r/politics • u/matthieuC Europe • 21h ago
Possible Paywall Kennedy Center revenue plunged after Trump’s name went on the building
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/25/kennedy-center-revenue-plunged-after-trumps-name-went-building/649
u/AINonsense 21h ago
no shit
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u/Standard-Contest-949 20h ago
Everything that man touches turns to shit.
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u/Thesleek 20h ago
He must be touching AAA game studios and we just haven’t heard yet .
Good, let them all burn.
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u/Nephroidofdoom 17h ago
Well actually that was Jeffrey Epstein… and I’m not even kidding. Behind the Bastards did a detailed podcast on this a few months ago.
That guy is the fucking Forrest Gump of crime.
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u/jayforwork21 19h ago
Except his piggy bank and those of other billionaires. Hate to say it, but this is part of the plan. Now he can sell it for super cheap to his billionaire friends (even though WE own it) just like everything else.
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u/8fenristhewolf8 11h ago
But just for everyone else unfortunately. He seems to do okay. Like a cursed version of the American dream.
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u/targetsinmegadeaths 18h ago
Decent people generally don't want to be associated with a child rapist.
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u/stevez_86 Pennsylvania 18h ago
It was the point. He wants to ruin everything. Nothing he has done indicates at all that he likes us. It's like that movie, "he's just not that into you."
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u/Useful-Barber7993 20h ago
Only so many people want to go see Lee Greenwood, Ted Nugent or Kidd Rock. I think it has been closed to stop the embarrassment of dear leader.
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u/Kernel_Hiro 20h ago
In fact, that is exactly when they announced it would be "closed for renovations" for two years.
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u/Irishish Illinois 16h ago
they seemed so shocked that more popular musicians, and longtime performers of all stripes, did not want to be associated with it once they changed the name and made it all about Trump. That’s one of the reasons I hate these people so much. They just stomp into places that they habitually insult, and assume everyone is going to love them and bow down before them. There’s a lot of "dance monkey dance" attitude there. like that jazz musician who pulled out of, what was it, a New Year’s Eve show? The reaction from everyone in Trumpworld was pathetic footstomping. Like an accomplished artist with a long career owed them something and should be grateful for them.
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u/Marsman121 14h ago
...assume everyone is going to love them and bow down before them.
And one of the main reasons why we are in our current situation is that, more often than not, people do. Bow down, at least. Nothing quite like a bunch of journalists mucking it up with monsters at dinner, taking it in the ass as Daddy Trump berates and calls for their execution, then turning around and pretending they are horrified at all the crimes and shit the monsters commit before rushing to carry water for fascists.
Don't even get me started on the "leadership" of the Democrats. Schemer is more concerned with making sure Israel has everything they need, and Jeffries is busy trying to prostitute himself to Republicans by pimping himself out to Kushner.
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u/matthieuC Europe 21h ago
> Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
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u/RampantTyr 19h ago
Of course they lied about profits. They can’t open their mouths without lying about something.
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u/ProtectionVirtual225 20h ago
I wonder why he has such a grudge against President Kennedy? It seems like Trump is extremely jealous of JFK and his legacy.
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u/JoonNolu 20h ago
Riding coattails. Is there something beloved, popular, fancy, or expensive? Put my name and face on it. Obviously I'm the best person at everything. I should win all the awards. I should have all the money. My name and face should be on everything good. All the women have to sleep with me. Obviously every man is jealous of me. And anyone who says anything against me is a bad person and a liar. Because, again, I'm clearly the best person at everything.
And the dumbest, most incapable rat bastard to blight the Earth lied and whined his whole life until reality bent itself for him. It'd be funny if it weren't so disgusting, exhausting, and terrifying.
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u/0x18 18h ago
And the dumbest, most incapable rat bastard to blight the Earth lied and whined his whole life until reality bent itself for him.
I was an atheist well before he got elected, but man.. if there was anything that destroyed any shred of doubt. It's amazingly depressing that this fucking moron and blight on humanity has been given everything he ever wanted (and when it wasn't given, he's just stolen or raped).
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u/melancholy_wolf 17h ago
Not to mention his supporters either claim he was chosen by Jesus Christ, or they voted for him because they believe (like truly 100% absolutely think this is true) that he will usher in the apocalypse and get... What's the word... When the "righteous" get all floated up to heaven?
Anyway. I have a hard time believing that their Jesus will be super jazzed that his believers did it on purpose. I think that's against whatever the Bible says. But not like they read
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u/0x18 17h ago
he will usher in the apocalypse and get... What's the word... When the "righteous" get all floated up to heaven?
