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Miles Archer

(24,627 posts)
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:03 PM Saturday

Spoiled butthurt little rich boy Trump says 'no interest' in Kennedy Center overhaul after judge orders his name removed

Trump says 'no interest' in Kennedy Center overhaul after judge orders his name removed

https://abcnews.com/Politics/federal-judge-orders-trumps-removed-kennedy-center/story?id=133430502

President Donald Trump says he has "no interest" in continuing his overhaul of the Kennedy Center after a federal judge ruled he couldn't rename the Washington, D.C., performing arts venue or close its doors for lengthy renovations unless Congress approves the plans.

In a social media post Friday evening responding the judge's ruling, Trump said that he wants to turn decision-making about the future of the center over to Congress.

"Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into "NEVER NEVER LAND," Trump said in the post.

"Therefore, based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center, almost all of which lose large amounts of money throughout the Country, we are going to 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 said in the post.

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Spoiled butthurt little rich boy Trump says 'no interest' in Kennedy Center overhaul after judge orders his name removed (Original Post) Miles Archer Saturday OP
GOOD. Goes away mad, just as long as he goes away. I have tools, I can be there in two days. marble falls Saturday #1
Exactly. No one asked you or wanted you. GTFU. underpants Saturday #28
Whiny Baby ProfessorGAC Saturday #2
We'll see. He still hasn't given up on Greenland. tanyev Saturday #3
It's more (successful) trolling gulliver Saturday #4
Trump not interested in helping the country... Only interested in enriching and glorifying himself. Norrrm Saturday #5
So, no marble arm rests? GoCubsGo Saturday #6
Or he'll burn it down durablend Saturday #8
Knowing him, I almost half expect that. Shipwack Saturday #20
So that clearly says ... lpbk2713 Saturday #7
Transfer "back to them"? pat_k Saturday #9
My reaction as well PatSeg Saturday #11
The Repubs in Congress are to blame for letting it go this far. Boomerproud Saturday #25
That's true PatSeg Saturday #30
Even if Trump was the best person to head a Kennedy Center revival Bluetus Saturday #10
Or reflecting ponds and his Triumphal Arch PatSeg Saturday #12
Just out of curiosity, I wonder when the last time was Bluetus Saturday #29
I think he falls more into the category PatSeg Saturday #31
Don't they realize Bluetus Saturday #36
You would really think PatSeg Saturday #38
He ran it into the gutter GenThePerservering Saturday #13
"Everything Trump touches ..." fierywoman Saturday #17
Don't go away mad.... Xolodno Saturday #14
President Trelane needs to go back to Planet Gothos. C_U_L8R Saturday #15
He just had to ruin it first. FloridaBlues Saturday #16
Doesn't he realize he's a worldwide laughing stock? Grim Chieftain Saturday #18
It's part of his pathology, like his "moron dance." Miles Archer Saturday #27
True PatSeg Saturday #32
Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else malaise Saturday #19
Good, but it doesn't make sense. He doesn't have his name on/in the reflecting pool and is changing it. chowder66 Saturday #21
Like the wolf in the fable that couldn't climb high enough on the vine to reach the grapes. Aristus Saturday #22
"Physically, financially and artistically"? A man who's middle name is tacky? paleotn Saturday #23
Was Trump in Dallas on Nov 22, 1963? I am curious. twodogsbarking Saturday #24
Say, "Sour Grapes . . . . . " no_hypocrisy Saturday #26
Trump is the screaming toddler you see in Target who wants a new toy. Initech Saturday #33
We used to have nice things in this country before the fuckhead got elected. Initech Saturday #34
The ketchup alert status has been raised to KETCHCON 1! LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #35
No worries Donny Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday #37

tanyev

(49,776 posts)
3. We'll see. He still hasn't given up on Greenland.
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:14 PM
Saturday

Someone whose core essence is vindictiveness does not accept losing. He might retreat for a bit until he or one of his toadies thinks of a new way to launch an assault.

gulliver

(14,116 posts)
4. It's more (successful) trolling
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:14 PM
Saturday

He just used the whole thing to get an easy media subject to mine for publicity. Dems should be focusing on core issues and winning midterms.

Norrrm

(5,749 posts)
5. Trump not interested in helping the country... Only interested in enriching and glorifying himself.
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:31 PM
Saturday

GoCubsGo

(35,037 posts)
6. So, no marble arm rests?
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:32 PM
Saturday

Too bad. So sad.

That being said, Congress needs to put some armed guards outside of the building. Knowing that petty, vindictive sack of shit, I wouldn't put it past him to try to tear it down out of spite.

Shipwack

(3,112 posts)
20. Knowing him, I almost half expect that.
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:02 PM
Saturday

Or suddenly tear it down, citing “safety concerns”.

lpbk2713

(43,306 posts)
7. So that clearly says ...
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:33 PM
Saturday


he would have done it for his own enrichment and not for the people's.

pat_k

(14,002 posts)
9. Transfer "back to them"?
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:36 PM
Saturday

When precisely does he think he took control away from Congress??

The man is f-ing insane

AI (Gemini)

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was originally established by Congress in 1958 as the National Cultural Center when President Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation.

