Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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Who knew that defacing the building, tearing up its trees, removing its sculptures, replacing the Board with political cronies, giving the finger to every performer who isn’t a Trump voter, and talking down its facilities daily would cause a revenue drop?
Exclusive: Leaders of the Kennedy Center say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president’s name on its facade — and thus ensuring his fundraising efforts — may be the only way to avoid a “certain fiscal collapse.”
Trump now shouting his childlike insecurity and bottomless need for affirmation from the Kennedy Center rooftop. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center faces "certain fiscal collapse" as soon as tomorrow unless it puts Trump's name somewhere on the facade, its Trump-appointed leaders claim. They offer choice of 10 ways to put Trump's name on it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Fine, close it. Toddlers shouldn't get rewarded when they throw this big of a tantrum.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... Everything Trump touches dies. #USDemocracy
Exclusive: Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday as officials warn that bankruptcy is imminent. w @travismandrews.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Another American institution Trumped into the ground. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Now they’re claiming the Kennedy Center is on the brink of bankruptcy and that putting the Felon’s name on it is the only way to ensure fundraising to save it. He’s the reason so many performers cancelled and why people no longer want to attend events there. He needs to be impeached and removed ASAP
Simple fact. DC area residents (I'm one of them) has zero tolerance for Trump. DC is 97% blue. The Kennedy Center is a gorgeous facility. I've not been there since Trumpy commandeered the Center. We won't go in until Trumpy is gone, just a very simple fact. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Shattering our beloved American institutions is reckless, it is poison, it is the opposite of 'Conservative'. Destroying the most beautiful things is so damn easy. To the builders of great institutions will always go honor. To the sick destroyers, oblivion. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The United States could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show. Officials said the country is facing "certain financial collapse," insisting that adding President Trump's name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
Looks like Trump is about to chalk up yet another bankruptcy: the Kennedy Center www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... Heckiva job Donnie!
At this point, let it close. I hate that people would lose their jobs and the family has to deal with this extortion but that scumbag has done nothing to warrant his name going on this building. Shutter the building. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Trump bankrupted the Kennedy Center by putting his name on it, thus making it partisan. Performers canceled, audiences dwindled. Now his hand-picked board says the only way to save it is to put his name on it again. Makes NO sense. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The Kennedy Center was going along just fine, as it had for decades, until Trump showed up. Nice work, America. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Ny omdreining fra mafiabossen: Dersom Trump ikke får viljen sin med Kennedy-senteret, går det konkurs. (Forøvrig noe Trump er ekspert på).
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Trump stooges contend that, because Trump put the Kennedy Center into a financial crisis by slapping his name on the Kennedy Center, Trump's name must be slapped on the Kennedy Center to save it from a financial crisis.
WashPost: Trump Kennedy Center takeover drives institution to collapse.
I have seen many performances at the Kennedy Center and am mad as hell with the forced demise. The Felon-in-Chief hijacked the Kennedy Center as another vanity project causing performers' boycotts. We must fight to restore it, the White House, and all he has & will destroy if he isn't removed. #VOTE
This is a manufactured crisis that Trump created to give himself an excuse to tear down an iconic American building because he isn't allowed to slap his name on it in giant gold letters Read: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
This lonely outpost of culture in DC is going bankrupt under Trump. But that fucking stadium-sized ballroom is chugging right along. It’s all bullshit.
Breathtaking, but also playbook. Run an org into the ground and then insist, “Only I can save it (if you flatter me enough)” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
"Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show: Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy." -- www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Seems like a threat. Seems like extortion. The KC's Trump-installed leaders say adding his name back on "may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy" - because doing so would "thus [be] ensuring his fundraising efforts." A presentation by Trump officials "makes www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The only thing that will save us is the thing that has caused this sudden crisis in the first place. 🤔 www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
I couldn’t help but think of narcissism when I read this article. It’s also worth noting that he bankrupts everything, including our country. His name won’t make things any better. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Putting Trump's name on the Kennedy Center led to its financial collapse. Now the Trump-appointed board is claiming that putting Trump's name on the Kennedy Center is the only way to "save" it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
‘Nice arts centre you got there. Would be a shame if sumthin’ were t’ happen to it.’ www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Of course...anything Trump touches goes bankrupt... www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
“This constant effort to add Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center facade is the definition of insanity,” … “Worse still, now Trump is taking the Center hostage and threatening to in effect kill it unless he gets his way,” they added. “This has to stop.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
🪦 Memorial ransom 🏛️ “Shhh! Was It Worth It?” Comments to America 🧱 Board trades memory 💰 🏛️ Kennedy as a billboard 🪧 🗳️ Votes enable his vanity 👑 📜 Names on the ransom 🕳️ 🪦 Infamy as epitaph ⚫ ✒️ Essay online 🛜 👉🏼 👉🏼 👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... #WasItWorthIt #KennedyAsABillboard
But they claim by putting Trump's name back on the building, it will solve all their financial problems. I think not. I'm not an accountant but bankruptcy doesn't happen overnight. This sounds like a mismanagement problem #USDemocracy www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Look at this asshole running everything he touches into the ground.
