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(166,970 posts) Mon Feb 2, 2026, 12:53 PM Monday

JFK's Family Tear Into Trump Over Kennedy Center Shutdown

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Feb. 2 2026 3:50AM EST / Published Feb. 1 2026 10:13PM EST

John F. Kennedy’s outspoken niece and grandson have both laid into President Donald Trump over the latest in a string of controversies at the MAGAfied Kennedy Center. Maria Shriver, 70, mused about the real reason Trump decided to temporarily shutter the once-venerated cultural institution named after her uncle, which the new board recently attempted to rename the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”

The 79-year-old president announced in a Truth Social post on Sunday night that the “tired, broken, and dilapidated” performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will be closed for two years beginning July 4th for “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding.”

“If we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruption from Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer,” Trump claimed.

But Shriver wasn’t buying it. “Translation: It has been brought to my attention that due to the name change (but nobody’s telling me it’s due to the name change), but it’s been brought to my attention that entertainers are canceling left and right, and I have determined that since the name change no one wants to perform there any longer,” she wrote in an X post.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jfks-niece-tears-into-trump-over-kennedy-center-shutdown/

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JFK's Family Tear Into Trump Over Kennedy Center Shutdown (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP

Trump termites throughout D.C. culture. Frasier Balzov Monday #1

Archive link CousinIT Monday #2

TY Cousin IT... Here's what Jack Schlossberg had to say.. Cha Monday #17

The felon's filthy fingers The Blue Flower Monday #3

There needs to be a new Kennedy Center. People would contribute, for many reasons. twodogsbarking Monday #4

Trump will pass. maxsolomon Monday #7

That's where I keep my focus. calimary Monday #8

He can't control Mother Nature either. DinahMoeHum Monday #9

I've been thinking along those Cha Monday #18

RFK Jr's been dynamiting his own family's legacy for years now wolfie001 Monday #5

My firm is doing a "refresh" of a major performance venue this summer. maxsolomon Monday #6

I'm sure worm brain is on board with this too Javaman Monday #10

Sure feels like none of his construction projects are for the purpose he tells us they are nt blue_jay Monday #11

It's not like that fat, stupid jerk ever had any appreciation for fine art in any form Warpy Monday #12

Congress created the Kennedy Center to honor JFK. Would it not be safe to assume that Congress flashman13 Monday #13

Hell, I want The Statue of Liberty torn down and put a Trump family statue standing 350 feet into the sky. chouchou Monday #14

All the changes he's made.... so far IcyPeas Monday #15

He was about to throw paint on the Executive Office Building BumRushDaShow Monday #16

Frasier Balzov

(4,940 posts)

1. Trump termites throughout D.C. culture.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 12:59 PM

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Mirrors Trump termites eating the federal government.

CousinIT

(12,352 posts)

2. Archive link

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:01 PM

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https://archive.ph/j62ew

Cha

(317,637 posts)

17. TY Cousin IT... Here's what Jack Schlossberg had to say..

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 10:04 PM

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John F. Kennedy’s only grandson, Jack Schlossberg, 33, was more direct in his claims that the president is trying to dominate the iconic arts venue.
“Trump can take the Kennedy Center for himself. He can change the name, shut the doors, and demolish the building. He can try to kill JFK,” Schlossberg wrote on his X account. “But JFK is kept alive by us now rising up to remove Donald Trump, bring him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for.”

Brilliant.. I really like his Spirit!

Oh and This...

Schlossberg is no stranger to calling out the Trump administration, including his first cousin once removed, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he blamed last week for the “deadly outbreak” of measles that has the United States poised to lose its status as having officially eliminated the disease.

The Blue Flower

(6,401 posts)

3. The felon's filthy fingers

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:10 PM

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He can't keep his filthy, little fingers off anything. He wants to be memorialized in history, but his name will resonate just as Benedict Arnold's has resonated down the centuries. There will be a new rule in discourse: just as we shouldn't compare any new villain to H------r, we won't be able to compare any new thug to t---p.

twodogsbarking

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4. There needs to be a new Kennedy Center. People would contribute, for many reasons.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:19 PM

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Some wealthy individual with DC real estate could donate the property and save a lot in taxes without showing a taxable profit.
Maybe visible from the White House, what's left of it.

maxsolomon

(38,377 posts)

7. Trump will pass.

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:03 PM

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The venue and its prestige will be restored.

Have faith.

calimary

(89,270 posts)

8. That's where I keep my focus.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:10 PM

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The RELEASE from Trump. He thinks he’s all-powerful, but he can’t control Father Time.

DinahMoeHum

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9. He can't control Mother Nature either.

Reply to calimary (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:36 PM

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Both win out in the end.

Cha

(317,637 posts)

18. I've been thinking along those

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 10:08 PM

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lines, too. There are ways around that Filthy Nazi PEDO in the WH>

Oh and fuck Richard Grenelle Toady.

wolfie001

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5. RFK Jr's been dynamiting his own family's legacy for years now

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:30 PM

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Those 2 assholes, tRUMP and RFK Jr. are like evil villains in a Batman movie.

maxsolomon

(38,377 posts)

6. My firm is doing a "refresh" of a major performance venue this summer.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:56 PM

Monday

Start of construction to finish is March to September, and the theaters are going to be used the entire time.

So, it's a face-saving remodel.

Javaman

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10. I'm sure worm brain is on board with this too

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:51 PM

Monday

since he's a fucking moron.

blue_jay

(205 posts)

11. Sure feels like none of his construction projects are for the purpose he tells us they are nt

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:54 PM

Monday

Warpy

(114,487 posts)

12. It's not like that fat, stupid jerk ever had any appreciation for fine art in any form

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 03:55 PM

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He's a walking definition of the word "crass," as well as others (some of which would get me banned from DU).

His notion of refurbishing the Center undoubtedly includes gilt paint on anything that doesn't get out of the way fast enough plus drapes and stage curtains all with the letter "T" all over them. Or maybe he'll stick Monochrome Melania with the whole thing to get her out of his hair.

I just hope it's put on hold for at least a year and let the injunctions fly. Please.

flashman13

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13. Congress created the Kennedy Center to honor JFK. Would it not be safe to assume that Congress

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Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:25 PM

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would have to be consulted and sign off on any changes. Trump needs to be stopped before we have another structure desecrated. Quick, someone sue NOW!

chouchou

(2,922 posts)

14. Hell, I want The Statue of Liberty torn down and put a Trump family statue standing 350 feet into the sky.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:42 PM

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If I had any sense, I'd delete this post..cause that human-destroyer will think it's "A Big, Wonderful idea."

IcyPeas

(25,128 posts)

15. All the changes he's made.... so far

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:29 PM

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Trump said in July that construction of the ballroom "won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it," but then reversed course by demolishing it.

The Rose Garden
Tore down a magnolia tree
Lincoln bathroom
All the gold trinkets
The huge flagpole
Removed portraits of Obama and Hillary Clinton replaced with portraits of himself
The walkway with the gold framed portraits
The East Wing
.....

And we have 3 more years.

https://people.com/timeline-of-trump-renovations-to-white-house-11837455

BumRushDaShow

(166,970 posts)

16. He was about to throw paint on the Executive Office Building

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #15)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:45 PM

Monday

and he was sued.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143565982

As a sidenote - I did find an OP about this renovation from back in October - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143555040

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