President Donald Trump did not attend events at the arts institution during his first administration. The move is the latest of several directives to force changes at Washington’s cultural institutions.
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As horrific as the Trump/Musk takeover of the federal government is, his move to invade the Kennedy Center is a real gut punch to the solar plexus. What’s next? He will replace a sitting Abraham Lincoln with a statue of His Orangeness sitting atop a throw in the monument?
He’ll more than likely rename the Kennedy Center to the trump center. What is president Elon doing to lower the price of groceries?? Thought this was a day one promise 🙄
I read several news articles and not one word of what the Kennedy Center for the Arts could do to fight against Trump.
You would think news organizations with the power to sway opinion would at least mention an alternative to just Trump taking over. But nothing but crickets.
The next time the national opera stages Don Giovanni the Don needs to be wearing an oversized navy suit and a four foot red tie.
And be pulled down to hell by the latter.
And Leperello’s catalog aria needs to be a list of his credible sexual assault allegations.
Donald Trump is a megalomaniac who believes the whole world should revolve around him, but many U.S. voters and others around the world disagree. Criticism and attempts to bring him to justice have angered him so much that he now essentially wants retribution on all of humanity.
It's (1) because it has always to be all about him & (2) during T1.0, I think several honorees wouldn't attend if he were there. He's destroying it in retaliation.
At this point in history, if this newspaper is not reporting with outrage, then it can effectively be seen as a collaborator.
What a terrible descent for such a previously esteemed publication.
It will not be forgotten.
Maybe include some language in the headline that shows it’s a fascist move? Let’s face it, most uninterested folks read a headline and develop their opinion accordingly.
The phrase "force changes" doesn't really have a positive connotation to it. They don't want to piss Trump off because of Bezos.
It's not the paper's fault that Bezos doesn't want to burn a fortune fighting Trump. That's a function of Capitalism and Capitalism goes hand-in-hand with Fascism.
I'd like Caroline Kennedy, her cousins, and anyone tangentially related to the family to throw as many roadblocks in Scrump's way as they can. Fuck that arrogant turd. He knows nothing about arts or culture. Look at the tacky golf motel he lives in. Gold leaf and faux marble everywhere.
"The move is the latest of several directives to force changes at Washington’s cultural institutions" must be utterly gormless milquetoast-speak for "tinpot authoritarian distracts us with nonsense while existential Constitutional battles going on."
Well Trump played Ave Maria and YMCA at his campaign rallies, with guest appearances by Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and the January 6th Choir. So CLEARLY he's got his finger on the pulse of current cultural trends.
To be truly cynical, because after all what the hell would that idiot know about art, but he could just go Gaza all over it, bulldoze it, and build a Trump casino there instead. And with a giant statue of himself as Van Gogh or something out front.
He wants his name on the bldg. He does absolutely nothing to promote any sort of art, bc he’s devoid of the emotions required to experience art. The USA press normalizing this narcissist sociopath will live in infamy, Jeff Bezos a foremost collaborator.
“…. immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture….” Trump is sounding more like Mussolini every damn day.
gay here. they can write us and all minorities out of history. they can condemn us. hell, they can even tell stories of Paul Bunyan if it makes the wienies like graham and musk feel strong. what they can't do is make us go away. we're as old as time and don't you know it
It's all about control TOTAL control of every aspect of American society. Clearly-Trump is a sociopath, & the Republican Party is a terrorist organization facilitating dictator don. Note that with the hundreds of dictator decrees of Trump, NOTHING to benefit the working class! Only the rich benefit.
We've seen his "taste" in his absurd golden palace. I expect their first big event will be "An Exploration of Albert Speer's Architectural Genius." Future public art will be brutalist giant statues of Trump, covered with gold.
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You would think news organizations with the power to sway opinion would at least mention an alternative to just Trump taking over. But nothing but crickets.
And be pulled down to hell by the latter.
And Leperello’s catalog aria needs to be a list of his credible sexual assault allegations.
You can continue with “This happened after a series of similar attacks from Musl and Trump that want to make US a true despotic oligarchy”
What a terrible descent for such a previously esteemed publication.
It will not be forgotten.
It's not the paper's fault that Bezos doesn't want to burn a fortune fighting Trump. That's a function of Capitalism and Capitalism goes hand-in-hand with Fascism.
FUCK JEFF BEZOS
Donations and memberships (me!) will dry up.
I also predict the excellent jazz program will disintegrate.
HITLER
(Just Vince and Linda. And Hulk Hogan.)
Followed by the fellow pedo draft dodger Ted, I shit my pants to avoid service to my country, nuggent
And Damian is spawned...