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The New York Times reports:
President Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Monday for the first time since he stunned the cultural and political establishment nearly five weeks ago by taking over the institution. He had some thoughts about programming. “I never liked ‘Hamilton’ very much,” he said, taking a poke at a show that canceled a planned tour there next year to protest his takeover of the institution, which had long been bipartisan.
When he was a young man Mr. Trump had dreams of one day becoming a Broadway producer himself. Now, he said, the Kennedy Center’s focus would be on producing “Broadway hits.” After inspecting the place himself, he declared that “the Kennedy Center is in tremendous disrepair.” In particular, he took issue with the columns outside (“it’s supposed to be covered by something, whether it’s marble or whatever, granite”) and said he wanted to “bring it into more modern times.”
Read the full article. Per the Times, Trump has had his portrait installed in the Kennedy Center’s entrance and as you can see below, he has affixed the presidential seal to one of the venue’s box seating areas. Also, Trump has never attended a performance of “Hamilton.”
Donald Trump is hard at work holding court and posing for pictures at the Kennedy Center.
How utterly embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/uRJUdPuga9
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 17, 2025
Donald Trump at a board meeting at the Kennedy Center:
“I’ve been so busy. I haven’t been here in a long time, and I shouldn’t be with what I’m doing.”
They kicked out the media right after he accidentally told the truth. pic.twitter.com/TxjdHnv1Ro
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 17, 2025
Trump on Kennedy Center Honors: We’re going to have honors.. Unless you were a radical left, nobody was chosen. A lot of people out there who can get the honors.. We have some surprises on that. Big surprises pic.twitter.com/Gn5iYRbqAo
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 17, 2025
Donald Trump is babbling about underground rooms and a cube that blocks the view at the Kennedy Center.
Bro isn’t well. pic.twitter.com/gQuGJ6Xswb
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 17, 2025
Trump: “We had Lee Greenwood wanted to sing a little song today. And because of the cost and the union structure, for him to sing a song just for the board it was gonna cost $30k. They wanted $30k to move a piano. So you can’t have that. We’re gonna fix it up.” pic.twitter.com/4fpHj4rwW9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 17, 2025
Kennedy Center board meeting held on stage in the Concert Hall.
Kennedy Center Board Chair Trump: “I never realized this was in such bad shape. I’ve been so busy. I haven’t been able to here in a long time. And I shouldn’t be with what I’m doing.” pic.twitter.com/itTLi7pveb
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) March 17, 2025
President Trump tells reporters at the Kennedy Center that a lot of changes are going to be made to the seats and the decor.
He adds, “pretty much everything.”
At the end, he poses for photographers in an Evita-like pose.
Evita is the President’s favorite musical.
He says… pic.twitter.com/DkMceMBagc
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 17, 2025