Source: Fortune
Summary
President Donald Trump has been blocked by a federal judge from renovating the Kennedy Center, with the judge ruling that Trump’s name must be removed from the center. Trump has responded by calling the judge “an anti-Trump Hater” and predicting that the center will soon be closed. The judge’s decision also halted plans to close the center for a two-year overhaul. Trump had previously announced that he was backing away from the renovations, but it is unclear whether he will continue to defend the project in court.
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The announcement sounds familiar.
Trump’s post on Truth Social aimed to make the case for the project, but did not clarify whether he would continue to defend it in court. The White House did not immediately clarify his position or say whether he would keep serving as the center’s board chairman. Trump’s earlier post signaling a retreat from the center gave hope to artists who had been alienated by his takeover. Trump also suggested that the judge’s wife, lawyer Amy Jeffress, was to blame in part for the ruling.
The numbers tell one story, but Trump’s words tell another: the Kennedy Center’s renovation has become a story about Trump’s ego.
Author: Evan Null
