

[LNM]

36. Good

Better that than a venue for his loser sycophants.

[niyad]

44. He is closing it for "renovations"-- two years' worth.

[Wiz Imp]

37. It does not need renovating

It was just renovated and expanded in 2019. This is because they can no longer book anyone to perform there.

[senseandsensibility]

57. I just saw a post about that on bluesky

Makes the story even worse. But we knew that it had nothing to do with renovations. Apparently there were going to be no acts to publicize in the 2026 year after July because of all the cancellations. So it's a face saving thing. Doesn't mean he won't ruin it though.

[oberle]

40. He'll probably put up those damn

medallions from Home Depot, spray painted gold, all over the place.

[niyad]

45. And don't forget the marble armrests.

[eShirl]

53. he's going to class it up to match the Whites House

[Joinfortmill]

54. Someday, after the full fumigation is complete, it will reopen.

[senseandsensibility]

56. And according to Julian Sanchez on bluesky

the KC was just renovated a few years ago in 2019.

[Martin68]

60. Covering their embarrassment about cancelled performances and low falling attendance and memberships.

Sticking it to the libs. Poking Democrats in the eye with the desecration of the nation's memorial to JFK.

[Javaman]

62. it will be renamed the trump gold lame' center

with the Kennedy part in teeny tiny letters underneath if at all.

it will be the US's first permanent cage match colesium in gold and marble

[calimary]

64. All the more reason to knock it all down as soon as he's gone.

And rebuild it the way it was before he got his grubby paws on it.

[Hassler]

66. Finally, we get those marble armrests we don't want.

[11 Bravo]

68. How long will it take Lard Ass to have the Kennedy Center looking like a cheap bordello?