A New Rule for Social Interactions with Anyone Who Ever Voted for or Thought of Voting for Donald Trump
They must begin with an abject apology, declaration of repentance, and agreement to be guided for **all** their future voting decisions by somebody who is not such an easily grifted moron…
They must begin with an abject apology, declaration of repentance, and agreement to be guided for all their future voting decisions by somebody who is not such an easily grifted moron…
Could somebody, some engineers, facilities staff, or internal consultants, have told somebody in the bowels of the institution or the board that the building really needs a lot of work, and “if you really want to rework the building, you’d be better off closing it”? There i no trace of that anywhere I have been able to find. Right now nobody is saying: “this idea has been on the table for years and Trump has now embraced it”. There are no quotes from anybody coming forward as a long‑time pro‑closure Cassandra.
What the record shows is Trump’s post hoc appeal to “Highly Respected Experts,” with no prior public track.
It will be interesting to see how long it is before people begin claiming that Trump’s desire to close it for reconstruction is just common sense, and who the first ones are.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump: <https://substack.com/@aaronrupar/note/c-208575624>: ‘After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and Re-Opening or, Partial Construction while continuing Entertainment Operations through a much longer period of time, working in and around the Performances, I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World. In other words, if we don’t close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!
Based on these findings, and totally subject to Board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything that has taken place with respect to such a Facility before.
Therefore, The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex. Financing is completed, and fully in place! This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark for many generations to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
That he has not yet been adjudged mentally incompetent, and that no guardian ad litam has yet been appointed, are surely the most mysterious things about our current situation.
I'm assuming that this is intended as hyperbole, but it is quite literally a necessary condition if US democracy is to be saved. Unless the Republican party is permanently driven from power, or reformed so radically as to be unrecognisable, a change of administration will merely delay the inevitable collapse into dictatorship.
And this will only happen if a large proportion of Republican voters admit, not merely that they made the wrong choice, but that they did so for stupid and evil reasons, and resolve never to repeat this error. So far there is no sign of this.
Clearly, popular performers were going to be drawing attention to Trump's evil with every cancellation.
Now they won't...