JFK's Family Raises Questions Over Trump's Plan To Close The Kennedy Center
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Members of the Kennedy family say the president's actions are meant to distract from his many other transgressions.
President Donald Trump’s plan to shutter the Trump-rebranded Kennedy Center for two years isn’t sitting well with the family members of former President John F. Kennedy, for whom the Washington, D.C. performing arts venue was named.
Trump made the announcement late Sunday on his Truth Social platform, calling the existing structure “tired, broken, and dilapidated.” The venue, he said, will close on July 4 ― the nation’s 250th anniversary ― and will reopen shortly before he leaves office.
Kennedy’s niece, Maria Shriver, took to social media to share her suspicions about Trump’s real motivations.
“Translation: It has been brought to my attention that due to the name change (but nobody’s telling me it’s due to the name change), but it’s been brought to my attention that entertainers are canceling left and right, and I have determined that since the name change no one wants to perform there any longer,” she wrote Sunday on X. “I’ve determined that due to this change in schedule, it’s best for me to close this center down and rebuild a new center that will bear my name, which will surely get everybody to stop talking about the fact that everybody’s canceling… right?”
Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg, who is currently running as a Democrat for a U.S. House seat in New York, echoed those sentiments but suggested the best way to honor JFK’s legacy was to seek retribution for Trump’s many other transgressions.
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