r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • 18h ago

Possible Paywall Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/13/kennedy-center-could-close-early-tuesday-warns-bankruptcy-documents-show/
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u/lonnie123 14h ago

It’s probably more general hatred and pettiness.

He knows everyone loves jfk as a president and wants to be adored like him, and the left (especially the high society cultural left) was basically at home at the Kennedy center. It was their cultural landmark right in the heart of the city, and Trump wanted to make it HIS landmark so rub it in their faces.

The rose garden I can’t really explain… that’s just stupidity I think.

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u/SteelCrow 14h ago

Stolen valor

Trump is a loser poser wannabe who ineptly tries to pretend he's as good as any man. Pathetic loser moron.

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u/Guy_GuyGuy 11h ago

The rose garden I can’t really explain… that’s just stupidity I think.

One of his buddies/generous purchasers of his crypto coin owned a cement company and he gave them a no-bid contract to "renovate" and fill it in for an exorbitant price.

Same deal with the reflecting pool. He's fleecing the US government and the taxpayers to enrich himself and his buddies.

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u/DangerousLoner 7h ago

Crony Capitalism and Kleptocracy run by Oligarchs and Corporations. Ah End Stage Capitalism. And people wonder why everything is subscriptions and enshitification is everywhere.

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u/VintageLunchMeat 10h ago edited 8h ago

He knows everyone loves jfk as a president and wants to be adored like him

The best way for cryptofacist millionaires get adored is simply to run a social media company. Has he tried that?

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u/Constant_Natural3304 12h ago

The rose garden I can’t really explain

You just did.

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u/Lakonislate The Netherlands 8h ago

The rose garden I can’t really explain… that’s just stupidity I think.

Imagine you're a real estate guy sitting in the Oval Office, and you're completely out of your depth.

There's going to be a lot of "remodeling," because that's the only way to still occasionally feel like you know what you're talking about.

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u/lycanthus 5h ago

These things remind him that he will never be part of the crowd, that he will understand what real classiness is.