There's a war raging out of control, an economy heading toward recession and the crazy narcissist in the White House will willingly close the iconic centre simply because he can't put his name on it. Everyday I'm astonished that 77M voted for him! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Fvck Trump
#ETTD, but with a certain caveat of course. WAPO - Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday and warns of bankruptcy, documents show Officials said that adding President Donald Trump’s name on its facade may be the only way to avoid it.
Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center. Now it could be headed for “certain fiscal COLLAPSE.” A projected $23M deficit. Revenue way off target. Ticket sales and fundraising have PLUMMETED. There are bankruptcy warnings — and the Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday.
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
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Trump's many business failures and other debacles are legendary, but all he had to do to ruin this national memorial forever was put his name on it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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trump has a lot of experience in bankrupting businesses www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
The Kennedy Center getting the Trump Taj Mahal treatment. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy. If they cave & put Trump's name on it, it will CERTAINLY go bankrupt! Its destruction is exactly what Trump wants! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Officials say the Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday and warns of bankruptcy, documents show www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Starting to run out of words for all of this stuff, except for let’s have colossal wins all over the place at the midterms. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Trump bankrupted the Kennedy Center, and scratching his name into it will not fix that.
Uh, I think the issue here is TRYING to add his name to the Center. THAT is what started this mess. Well, that and also him stacking the board with his flunkies who don’t know how to run a philanthropic arts venue. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
WTF? The toadies he installed are now saying that the arsonist is the only one who can put out the fire???? But only is you put his name on the building! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
El Centro Kennedy podría cerrar tan pronto como el martes, advierte de bancarrota. Los funcionarios dijeron que el centro se enfrenta a un “cierto colapso fiscal”, agregar el nombre de Trump puede ser la única manera de evitar la quiebra. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Or, adding Donald Trump's name caused the bankruptcy, since subscriptions and donations practically disintegrated as soon as this national cultural treasure was politicized. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Who could’ve guessed this would happen under the watch of a guy who figured out a way to bankrupt a casino FOUR times? www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
His name. His takeover. His legacy. Such a shame. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... #arts #BlueSky #LawSky #ArtSky
Fuck that man. "But it says Trump is unlikely to provide “fundamental oversight” of that project or lead a financial rescue without “appropriate recognition” of his role." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Another proof that everything that the 🍊💩 touches - DIES! But this one hurts! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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I'm not really a fan of Rick Wilson but he was onto something when he titled his book "Everything Trump Touches Dies." Just look at the Kennedy Center, the WH East Wing, the Reflecting pool...oh, and the global status of the United States of America. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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If Trump can't get his way, will he destroy the Kennedy Center? You betcha. The Board " argue that putting the president’s name on its facade — and thus ensuring his fundraising efforts — may be the only way to avoid imminent and “certain fiscal collapse" www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Some idiot elected official took a massive orange dump in my car and we had to quickly evacuate it because of the stench. Now the mechanic claims that the car will need to be abandoned unless we let that guy back into the car to keep dumping in it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Some idiot elected official to a massive orange dump in my car and we had to quickly evacuate it because of the stench. Now the mechanic claims that the car will need to be abandoned unless we let that guy back into the car to keep dumping in it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Donnie and his wrecking ball are rampaging through everything as fast as they can, trying to outrun the grim reaper. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Trump's attempt to hijack the Kennedy Center—a monument honoring an assassinated President—is a disgrace. Trying to rob Americans of this national heritage just because he can't have it for himself is as un-American as it gets. We cannot let personal ego of a mad king override our national pride.🤦🏾♂️
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Americans shouldn't let one man's ego be the price of admission for America's cultural center. The Kennedy Center belongs to the public, not to any president's vanity, and holding it hostage to demand naming rights is a shameful abuse of power. buff.ly/g5ENbcQ
If the Kennedy Center is Trump's plaything, it should be closed!! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Donny the Snooze to American taxpayers: “Nice little center for the performing arts you have here. Be a shame if something happened to it. Capiche?”
Simple extortion. Unless we put Trump's name on it, he'll let it fail. Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
The Trump administration’s takeover of the Kennedy Center is escalating to a climax tomorrow when allies on the board of trustees could close the legendary institution. Democrats say the administration will close the center out of spite because it lost in court www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Everything tRump touches dies. Who could believe a 6 time bankrupt could make a successful and popular business go bust www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Everything Trump touches dies. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... 
Judge Christopher Cooper should appoint a special overseer for the Kennedy Center's affairs and have done with this. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Pretty nice Kennedy Center you got here. Would be a shame if something happened to it www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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The Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center say that it's nearing financial collapse, after they ruined it. And now the only way to get money is to put Trump's name back on. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make any sense.
It was fine before Trump touched it. Leaders of the Kennedy Center "say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president’s name on its facade ... may be the only way to avoid imminent and “certain fiscal collapse” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Like Rick Wilson always says: "Everything Trump Touches Dies". There must be some rich Democratic donors who can keep it afloat until the MAGA nightmare is over www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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He's literally trying to tear it down. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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