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ashredux

(2,995 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:18 AM 14 hrs ago

RE: Trump's name be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center.....

We only saw one photograph that showed just a little bit of the last letter coming off….. does anyone else think that this was staged? I think his name is still up on the Kennedy Center…. That’s why everything is still covered up.

He’s now claiming that the Kennedy Center will lose millions and millions of dollars and donations if his name is taken off the Kennedy Center…. Makes you go….Hmmmmmm 🤔

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ChicagoTeamster

(1,513 posts)
11. But, it looks as though the panels on which the letters were mounted were removed and not replaced
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:52 AM
11 hrs ago

meaning, if Trump gets a judge to sign off the panels will go back up hence the tarp.

niyad

(135,512 posts)
12. wapo posted pictures of something, but what, exactly? There is no
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:54 AM
11 hrs ago

evidence of the supposed damage to the marble caused by the slipshod installation, and supposed "removal" of krasnov's name. Nor do I see President Kennedy's name. I see what appear to be some metal pieces of something, but what, exactly? Until that fucking tarp and that fucking scaffolding are removed, we have no actual proof of either krasnov's name removed or President Kennedy's still intact.. Did anybody have video of workers actually carrying off the letters? I have not seen any.

wapo is baldy's paper, so I have zero trust in anything it says, unless there is legitimate corroboration.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,301 posts)
2. Here is the filing where trump certified that name was removed
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 09:38 AM
14 hrs ago


And, there we go: “Defendants … have … Removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump or any other individual besides President Kennedy.”



OLDMDDEM

(3,343 posts)
4. That makes no sense. Famous acts have voluntarily quit the Kennedy Center due to Trump. So, why
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:08 AM
13 hrs ago

would they lose millions. I would think that with his name off of it, acts would come back. We shall see.

Wiz Imp

(10,904 posts)
17. You're right but I don't think many "famous" acts will come back to
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 12:24 PM
11 hrs ago

the Kennedy Center as long as Trump and his cronies control the board. They can't be trusted.

taxi

(2,779 posts)
5. Think of it like a car with a bad tire.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 11:10 AM
12 hrs ago

One could honestly say he took the bad tire off. He could also add that it is now on the front instead of the back. Let there be no doubt that the bad name was taken off.

GiqueCee

(5,139 posts)
14. Hmmm, indeed...
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 12:02 PM
11 hrs ago

... we all know that Trump lies about the lies he lied about when he was lying about lying about lying. This is self-serving bullshit. This newly formed "foundation" with all those supposed "donations" is just another scam. And the fucker has bragged repeatedly that he almost never backs down when he's fighting a challenge to his imagined omnipotence; he expects to outlast his opponents, which he often does. That, or he bankrupts them with the legal fees incurred by litigation.
But the asshole's not going to get away with it this time!

Historic NY

(40,226 posts)
15. Little Donnie can't bear to see his name missing....
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 12:06 PM
11 hrs ago

they may have to still fill the mounting holes

Wiz Imp

(10,904 posts)
16. It is gone.
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 12:21 PM
11 hrs ago

A photographer was able to sneak behind the tarp and he verified the name was gone. I understand the feeling, but not everything is a conspiracy with him.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/politics/kennedy-center-trump-name-removed
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