Following President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, Congress passed legislation renaming it in his honor as a "living memorial", which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 23, 1964.


Adding his name was a cultural crime and another of his endless attempts to usurp congressional power.

How nice that now that the court ordered him to take his grubby fingers off he'll cede power "back to" Congress.

How magnanimous of you Mr. Felon-in-Chief.

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
11. My reaction as well
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:51 PM
Saturday

It was never transferred to him in the first place, except maybe in his pathetic dreams.

Boomerproud

(9,384 posts)
25. The Repubs in Congress are to blame for letting it go this far.
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:13 PM
Saturday

Pure negligence, on purpose.

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
30. That's true
Sat May 30, 2026, 05:17 PM
Saturday

Our government was designed to prevent this from happening, but no one allowed for so many cowards at one time.

Bluetus

(3,150 posts)
10. Even if Trump was the best person to head a Kennedy Center revival
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:42 PM
Saturday

that ain't his job.

Of all the things the President should be doing, this doesn't make the top 500 list.

Nor does a ballroom

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
12. Or reflecting ponds and his Triumphal Arch
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:54 PM
Saturday

He thinks he is king and that this is the sort of thing he believes kings do.

Bluetus

(3,150 posts)
29. Just out of curiosity, I wonder when the last time was
Sat May 30, 2026, 04:28 PM
Saturday

Last edited Sat May 30, 2026, 08:37 PM - Edit history (1)

when a king erected a grand monument to himself?

There are obviously the pyramids, but that was 4000 years ago.

There was the Great Wall, but that spanned many leaders and was actually used for defense. That was about 3000 years ago.

There is Mt. Rushmore, but those Presidents were all dead.

There are many streets and an airport named after Reagan, but most of that happened after he died, and all of those were public works, not monuments.

Saddam Hussein built a royal palace for himself.

Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
31. I think he falls more into the category
Sat May 30, 2026, 05:24 PM
Saturday

of dictators like Saddam Hussein or even Putin. Most tyrannical dictators build gaudy monuments to themselves. I think they believe that will give them some kind of immortality. Obviously Trump's understanding of history is very limited.

Bluetus

(3,150 posts)
36. Don't they realize
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:42 PM
Saturday

Last edited Sat May 30, 2026, 10:00 PM - Edit history (1)

that once they are gone, the people can't wait to tear those things down and burn them to the ground?

We need to have a Kickstarter campaign to get pledges for demolition funds for each one of Trump's monuments. He needs to know that the minute he is gone, the bulldozers are coming.

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
38. You would really think
Sat May 30, 2026, 09:20 PM
Saturday

that these tyrants would realize it. Throughout history, the same thing has happened to them, but I guess when they come into power, somehow they believe it will be different. Maybe that is part of whatever mental disorder they have.

Oh yes, I agree that we need to be ready with demolition funds and bulldozers. I'm quite sure there will be more than enough volunteers and it will be done with great joy.

Grim Chieftain

(2,128 posts)
18. Doesn't he realize he's a worldwide laughing stock?
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:54 PM
Saturday

Silly question, of course not. He's a total fool and an embarrassment. I resent every breath he takes.

Miles Archer

(24,627 posts)
27. It's part of his pathology, like his "moron dance."
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:57 PM
Saturday

(Trump "dances" like a moron to "YMCA" )

PUBLIC: "He looks like a moron"

TRUMP: "Guess I'd better dance some more."

He has a real fascination with people who loathe him. He's pulled out that tired "Your favorite president, ME" crap at least twice in the last 24 hours. I guess in his diseased mind, he feels that any reaction shows he's getting through to people. He doesn't care how. He just wants a reaction, ANY reaction.

PatSeg

(53,691 posts)
32. True
Sat May 30, 2026, 05:26 PM
Saturday

The worst thing that people could do to him is ignore him. He needs to be the center of attention all the time.

malaise

(298,395 posts)
19. Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:56 PM
Saturday

What is fuck everything up for 1776 billion

chowder66

(12,564 posts)
21. Good, but it doesn't make sense. He doesn't have his name on/in the reflecting pool and is changing it.
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:12 PM
Saturday

Aristus

(72,630 posts)
22. Like the wolf in the fable that couldn't climb high enough on the vine to reach the grapes.
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:13 PM
Saturday

Giving up, he loped away muttering that the grapes were probably sour anyway...

Here endeth the lesson...

paleotn

(22,850 posts)
23. "Physically, financially and artistically"? A man who's middle name is tacky?
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:01 PM
Saturday

A man who bankrupted casinos? Yeah, Hitler thought he was an expert in those things too. And military strategy. Lucky for the world, he royally sucked at that last one. And all the rest.

Initech

(109,374 posts)
33. Trump is the screaming toddler you see in Target who wants a new toy.
Sat May 30, 2026, 05:49 PM
Saturday

And then the parents cave in and buy it for them, only further enabling that behavior. :crazyl

Initech

(109,374 posts)
34. We used to have nice things in this country before the fuckhead got elected.
Sat May 30, 2026, 06:04 PM
Saturday

And inexplicably elected again. This Kennedy Center bullshit should have never been a thing to begin with.

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