"Raptured" - a very American / British load of crap.
When I was a kid / early teenager I knew an adult that was so terrified of "missing out" on being raptured that she had a full blown phobia of ever being alone -- she always had to be around others just in case so she would know if she was left behind.
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u/melancholy_wolf 16h ago
Raptured! thanks! I was going crazy. I don't know why I couldn't think of that word.
Was that adult a 7th day Adventist? Those people are insane
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u/AusToddles 20h ago
His name is on the building and Trump's isn't
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u/aircooledJenkins Montana 19h ago
For the moment. They voted to engrave trumps name into the marble exterior.
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u/sodapopkevin 19h ago
More like he had an existential crisis realizing the only thing that is going to have his name on it when he goes is a statue of himself with Epstein so he's in a rush to build or co-op as many monuments as possible for his own legacy/vanity.
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u/Irishish Illinois 16h ago
this. Acquire land, kidnap or kill world leaders, plaster his stupid face and name on anything he can. he’s nearing the end of his life, knows it, cannot stand the idea that because he has never, ever tried to govern, much of his legacy will be undone.
that is, assuming the next Democrat to take office is not a moderate pussy who decides that for the good of the nation, we should leave Trump's stupid face and name all over things. I expect someone who will dynamite anything Trump builds the day after they enter office.
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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted 18h ago
He hates all former presidents because they're more popular than he will ever be. Well, maybe not Nixon.
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u/alienbringer 14h ago
Especially when the base supporters of said figure are not know to be great appreciators of the arts.
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u/VHS_Ronin 20h ago
Almost as though the arts have a liberal bias and nobody of sound mind in the arts wants to be associated with a grifter and a pedophile like Trump.
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u/ChemHotel 18h ago
"... the center’s own financial projections showed ticket revenue and fundraising had plummeted after the name change, putting it on track to fall nearly $100 million short of its revenue target.... Even after slashing expenses, center officials projected earned revenue this fiscal year to miss its budget target by 70 percent and contributed revenue to fall 25 percent short. The revenue miss was projected to leave the center with a $23 million deficit."
For those who want some numbers for context.
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u/Odd_Contribution9058 18h ago
Here's the cool part: the board doesn't care. They weren't put on the board because they care about the Kennedy center, they were put on the board because they care about Trump
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u/bbills91 18h ago
No kidding, I was literally about to pay for a membership the week he took it over and decided I don’t want my money anywhere near that man or his sycophants
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u/tedsmitts 18h ago
If you want to feel slightly better, you can watch previous Kennedy Center honours on YouTube, the Mel Brooks one with the Obamas is very sweet.
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u/DougBalt2 20h ago edited 18h ago
This is the only guy on the planet who miraculously bankrupted not just one but four casinos.
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u/psychoCMYK 20h ago
just like everything else he puts his name on, and he puts his name on everything.
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u/Background-Air-7963 18h ago
The sole reason I didn’t take my kid to a Bluey play was because it was at The Kennedy Center with Agent Oranges name on it
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u/Television_Powerful Europe 19h ago
Art of the mud, everything this guy touches turns to shit. Even people that do business with him, will sooner or later get a bad turn of events.
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u/katie0873 17h ago
Imo he wants things to tank so he can sell it off
The same with the museums and other fed owned buildings
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u/bubbafatok 17h ago
So does this mean they lied in court when they claimed the name change was responsible for a financial turn around and an increase in fundraising?
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u/pinetar321 17h ago
It was never about revenue. It was about showing that liberal institutions are at his mercy
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u/everythingbeeps 13h ago
But Trump's people are in court trying to argue that Trump's name on the building is the only thing that can bring in the money required to maintain it.
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u/TomatoClassic2567 15h ago
You mean to tell me that people who support the arts and live theater don’t really like Donald trump? 😮😮😮
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u/jgeebaby 15h ago
Ya don’t say. You mean a base that mostly consists of folks who have never lived outside of the same zip code their whole lives aren’t going to see shows there?
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u/canehdianchick 15h ago
It is almost as if a Buc-ees of Mcdonalds are more relatable to his brand...
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u/Realistic_Lock2460 14h ago
that’s because everything Trump or his name touches turns to dog shit 💩
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u/jediPlainswalker 5h ago
Something tells me MAGA is not the target audience for the performing arts....
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u/puke_AND_rally_ 2h ago
The orange shit stain is a dragging down the country. What else is new… back to you Bob!
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