What will happen to the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover? A conversation with my colleagues @marcfisher.bsky.social and @cmonstah.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... - ThreadSky

crampell.bsky.social • 10 days ago

What will happen to the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover?
A conversation with my colleagues @marcfisher.bsky.social and @cmonstah.bsky.social

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/12/prompt-trump-kennedy-center/

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mms832.bsky.social•10 days ago

Catherine, you work for a fascist accommodating newspaper. You should resign and move forward to something better.

dogsdish.bsky.social•10 days ago

I think Hunter S. Thompson's description of the Circus-Circus in 1971 fits pretty well. The Kennedy Center's lobby will be hawking MAGA hats and crypto.

noahjoad.bsky.social•10 days ago

A Tribute to Motown starring Train

inafume.bsky.social•10 days ago

The great Abraham Lincoln, he went into a theater, and he never came out. That was a big mistake on his part. If only he has listened to Mary Sweeney Todd, who had said with tears in her eyes, "sir, please don't go tonight." But he did, and it ended up terribly for him.

inafume.bsky.social•10 days ago

Some have said I've been treated more badly than good old Honest Abe. Can you believe the Demon-crats, with Shifty Schiff and Lyin' Chuck Schumer tried to impeach me twice. No one has ever been treated worse in the history of our country. But Abe, what a man.

stoneeagle92.bsky.social•10 days ago

People say, lots of big burley men with tears in their eyes, have said … sir, sir you have the best taste and you will make the Kennedy Center great again while pissing all over it. Many people say.

massivruss.bsky.social•10 days ago

Long term Kid Rock residency.

marissayoung.bsky.social•10 days ago

Trump Presidential Casino and Museum and his eventual tomb.

tlwdog.bsky.social•10 days ago

He will tank it!

bodell.bsky.social•10 days ago

What will happen? “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kid rock!”

patfeb55.bsky.social•10 days ago

As I've said for many moons, there is nothing that Donnie can't f up. Anything that normal people enjoy must be destroyed.

allcaps-22.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is a small thing, but HS kids from around DC go to the Kennedy Center to have prom pictures taken. It’s a beautiful venue and location. I wonder if that will continue.

allcaps-22.bsky.social•10 days ago

*Kids from Montgomery County, MD, DC schools, and close in Virginia schools.

orgalinco.bsky.social•10 days ago

He’ll spray paint it gold and have the Village People in residency!!! #disgusted

one-if-by-land.bsky.social•10 days ago

Melania will be able to display all her "class" on a regular basis I guess.

debbielsanders.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is Musk giving him busy work.

alicerlu.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will be a Trump hotel with an escalator.

tegusheike.bsky.social•10 days ago

Elmo will put it up for sale in the excess government property secret silent auction that will have full transparency.

red7eric.bsky.social•10 days ago

Empty houses, first of all. https://chng.it/vS9hStZbhL

gord53.bsky.social•10 days ago

New name Trump Centre his ego can’t resist it some Trumper will put that forward.

activistmoderate.bsky.social•10 days ago

Everyone should quit. There is no other moral option.

activistmoderate.bsky.social•10 days ago

Springtime For Hitler. That's their next production.

yvetteromanphoto.bsky.social•10 days ago

First order of business: rebranding to “Trump Center” 😔

c-old.bsky.social•10 days ago

The careers of Kid Rock, Laura Trump, and Ted Nugent will soar beyond the 5-for-the-Price of One 8-Track bin at Target.

bigtar.bsky.social•10 days ago

It needs to go on Equity’s black list.

rtird.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will replace Coney Island one of the greatest cultural centers on earth. Also a center of diversity.

jdublow.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock residency

massivruss.bsky.social•10 days ago

My FIRST thought. 😂😂

pbcf.bsky.social•10 days ago

He will change the name to Trump center

prauber.bsky.social•10 days ago

The Village People will be the weekly entertainment, followed by any opera singer who’ll sing Ava Maria until tRump falls asleep.

billvabeach.bsky.social•10 days ago

A fancier place for Kimberly Guilfoyle to give RNC fundraising lapdances?

judyblue007.bsky.social•10 days ago

Wrestling will come to the center. Everybody will dance to YMCA.

dfourny.bsky.social•10 days ago

Who cares? Trump will bring in his ugly, washed up Nashville and Vegas “artists” for awards and nobody will pay any attention to them. Then when he’s dead (because Trump will be dead one day) the Center will maybe return to what is used to be more or less (if anybody cares by then).

