{"id":295,"date":"2026-05-30T04:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:21:25","slug":"trump-79-issues-dire-threat-after-kennedy-center-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Trump, 79, Issues Dire Threat After Kennedy Center Humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal judge on Friday and appeared to give up on his Kennedy Center takeover after suffering a humiliating defeat in court.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=293\">Chicago Mayor Shades Trump With Gift to Pope Leo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a sprawling, 582-word Truth Social rant, the 79-year-old president suggested he no longer wanted anything to do with the institution after a judge blocked his effort to rename it after himself and halted plans to shut it down for renovations.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBased on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center\u2026 we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The outburst came hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center\u2019s board lacked the authority to rename the venue the \u201cTrump-Kennedy Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,\u201d Cooper wrote in his .<\/p>\n<p>Trump blasted the Obama-appointed judge, accusing him of putting the public at risk by refusing to allow the center to close for renovations. <\/p>\n<p>The president claimed experts had warned of \u201crotting beams,\u201d parking areas \u201csubject to collapse,\u201d and other alleged safety hazards at the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The president also complained that Cooper had effectively overturned a unanimous vote by the Kennedy Center\u2019s board to add the \u201cTRUMP\u201d name to the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Trump seized control of the institution in February, removing multiple Biden-appointed board members and installing allies, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo.<\/p>\n<p>However, the vote to rename the venue after the current president came after Trump had purged the Kennedy Center\u2019s leadership and filled the board with loyalists, who then elected him chairman and approved the rebranding effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took great pride in taking over a losing Institution,\u201d Trump said, insisting he had hoped to transform it into \u201cthe Finest Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The president then appeared to concede that his effort to remake the institution was effectively over.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=291\">Hardcore MAGA Couple Reveal Breaking Point With Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into \u2018NEVER NEVER LAND,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He ended the post by announcing that he had instructed the Department of Commerce to begin arrangements with Congress for a \u201cfull and complete transfer\u201d of responsibility for the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House and Kennedy Center for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s complaints found support from Sen. Lindsey Graham, who blasted the ruling as a \u201cjudicial power grab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe a federal judge would deny President Trump\u2014working with the Trump Kennedy Center Board\u2014the ability to close the center for renovations,\u201d Graham wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Republican added that he would be \u201chonored\u201d to help move the renovation plans forward and said he supported attaching Trump\u2019s name to the center because he had done more than any president since the center\u2019s founding to \u201crenovate it, protect it, and have it flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the ruling was welcomed by Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, whose lawsuit challenged Trump\u2019s takeover of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s ruling rightly affirms that this administration\u2019s efforts to rename and close the Center have no basis in law,\u201d Beatty <u>said in <\/u><u>a statement<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kennedy Center is an institution that belongs to the American people, not to Donald Trump. He has desecrated this sacred memorial for his own vanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision was also celebrated by members of the Kennedy family, including Maria Shriver, who called it \u201can appropriate birthday present\u201d for her uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, whose birthday fell on Friday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI know they\u2019ll probably appeal and the story isn\u2019t over, but for today let\u2019s celebrate a great birthday gift,\u201d Shriver wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=289\">Pentagon Pete Drags His Wife Into PT Stunt With Marines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal judge on Friday and appeared to give up on his Kennedy Center takeover after suffering a humiliating defeat in court. 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