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Miles Archer

(22,157 posts) Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:35 PM 8 hrs ago

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Trump Reveals He's Closing Kennedy Center for MAGAt Makeover

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reveals-hes-closing-kennedy-center-for-maga-makeover/

Trump is shuttering the Kennedy Center for a MAGA makeover.
Nearly a year after hijacking the storied cultural institution, the 79-year-old president announced on Truth Social that he would “temporarily” close the center for “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”
Trump said the Kennedy Center would cease “Entertainment Operations” on July 4 for roughly two years.

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Trump Reveals He's Closing Kennedy Center for MAGAt Makeover (Original Post) Miles Archer 8 hrs ago OP

W Chipper Chat 8 hrs ago #1

Not going to happen................ Lovie777 8 hrs ago #2

I thought it was satire when I read this. I guess he wants applegrove 8 hrs ago #3

Can't book any entertainment. So he shuts it down and lies about it. GoodRaisin 8 hrs ago #4

You read my mind (nt) Retrograde 8 hrs ago #11

it won't open again until he's gone bigtree 8 hrs ago #5

The only reason he wants to rebuild it Diraven 8 hrs ago #6

"We're removing the bathrooms to let people shit in their seats" struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #7

We can't have anything nice because of the fucking asshole. Initech 8 hrs ago #8

All those employees losing their jobs BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #9

He thinks this is "owning" us but he is quite wrong. KC is about the spirit not the building. Blues Heron 8 hrs ago #10

As always, I have to ask Retrograde 8 hrs ago #12

Is that even legal? Unrepentant Fenian 8 hrs ago #13

OMG, he wants to tart the place up like he's done to the Oval Office. greatauntoftriplets 8 hrs ago #14

This is a time when carpet bombing should be used to clean out the vermin Bread and Circuses 7 hrs ago #15

He is going to demolish the building waddirum 6 hrs ago #16

Asshole ismnotwasm 6 hrs ago #17

Marble armrests! Gold leafed junk everywhere! Liberal In Texas 6 hrs ago #18

Add it to the list.. LessAspin 6 hrs ago #19

FAWK, FAWK, FAWK, FAWK, FAWK!!!!!! a kennedy 6 hrs ago #20

"Can't book any entertainment. So he shuts it down and lies about it." J_William_Ryan 5 hrs ago #21

Chipper Chat

(10,804 posts)

1. W

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:37 PM

8 hrs ago

When it reopens (if it ever does) it will be called The Trump Center -
Just you wait and see.

Lovie777

(22,170 posts)

2. Not going to happen................

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:38 PM

8 hrs ago

applegrove

(130,903 posts)

3. I thought it was satire when I read this. I guess he wants

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:39 PM

8 hrs ago

to hide the fewer acts and attendees attending now that his name is on the center.

GoodRaisin

(10,786 posts)

4. Can't book any entertainment. So he shuts it down and lies about it.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:39 PM

8 hrs ago

Retrograde

(11,387 posts)

11. You read my mind (nt)

Reply to GoodRaisin (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:08 PM

8 hrs ago

bigtree

(93,669 posts)

5. it won't open again until he's gone

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:40 PM

8 hrs ago

..and those fools don't know shit about 'entertainment' other than the clown show they've been perpetually putting on.

Diraven

(1,854 posts)

6. The only reason he wants to rebuild it

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:42 PM

8 hrs ago

Is so he can claim it's mostly his now and take Kennedy's name off altogether.

struggle4progress

(125,656 posts)

7. "We're removing the bathrooms to let people shit in their seats"

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:44 PM

8 hrs ago

Initech

(107,866 posts)

8. We can't have anything nice because of the fucking asshole.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:47 PM

8 hrs ago

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,314 posts)

9. All those employees losing their jobs

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:49 PM

8 hrs ago

Blues Heron

(8,494 posts)

10. He thinks this is "owning" us but he is quite wrong. KC is about the spirit not the building.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:04 PM

8 hrs ago

He is such a weird fuckwit

Retrograde

(11,387 posts)

12. As always, I have to ask

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:10 PM

8 hrs ago

where is the money coming from? Appropriated by Congress? Private donations? Charging performers for performing?

Unrepentant Fenian

(1,093 posts)

13. Is that even legal?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:12 PM

8 hrs ago

greatauntoftriplets

(178,687 posts)

14. OMG, he wants to tart the place up like he's done to the Oval Office.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:12 PM

8 hrs ago

It'll look like a Las Vegas venue. Ugh.

Bread and Circuses

(1,732 posts)

15. This is a time when carpet bombing should be used to clean out the vermin

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:35 PM

7 hrs ago

waddirum

(1,003 posts)

16. He is going to demolish the building

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:36 PM

6 hrs ago

Just like he demolished the East Wing of the White House. No permits. No asbestos remediation.

ismnotwasm

(42,673 posts)

17. Asshole

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:37 PM

6 hrs ago

Liberal In Texas

(16,069 posts)

18. Marble armrests! Gold leafed junk everywhere!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:45 PM

6 hrs ago

Marble walls, floors, ceilings! Gold lame drapes! Gold chandeliers! A big TRumpf over the proscenium!

He can't choke on a fishy sandwich quick enough.

LessAspin

(1,893 posts)

19. Add it to the list..

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:52 PM

6 hrs ago

The ever growing list..

Link to tweet

a kennedy

(35,526 posts)

20. FAWK, FAWK, FAWK, FAWK, FAWK!!!!!!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:00 PM

6 hrs ago

When is the son of a bitch gonna DIE!!!!??

J_William_Ryan

(3,400 posts)

21. "Can't book any entertainment. So he shuts it down and lies about it."

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:35 PM

5 hrs ago

Exactly.

Trying to avoid the embarrassment of performers canceling shows and refusing to book.

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