mariootsa.bsky.social•10 days ago

Least of your problems

scohig.bsky.social•10 days ago

#ETTD

talentedripley.bsky.social•10 days ago

Caroline Kennedy needs to remove her name before he announces it’s Trump Center. Dear leader shit

talentedripley.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s so Hitlerian.

hannah-74.bsky.social•10 days ago

Caroline Kennedy should demand the Kennedy name be removed for it.

ikoikoande.bsky.social•10 days ago

Building will be shuttered & sold to a billionaire

robmac1223.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will sit Empty..

pham60.bsky.social•10 days ago

People will terminate their memberships.

escapedexplorer.bsky.social•10 days ago

Query: didn't the Kennedy Center point out that Trump's attempted self-appointment was not how any of the process for chairman selection and so it was (for now) just the equivalent of walking into a place and yelling "I declare myself king of this McDonalds", as far as legitimacy?

rtird.bsky.social•10 days ago

I can be king of Mc Donald’s if I call it first?

finsfan4life.bsky.social•10 days ago

sure
but just know, I am the Burger King

rtird.bsky.social•10 days ago

Fair enough. 😂

gumbogirl.bsky.social•10 days ago

We can only hope….or pray

rodgilbert.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock announced a ten year residency and WEE will have matches on his off days.

kathudson.bsky.social•10 days ago

I won’t watch the Honors as long as he’s doing this. He doesn’t care about the arts. Just his name.

live-n-fly.bsky.social•10 days ago

What will happen is very clear: He will rename it into Trump Center.

thetallsister.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’d love to read it but I canceled the Washington Post/ Murdoch gutter media

htownog.bsky.social•10 days ago

If you disable j a v a s c r i p t in your browser settings TEMPORARILY to read the article, you can access it for f r e e.

bexfish.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mark my words, he’s going to change the name to the Trump Center. He can’t stand they’ve snubbed him and made fun of him in the past.

phun-wang.bsky.social•10 days ago

#ETTD!

kroncronk.bsky.social•10 days ago

We’re gonna see shit like Kevin Sorbo and Roseanne doing a dramatic reading of the Kid Rock anthology

isthisrob.bsky.social•10 days ago

It goes goodbye

cliiford.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s gone.

judinthepines.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will close because art cannot exist in evil. And that makes me so sad. I know people who work there.

gumbogirl.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kinda wondered how the family
Felt.

robertj030160.bsky.social•10 days ago

Has trump ever been to a theater before? He never had artists at the White House the first go around.

grueloflaw.bsky.social•10 days ago

Here is hoping he follows the storied tradition of theater-going Republican presidents.

areyaserious.bsky.social•10 days ago

so Mrs. Lincoln, apart from that - how was the play?

robertj030160.bsky.social•10 days ago

Which begs the question who will the three ghosts of Democracy Past be?

robertj030160.bsky.social•10 days ago

Sadly trump is no longer the problem. Vance would be even worse and he’s too weak to not just do the bidding of some very dangerous players.
It’s always about the enablers.

Hitler was just a failed painter until he was propped up by the party.

kiwiauggie.bsky.social•10 days ago

The death of theatrical arts, which he clearly does not understand.

hollyphantpants.bsky.social•10 days ago

Fascist rallies every evening

frozzbot.bsky.social•10 days ago

Enshitification.

lesliebryant44.bsky.social•10 days ago

Can’t wait to see how Mel redecorates it

kproud.bsky.social•10 days ago

the Kennedy family should remove their name from the building.

kimbermacv.bsky.social•10 days ago

Does he think he gets paid to sit on that board? I say he will fleece it and shut it down OR change the name to the “Trump Center.”

stubicon.bsky.social•10 days ago

Hopefully the next POTUS makes the firing of the chairman his 1st priority and also make it very public

steveknapp.bsky.social•10 days ago

Next event will feature Kid Rock and Ted Nugent. 🤮

gatenbyd.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is a guy that bankrupted casinos sooooo…

kristhomason.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m guessing monster trucks?

mikejopek.bsky.social•10 days ago

more golden art, no more rap

patspark.bsky.social•10 days ago

He really is hell bent on getting vengeance against all of what he perceives as slights his frail ego sustained over the last eight years.

