Trump Declines to Say if He Will Tear Down Kennedy Center
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the Trump administration must give 30 days’ notice before demolition or other major changes.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the Trump administration to provide 30 days' notice before making any major structural changes to the Kennedy Center, including demolition.
- President Donald Trump has claimed the center 'is a mess' and 'in very dangerous shape,' prompting his administration's previous attempts to rename the building and display his name on its exterior.
- Photos from Wednesday show Trump aboard Air Force One with a poster marked 'DEMOLISH.' Hayes described the president's motive as a 'sick pathological fixation' to 'make it mine.'
- The Kennedy Center board voted to close the venue temporarily, and it was shuttered Wednesday. On Friday, protesters including Tara Hoot and Cassandra Corcoran gathered in Washington to denounce the closure.
- Trump refused to clarify his intentions on Friday when asked whether he would attempt to demolish the iconic facility on the Potomac River.
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Trump declines to say if he will tear down Kennedy Center
He again said the center should append his name to the building in exchange for his work to raise money to renovate it.
The American president assumed control last year of the complex, inaugurated in 1971 in honor of former President John F. Kennedy
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