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A Trump-Kennedy Center official warned a federal judge that stripping the presidents name from the renowned arts institution would cause unbearable financial damage, marking the latest twist in a months-long legal battle.
Charles Matthew Floca, the centers 39-year-old executive director, filed a declaration Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing the institutions funding is inextricably linked to President Donald Trump.
President Trumps fundraising on behalf of the Center is exemplified by the tens of millions of dollars already raised, Floca wrote. Further, the President has committed to raise $150 billion on its behalf from private donors over the next two years.
Should President Trumps name be removed from the Center, that vital fundraising connection will be severed, causing irreparable harm and fundamentally destabilizing the Centers development efforts, severely impairing its trust-fund artistic programming, and rendering the continuation of ongoing trust-funded operations financially nonviable, he continued.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kennedy-center-official-tells-judge-202702586.html
Quit licking Trump's asshole Floca. That's not healthy.
C_U_L8R
(49,571 posts)Just like all his ventures. Failures. Flops. Fiascos.
Ocelot II
(131,410 posts)oberle
(433 posts)I bet more people in the WMD would contribute. I know I would. Plus Trump is limiting what kind of performers are allowed there--according to his trashy taste.
rampartd
(5,184 posts)tanyev
(49,762 posts)Wikipedia has a list of 41 artists that canceled their performances at the Kennedy Center due to Trumps interference, and that was events already scheduled. It will be even harder to find artists willing to consider booking shows there in the future as long as Trumps name stays associated with it.
Raising billions of dollars for an institution that has no events makes one wonder where those billions of dollars will actually go.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kennedy_Center_cancellations_during_the_Trump_administration
The Wizard
(13,883 posts)and loose associations from the MAGA cult.
EYESORE 9001
(29,914 posts)Its mendacity - through & through. People need to learn this phrase and deploy it at maximum volume when appropriate: THATS A LIE!
Totally Tunsie
(12,082 posts)have they been spent to the benefit of the Kennedy Center?
"Show [us] the money!"
Doesn't mean it WILL happen, and there's no guarantee the $$$ won't simply be lining trumpie's pockets because he's *cough* lending his name to the Center.
malaise
(298,331 posts)Bullshit
Tasmanian Devil
(234 posts)The Yahoo "news" reports $150 billion but the actual filing says $150 million.
Still ridiculous to be included in a court filing, but that's one heck of a typo.
Progressive dog
(7,624 posts)naming rights are not for sale. The only way to have his name added legally is to get Congress to agree.
Trump had better hurry to get his name on stuff because it'll only be there for a short time. More Americans evrryday would like to forget he existed.
oberle
(433 posts)and have always listened to WETA. However, they have taken to calling it the Trump Kennedy Center. I emailed them and told them that Trump does not have the authority to change the name, and why are they going along with it. They wrote back the most horrible corporate bullshit email I've ever seen. I wrote back and told them I will no longer listen to or support WETA as long as they call it the Trump Kennedy Center.
So I started listening to WBJC in Baltimore. Now they have started calling it the Trump Kennedy Center too. Damn.