heyche.bsky.social•10 days ago

I feel bad for Caroline Kennedy. Soon it will be Trump Center 😡

darthburkie.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will be a Trump themed, Vegas style, topless variety act with washed up musical acts, a holographic Lee Greenwood, and all hosted by Ric Grennell

tatertahts.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m curious, since they only accept federal funding for maintenance and upkeep can’t they just decide not to accept that money and become completely privatized? Also if he’s not really busy doing his main “job” and needs a side gig as chairman then we all know who’s really in charge.

kmr-kevin.bsky.social•10 days ago

What kind of people will future Kennedy Center Honors be bestowed upon? Will the name have to be changed to Kennedy Center Dishonors (to Arts and Culture)?

stefflee.bsky.social•10 days ago

Probably be run into the ground and closes for starters

plains.bsky.social•10 days ago

For starters it will be renamed something offensive

heartsonycgr.bsky.social•10 days ago

Let WWE programming commence!!

hilotide.bsky.social•10 days ago

I think they'll book Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent for a musical

ebrig.bsky.social•10 days ago

Why can’t we have nice things?

jarodwinters.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m thinking Bawidaba is a shoe-in.

rjregan.bsky.social•10 days ago

Just like The Rose Garden under Melania.

tmulvihill280.bsky.social•10 days ago

They are probably putting sawdust on the floor already.

monica-79.bsky.social•10 days ago

He will ruin it just like everything else he does

jamesfromqueens.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden now, sterilized, hollowed out, will never be the same.

calondraig.bsky.social•10 days ago

Help me. Please, help me understand what is happening. I just can’t. 😡😢😫

chefalex.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock new Artist in Residence.

b-korb.bsky.social•10 days ago

Just how bad can a Kanye West performance be?

wishful-nomad.bsky.social•10 days ago

Boebert will feel right at home.

pamelajane.bsky.social•10 days ago

Lol good one!

pyoung2.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mothball it for 4 years.

strandqueen.bsky.social•10 days ago

Get ready for Kid Rock to get the rainbow medal, and I'm sure that's out the door too for being to "gay". Please make it all stop

larryleclair.bsky.social•10 days ago

Get your tickets now for Lee Greenwood Month.

battlebear.bsky.social•10 days ago

Probably the return of black face minstrel shows.

dalbak.bsky.social•10 days ago

The local affluent liberal customer base that patronizes KC will simply go spend their arts and entertainment dollars elsewhere. Lots of other quality venues in town.

This only makes sense if Trump is trying to create a derelict empty shell on the Potomac.

exiles2024.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ye has already begun rehearsing for his one man show, Adolf!

5plume.bsky.social•10 days ago

Am I wrong to say that most people in that world don't and won't swing his way?

yabbadoneadooby.bsky.social•10 days ago

ettd

dktr.bsky.social•10 days ago

The Kennedy Center, i.e. the arts is boring to him. It was all about trying to co-opt JFK's legacy. He'll turn it over to Ivanka, and she'll stage a cosplay Met Gala since she's not invited to the real one.

marciabee.bsky.social•10 days ago

McDonalds at the concession stand, no doubt.

martinlauffer.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will become a future failed Trump Casino.

papaguac.bsky.social•10 days ago

Cheesy Casino?

v2-0.bsky.social•10 days ago

This article said that Trump at one time wanted to go to film school at USC. I never saw that in all the things I've read about Trump. Is anyone else aware of this?

patsfanlisa.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is one of the saddest things I've seen. Such an honored facility and organization that promotes arts and culture, of which trump nor any of his trained monkeys are devoid, being destroyed just brings tears to my eyes. So damn sad.

lkelro.bsky.social•10 days ago

My thoughts, exactly.

If I remember correctly, he didn't attend the Honors when he was in office before. I don't think he was welcome.

He still isn't.

patsfanlisa.bsky.social•10 days ago

He was invited but declined the first year. Then he just ignored it because it was supported and attended by leftists. The media made a big deal about him being the first president not to go, so he's exacting his revenge.

gumbogirl.bsky.social•10 days ago

Just another beautiful building
That Trump can put an horrid gold T ON

dianthus56.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will be renamed the Trump Center

kimlindaberry.bsky.social•10 days ago

We don't need a reboot of Hee Haw.

hoost1.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock and Wagner 24/7.

carolannfl.bsky.social•10 days ago

It will be like Hitler’s ‘degenerate art’, but with a degenerate at the helm

2024catlady.bsky.social•10 days ago

Like everything he touches, it will sink into the sewer.

