Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers’ backlash (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.

Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations since Trump ousted the previous leadership and added his name to the building. Trump made no mention in his post of the recent cancellations.

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[-] disregardable@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

ie. they're going to tear it down before midterms.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

They are going to tear it down and turn the remodel into a grift machine. I'll be surprised if it ever reopens in his lifetime.

The grift is so bad that we won't need to demolish anything to erase Trump. He will have torn down everything in order to rebuild it in his own image. Rebuilds that will never happen. He will leave craters everywhere for us to rebuild in his wake.

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