Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added (Gift Article)

Pay up or the Kennedy Center closes, & the price is Trump's name on the building That's from the board's meeting materials, one day before they vote on it. An outrageous act of hostage taking @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG have beaten this x2 w/ Rep.Beatty, & we'll beat it a 3rd time -TN

“The board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the center,” the draft resolution says."" oh www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

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Trump forced his way into control of a national cultural institution, remade its leadership and programming, and audiences and donors fled. Now they’re saying the answer to the crisis that followed is… more Trump.

“The board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the center.” In other words, extortion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

🚨 Officials at the Kennedy Center have warned in documents that the institution faces “certain fiscal collapse within weeks” unless Trump’s name is added back to the building in some fashion. The warning, contained in a draft resolution ahead of a board meeting scheduled for Tuesday. @nytimes.com

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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... Government by extortion!

The Kennedy Center honors President JFK, who championed the arts. Now Trump's installed sycophants are holding it hostage unless it is re-named for a corrupt racist rapist who knows fuckall about the arts & doesn't give a sh*t about them 😡 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

This will piss you off. Trump threatening Kennedy Center if his name is not restored to the building. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Simple word for this is blackmail. It happens when your President is a criminal. “The board understands that w/o such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building & lead the fiscal rescue of the center.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... The extortion attempts continue.

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Honestly at this point let them close it. We have bigger problems to focus on. Like, for instance, the DOJ ignoring the law and hiding millions of the Epstein files because the POTUS is a pedophile. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

The Orange One won't give up. His latest attempt to get his name on the Kennedy Center is a threat of bankruptcy because he is the ONLY one who can secure the funds necessary to keep it running, when the truth is he is responsible for the exodus of performers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Threat after threat after threat and more threats! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

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Kennedy Center board says the institution will go bankrupt unless Trump's name is put on it. A bit like saying, "This zeppelin will explode unless you call it the Hindenburg." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Another bankruptcy to add to Trumps growing list Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... So now the criminal "president" can add blackmail to his rap sheet, which is almost as long as his necktie.

“The warning, contained in a draft resolution ahead of a board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, appears to be part of an effort by Trump-allied officials to convince a judge that the institution’s financial health hinges on placing a tribute to the president on the building’s facade.”

“Officials at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have warned in documents that the institution faces “certain fiscal collapse within weeks” unless President Trump’s name is added back to the building in some fashion.”

So, the grifter’s name is like new capital infusion for the Kennedy Center? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... Cough cough, another thing he has destroyed

Donald Trump shows his commitment to ordinary Americans by threatening to destroy American institutions unless he can put his name on them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

That, by any other name, would be #Extortion: #KennedyCenter Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added The caution, contained in a draft resolution to the center’s board, comes as a federal judge decides whether Trump’s name should remain off the building. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Sounds like a fake threat. Meanwhile, how much does that dance hall cost?

Generally bankruptcy has to do with money. This one is being forced on an historic memorial to a revered president unless the most hated and destructive president get his name put on a building that has nothing to do with him. Gangster tactics. #discover #history www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...?

Trump-Appointed Kennedy Center Board Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added. What a joke they are. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

"As a judge weighs whether President Trump’s name should be reinstalled on the Kennedy Center, its leaders say that, without such a move, it could soon be bankrupt." ~ Daniel Heuer/Reuters Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Sounds like extortion to me. Congress needs to step in and take control of The Kennedy Center to protect it from Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

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Mr. Six Bankruptcies is warning there will be bankruptcy *unless* his name is added. 🧐 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Only tRump could bankrupt a casino! He's actually declared bankruptcy SIX times! Only tRump could bankrupt The Kennedy Center, one of the US's most prestigious, busiest, & non-partisan cultural institutions, an artistic mecca. If we don't vote in non-MAGA Congress he'll bankrupt us all!

On top of the fact that this is just extortion by the Trump administration, there is nothing that will cause the Kennedy Center to go bankrupt faster that putting Trump's name back on the building. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added The caution, contained in a draft resolution to the center’s board, comes as a federal judge decides whether President Trump’s name should remain off the building. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Officials at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have warned in documents that the institution faces “certain fiscal collapse within weeks” unless President Trump’s name is added back to the building in some fashion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... sounds like a mob threat to me….”nice arts center you got there….”

Like the East Wing of the White House, I fear the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could eventually face the wrecking ball. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

good morning america how are you....your favorite son is threatening things....double pussy grabber's last name on the "kennedy" center....not just once, but twice!! this is 2026 america....state of the "game"....play on fuckers accountability is nigh... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... 9 POTUS since JFK center opened dedicated to JFK in 1971. None of them tried to put their name on the Kennedy Center with JFKs except narcissistic Trump.

Here we go Trump destroys Kennedy Center business by shuttering it (WNO and NSO have gone elsewhere) then says he can magically unbankrupt it by putting his name on it. Pure Mafia. Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

How low do you have to sink to take an arts center hostage?? Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

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Spiteful fuckery... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... Wouldn't make sense to fire the officers and bring in new leadership before bankruptcy?

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Full attribution: "In 2026, TACO extorted public money to fund this memorial after threatening to close it entirely (of course, after looting it of all its exhibits)." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... #MSNOW #DeadlineWH

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... Seems like more Drumpf BS & extortion,carried out by his toadies placed on the board-more of the”same blackmail” orchestrated by the mob boss&his crime syndicate in all areas to keep the public “in line”.

