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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKennedy Center to close this July
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
(20,084 posts)So that he can build some sort of monument to himself?
senseandsensibility
(26,237 posts)It probably involves a lot of gold paint.
Hope22
(4,989 posts)He has to be the laziest person ever born. Easier to shutter the thing.
bobalew
(509 posts)a grift & shakedown opportunity to take a "CUT"...Apply that to everything including pardons......
GoodRaisin
(11,239 posts)as he can, before he croaks. All using taxpayer money.
vapor2
(5,244 posts)Zelda_Orchid
(128 posts)
ShazzieB
(23,163 posts)generalbetrayus
(2,119 posts)Celerity
(55,635 posts)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
(23,163 posts)I figured there was a story behind that photo. Thanks for filling me in.
calimary
(91,731 posts)In the center arch. With what looks like squinting eyes and a long white mustache hanging down to the floor immediately below it.
be surprised. He probably wants to build a bigger, better Trump Kennedy center😠
Ol Janx Spirit
(1,164 posts)It's as much about that as it is anything else IMO....
Lonestarblue
(13,689 posts)Takket
(23,896 posts)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
(135,904 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,786 posts)Destroy everything good and decent about our country.
ananda
(35,960 posts)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
(82,786 posts)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
(35,960 posts)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
(82,786 posts)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
(8,311 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,675 posts)tanyev
(50,045 posts)😒
BlueNProud
(1,111 posts)flvegan
(66,771 posts)SheilaAnn
(10,832 posts)maxsolomon
(39,561 posts)It's run by the board, which he's stacked.
calimary
(91,731 posts)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
(39,561 posts)I presume more of the Kennedy Clan will, too.
calimary
(91,731 posts)twodogsbarking
(20,085 posts)AverageOldGuy
(4,437 posts)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
(58,467 posts)There is a reason we don't make chairs out of marble.
niyad
(135,904 posts)SunSeeker
(58,467 posts)tanyev
(50,045 posts)FakeNoose
(43,387 posts)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
(9,356 posts)mysteryowl
(9,356 posts)niyad
(135,904 posts)does as he wishes.
mysteryowl
(9,356 posts)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
(135,904 posts)DET
(2,706 posts)Expect wrecking balls. My guess is hell be paying homage to his favorite entertainment - UFC. Cant you just imagine a big, beautiful shrine to the great sport of knocking people out.
Escape
(586 posts)Donald Trump is America's Cancer.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,740 posts)Everything Trump Touches Dies.
Billsdaughter
(215 posts)Never forget what she did to our beloved Rose Garden which is now concrete.
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niyad
(135,904 posts)know, like the marble armrests???
edhopper
(37,723 posts)To do this?
He asks knowing it doesn't matter.
niyad
(135,904 posts)COL Mustard
(8,513 posts)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
(1,275 posts)Better that than a venue for his loser sycophants.
niyad
(135,904 posts)Wiz Imp
(11,066 posts)It was just renovated and expanded in 2019. This is because they can no longer book anyone to perform there.
senseandsensibility
(26,237 posts)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
(488 posts)medallions from Home Depot, spray painted gold, all over the place.
niyad
(135,904 posts)eShirl
(20,656 posts)Joinfortmill
(22,074 posts)senseandsensibility
(26,237 posts)the KC was just renovated a few years ago in 2019.
Martin68
(28,440 posts)Sticking it to the libs. Poking Democrats in the eye with the desecration of the nation's memorial to JFK.
Javaman
(66,058 posts)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
(91,731 posts)And rebuild it the way it was before he got his grubby paws on it.