badguitarist.bsky.social•10 days ago

Nobody will go there. That’s what will happen

skythinker.bsky.social•10 days ago

maga trash will go there and suddenly feel all cultural minded and whatnot

badguitarist.bsky.social•10 days ago

They won’t though, not in any meaningful numbers.

tom-from-mpls.bsky.social•10 days ago

but for sure there will be a Roseanne Barr box.

tom-from-mpls.bsky.social•10 days ago

And Hulk Hogan and one named after that dude that shot up the beer with the big manly-man rifle.

badguitarist.bsky.social•10 days ago

You’re probably right. Or at least a Kevin Sorbo box.

wholetree.bsky.social•10 days ago

Nobody of class and stature should go.

badguitarist.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s difficult for me because I have a couple friends who work there and I don’t want to boycott in a way that hurts friends. But my hope is other places will absorb the talent that will surely flee now.

dougers00.bsky.social•10 days ago

No one cares, because once he has it, it’s a piece of tasteless crude shit.

ttownwa.bsky.social•10 days ago

So very true..he can dance on stage in a pond of our money

bjgt.bsky.social•10 days ago

And bring Lara on to “sing”

tatertahts.bsky.social•10 days ago

He’s only doing it so he can give himself an award.

tom-from-mpls.bsky.social•10 days ago

gold plate everywhere, YMCA played on a loop in the bathrooms....yeesh

sand-loire.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's going to turn into the most tacky pile of garbage that there has ever been and then it will go broke mysteriously because he will siphon ever fucking dime out of it.

1american10.bsky.social•10 days ago

Everything there will be just:

smarternow.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thinking attendance will be forced.

cfl2003.bsky.social•10 days ago

Maybe they'll have tractor pulls and performances by the Hooters girls. Of course the Roof Terrace Restaurant will serve every meal with a side of ketchup. You know, really classy stuff.

cribis.bsky.social•10 days ago

Melania the genius, will probably undertake some stupid project akin to destroying the Rose Garden or displaying red, Satan Christmas trees. She fancies herself avant garde and having fashion/design skills we've yet to see. I suppose she's looked up to amongst the Slovenian stripper crowd.

rgsmithaz.bsky.social•10 days ago

I can’t wait for the spring concert series featuring the Village People, Lee Greenwood, Ted Nugent and a stand up comedy routine with Roseanne Barr. An all-star lineup like the country has never seen, possibly ever in the entire world. And we will get to see trump perform his signature dance move.

ravenna321.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'm imagining future events there, similar to Trump's cabinet meetings where people fall over themselves to heap praise on him and he sits there with a smug smile basking in it. A whole evening of that. With Kid Rock. Ugh.

lynn1950.bsky.social•10 days ago

With lick the John F Kennedy family will remove their name from the Center.
It’s to honor excellence not mediocrity

cpcville.bsky.social•10 days ago

Get ready for the Kennedy Center hosting acts like "Up With People."

comehereaminute.bsky.social•10 days ago

45donnie.bsky.social•10 days ago

He will put his criminal brand on it.

daviddiano.bsky.social•10 days ago

Minstrel shows

bethriggs33.bsky.social•10 days ago

opalspenn86.bsky.social•10 days ago

Will he remember he said this next month? He’s too busy destroying world order.

timnokken.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock & Ted Nugent residency. That’s what will happen.

erikgielen.bsky.social•10 days ago

All art from this day forward will be covered in gold leaf, so I declare.

thebaroness.bsky.social•10 days ago

I know what should happen: every show should cancel.

coloneltompeeping.bsky.social•10 days ago

If only Hitler had gone to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna...if only Trump had gone to film school in Southern California.

djyohimbe.bsky.social•10 days ago

Kid Rock 24/7, of course!

happymiser.bsky.social•10 days ago

The residency will begin with kid Rock and go down hill from there. Oh, and don’t forget about the rodeos.

wholetree.bsky.social•10 days ago

I know one thing it will do... cheapen and make all future Kennedy Center Honors Awards lose credibility. It will become nothing more than a beauty pageant and it will be trashy. If I were an artist, I would decline the award as long as Fat Donny is part of it.

areyaserious.bsky.social•10 days ago

fat donnie will end up with lee greenwood and a kazoo band with three guys playing the spoons. that's entertainment!

gumbogirl.bsky.social•10 days ago

Agreed

chardancer.bsky.social•10 days ago

A live action version of kash patels books.

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