The latest installment in the Kennedy Center drama arrived Wednesday with a court-mandated filing by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ), explaining his rationale for abruptly closing the performing arts venue last Tuesday.

It made no mention of the possible “DEMOLITION” of the center, recently threatened by Trump.

The executive director of the Kennedy Center, Matt Floca, said in the DOJ filing that the closure would extend another week, claiming “deterioration” that is “widespread” at the center. Floca cited the engineering consulting firm charged with assessing the building’s infrastructure to make the determination, ABC News reports.

When and if the center reopens depends on what else the engineering firm finds, he said.

The “temporary” closure was undertaken by the Kennedy Center board last week at Trump’s behest and immediately followed a ruling by the judge in the case challenging Trump’s stewardship. He barred the board for a second time from inscribing the president’s name on the center’s facade.

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[–] 13 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Trump looked at the playbook of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and said "yeah, that'll do"

Doug pulled the same shit with the Ontario Science Centre claiming the roof was going to cave in at any moment. Several major snow storms and rain storms later and the roof is still intact.

So why did Doug do that? just like Trump, they hurt his feelings....and he promised the land to his buddy mafia associate developers.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    Doug Ford is basically just Trump with a still functioning brain and I fucking hate that we (Ontarians) keep voting for him

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    It boggles my mind that he's on his third term. Wtf Ontario???

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Is the opposition only running non-white people or something? When such an idiot keeps power the only reason I can think of is racists turning their brains off at the ballot box.

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