Trump: Kennedy Center won’t be renovated if courts deny board’s naming plan
The board moved to shutter most of the arts center after a judge blocked the Trump name plan and the Justice Department appealed.
- On Tuesday, the Trump-aligned John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board voted to close most of the venue after District Judge Christopher Cooper barred the institution from reinstalling President Donald Trump's name without Congressional approval.
- Congress allocated $257 million for safety repairs, but Trump claimed these funds depend on the board's ability to add his name to the building, a move the judge previously ruled illegal without legislative blessing.
- Trump clashed with Rep. Joyce Beatty during a virtual meeting, calling the Ohio Democrat "incompetent" while noting his $17 million contribution to an endowment intended to support the institution.
- Administration lawyers warned in a recent court filing that absent presidential recognition, the Kennedy Center could struggle to raise funds, forcing the facility to be taken down as an unsafe structure.
- Trump's second-term bid to remake the capital in his gilded tastes faces a setback with the Kennedy Center dispute, following his earlier move to dismantle the White House's East Wing and plans for a triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
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Trump's efforts to seize the institution had already led to cancellations of actions and a fall in revenue from tickets.
The new address added Trump's name to the façade, but a federal judge ordered it to be removed in May.
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The Kennedy Center, Washington's prestigious performing arts center, was shut down Wednesday by order of U.S. President Donald Trump, after a judge blocked the institution by the name of the Republican president.Continue reading...
A judge again stops the recognition of the facade and the board approves the closure of the building for two years
Donald Trump doesn't want his name, in one way or another, on the front of the prestigious institution. ...
RFK Jr.’s sister unloads on Trump over Kennedy Center: ‘He adds his name’ and it’s a ‘bankruptcy’
BS BULLETIN: Kerry Kennedy, sister of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., blasted President Donald Trump after the Kennedy Center board voted to close the performing arts complex. Kennedy accused Trump of turning the institution bearing her uncle’s name into another “bankruptcy.” Her broadside comes as Trump says the Kennedy Center reconstruction will not proceed if the legal fight over adding his name ultimately goes against the board. There p…
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