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riversedge

(81,833 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:29 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump says he, not Congress, is in charge of Kennedy Center in reversal

Source: msn


Story by Jennifer A. Dlouhy • 3h

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump floated that he’d remain in charge of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts just days after he said Congress would retain control over the institution.

“I’m the chairman, so we’ll just keep it going. Somebody has to do it,” Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One. “It’s lost hundreds of millions of dollars for years, and yet it’s something you have to keep going, you know. It’s the arts.”

Trump, in a social media post last week, said he would be “working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it.”



Trump’s comments show that the governance of the Kennedy Center remains in limbo just days after a court ruling ordered the removal of the president’s name from the building.

The center was previously governed by a bipartisan board of trustees, which Trump last year purged and filled with allies who installed him as the chair. Trump on Friday repeated criticisms of the judge in last week’s court ruling, calling him “totally conflicted.”


Earlier: Trump Retreats From Kennedy Center Project After Court Loss

“We’re going to spend a lot of money on fixing it and making it, bringing it back to health, and the judge really made it very hard to do that,” Trump added.

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OMG!!

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Kennedy Center Board Moves To Add Trump's Name To Venue
© Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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Trump says he, not Congress, is in charge of Kennedy Center in reversal (Original Post) riversedge 19 hrs ago OP
The evilness of shithole and the republican party noes not boundaries............... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
I thought Trump caved to fast after the Court decision. riversedge 18 hrs ago #2
Of all things, i wish this slightlv 16 hrs ago #3
I'd rather see it torn down than to see his freaking name associated with JFK hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #4
Yeah, yeah. You can walk on water and turn water into wine too. We know. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #5

slightlv

(8,094 posts)
3. Of all things, i wish this
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:56 PM
16 hrs ago

Would be the one that brought a contempt of court citation with teeth. He'll erase Kennedys name completely and brand it as his after stealing a bunch more of our money to 'fix' it.

hamsterjill

(17,866 posts)
4. I'd rather see it torn down than to see his freaking name associated with JFK
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 10:35 PM
15 hrs ago

So sick of his crap.

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