Trump threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if $250m renovation not done
The warning came as Trump leaves a trail of destruction in Washington, demolishing the White House East Wing to make way for a $600m ballroom and ordering a renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool that resulted in algae blooms and a peeling liner.
The court filing represented the first time that Trump’s allies have raised the prospect of knocking down the Kennedy Center – a 100ft-high complex with a concert hall, opera house and theatre – as the dire alternative to closing it for two years of improvements. Such an aggressive move would be sure to face legal challenges, protests and an outcry from historic preservation groups.
The threat emerged on Monday as the administration urged a federal judge to reject a fresh legal challenge to Trump’s efforts to put his name on the Kennedy Center. The dispute has become part of a months-long battle over the president’s attempt to alter the memorial created by Congress in honour of John F Kennedy, the 35th US president who was assassinated in 1963.
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come on, make a deal with him. Kennedy got his name on it by being assassinated. Maybe something along similar lines??
I'm not rich by any means, but if we pool our money together, can't we get a hitman? I'm so tired of the world turning to shit because of an egotistical child rapist. I want him dead. Six feet under.
Hell, I'll do it myself, considering I don't have a strong will up live, but I don't think I'll ever be in the same country as the orange shit.
The Orange Pedo is such a great representative of this MAGAt base.
Better demolished than have Trump on it.
He will just rebuild it and put his name on it all this court money is dumb. It’s going to end up with it anyway no reason to waste more money fighting it.
do it. will just be more historical evidence of the worst president in us history. you know for a time I would pose if he was worse than nixon or some other pres could take the title but the white house demolition cemented the title with him and he keeps adding to the score every week.
If I can't have it, nobody can. Someone deal with his man and his cabal of pedophile lovers, already.
Will no one rid me of this troublesome president?
Paved over Jackie Kennedy's rose garden. Put in a garish boxing ring, then a helipad.
Jesus Christ. The fuck head is mad with power. It's cock obvious the guy is demented.
Could this man be a bigger asshole?
Yes, unfortunately
No. He’s a toroidal sphere, essentially pure asshole.
Any comparison is an insult to assholes.
He’s always searching for new and exciting ways
Called it: https://lemmy.world/comment/25293364
You truly did!
In a surprising development the Republican Congress did fuck all about it and SCOTUS threw up their hands and said “who, me?”
Meanwhile the media blamed Biden because he likes ice cream.
Announced in the "White House Restored and Renovated by Truman".
Ohh do it! Do it!
Yes, the more scars he leaves then the more likely future generations of Americans might remember what he did and what they are capable of doing.
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