Why aren't they using the same equipment?

[dalton99a]

[yellow dahlia]

1. That's a very good question.

[Ocelot II]

2. Just guessing, but maybe the letters are harder to take down than to put up.

They probably fixed the letters to the wall by pounding in some sort of bolts but now they have to undo them without cracking or damaging the wall. I don't know what the wall is made of, looks like some kind of stone tiles that will crack if they just pull the letters off, so they'll have to stand on the scaffolding and remove them carefully then patch the holes. I'm just guessing, but like everything else Trump does, it's harder to repair the damage than it was to do it in the first place.

[Inkey]

3. Repairs take longer or budget ?

There is also the stalling phase to keep baby happy over the weekend perhaps.

[chowder66]

4. The Kennedy Center has to pay so maybe they are saving money this way?

[RockRaven]

5. Because the putting up job was a "spare no expense, do it as fast as possible, so any complainers' efforts

for a legal stoppage are met with a fait accompli" whereas the taking down is a "passive-aggressive maximally delayed minimal compliance with court orders" effort.

[msongs]

6. delaying while hoping for a scotus bailout?

[Wifes husband]

7. I would imagine that taking the letters off is more difficult than putting them on

When those letters were put up there it was expected by the installers to be permanent. They have to take them off and patch the holes. I don't think that would be easy.

[BWdem4life]

8. Lol they should have planned for the removal when putting them up

permanent my ass