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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Trump-appointed board renames Kennedy Center to 'Trump Kennedy Center'

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Trump-appointed board renames Kennedy Center to 'Trump Kennedy Center'

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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The Kennedy Center's board has voted to rename the venue to the "Trump Kennedy Center.""The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to name the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," spokesperson Roma Daravi said in a statem...

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    Congratulations on the Trump Kennedy center for their imminent bankruptcy announcement.

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      They’ve apparently been struggling to fill the theater and have been having numerous technical issues due to bad decision after bad decision:

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/kennedy-center-in-crisis-empty-seats-and-lost-millions-under-trump-s-watch/ar-AA1M0EWL

      Edit: Just in case you weren’t aware, it started going downhill after Trump forced a takeover of the board and kicked out the biggest donor to the Kennedy Center.

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        bad decision after bad decision:

        So naming it after Trump seems entirely appropriate.

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          Oh yeah, I mean he forcefully installed his cronies onto the board, so it all tracks.

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