This is objectively hilarious.  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

These assholes are such fucking assholes: So, suddenly the only way to save the Kennedy Center from ruin is to slap the name of its destroyer back onto the facade? Calling BULLSHIT. So loudly that it is bouncing back from Mars. #fucktrump #fucktrumptoadies GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

"Give me what I want or I'll shoot the hostage!"

219. #goodreport of this year: Blackmailer Trump wants to get his name in the Kennedy Center’s title at any cost; otherwise, he’s determined to let it go bankrupt. But Trump is sure to have his place in history - as the worst U.S. president. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Now trump toadies say he'll cut funding to the Center if his name isn't put back on it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

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🫷Nah.... trump's name led the Kennedy Center to BANKRUPTCY AT ALL LEVELS, FINANCIALLY BUT ALSO CULTURAL !!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

JFC, the orange toddler is so desperate for recognition. His ppl claim that only he can raise enuf $ to "fix" the Kennedy Ctr but he WONT DO IT if his name is not added. They've even come up w/10 poss ways to add his name, like "Renovated restored and www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Let it go bankrupt with his board in charge & him at the helm. DJT gets the blame. It's not the memorial to a slain president if it has to wear the name of the most corrupt man to sit in the Oval office. Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

This is absolutely comical! The Kennedy Center will go bankrupt but not if Trump’s name is added to the building. That’s actually an argument being made by our administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

With all the craziness, we’ve low-key ignored HOW BATSHIT CRAZY this story is

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... The Kennedy center should shut down until Trump is out of office because his name has no place on Kennedy center. The only place the Trump name should appear is inside the stall of a toilet.

What, without his name on it, it goes out of business? Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

They're so full of shit. They're going bankrupt BECAUSE of Trump's involvement. Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Another trump bankruptcy Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... THREATENED BY A BUNCH OF TRUMP APPOINTED BUREAUCRATS WHO SIT ON THE BOARD AND INSTRUCTED BY TRUMP TO DO ANYTHING THAT REPLACES HIS NAME ON THE KENNEDY CENTER. FUK TRUMP! FUK THE BOARD! TRUMP IS LIKE A FERAL CAT WHO NEEDS TO MARK EVERYTHING WITH HIS PEE AND STINK.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... The Performers HAVE BACKED away from performing DUE to Trump's PITIFUL JOKE SHOW Trump is jealous and deliberately trying to close the KENNEDY Center

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Let's get this straight. It's TRUMP who destroyed the Kennedy Center. Adding back his sullied name won't do anything. He's already done in this institution. We all should be furious. - Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

“The board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the center.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... I think the majority think they should go ahead and let it go.

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The Mad King is demanding that his name be put back on a memorial to JFK or this monument will have to be closed and torn down Did I say this was a memorial to a past president? FDT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

I believe the board of trustees was nominated by Mr. T himself, so it's hardly surprising that they should come with such a dire warning and proposal, is it? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added #SoPetty

The Kennedy Center wasn't experiencing financial problems UNTIL Trump took it over and plastered his name on it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

🎁🔗 Trump is like an arsonist threatening only he can put out the fire. Thank you and @repbeatty.bsky.social for fighting the outrageous attacks on the Kennedy Center. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

A) This is yet another corrupt tRump bribe. B) If tRump has money to save a building, use it instead to build shelters for homeless or food for hungry. A more despicable president this country never had.

“The board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the center,” the draft resolution says." Awfully nice arts center ya got. Be a shame...

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Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... It’s the upside down. Having his name on anything is always a death sentence.

Its his name that caused the bankruptcy! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... Add the stupid graffiti back, put up with it for two years and then get rid of that shit when he's gone.

Just lies to getvtrump.namevbavk on. Kennedy Centerbwad doing greatbtill.mustervdiapervshit want Tonetase Kennedy from history. Aka Rose Garden plowed under for concrete! Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

What about he $257 million from Congress? TIs Trump that screwed up that he needs his name everywhere before he helps America?? Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a... THIS IS LIKE A LITTL KID, HOLING HIS BREATH UNTIL HIS PARENTS GAVE IN TO HIS DEMANDS.

“‘The board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the center,’ the draft resolution says.” Outrageous, weird, and wrong.

Trump is destroying DC like no other. I've loved the capital before Trump has changed it. Never lived there, but since the first time driving around in a WWII Willys Jeepster in 1963, I love it. Business, pleasure or just driving thru it to avoid the jam on I95. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Remove tRump and his Sycophants and the Kennedy Center can come back to life. Many common people will donate to it and the artists will come back, performing for free. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Oh come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Chalk up another bankruptcy for tRump? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

This is ass-backwards. It is BECAUSE the Orange Menace took over, replaced a decent board with sycophants, and put his name on the Kennedy Center that it's in trouble. The proof is in the enormous dropoff in memberships and ticket sales as soon as he did. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

It was doing hust fine before the orange clown and it will do just fine after him. This is just another stunt by his band of minions. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...

Petty in the extreme, and thoroughly corrupt: "Kennedy Center Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Trump’s Name Is Added" Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/a...