Trump Escalates Kennedy Center Demolition Threats
On Wednesday evening, while speaking with a reporter, the President said that if he cannot install a Trump sign on the Kennedy Center then “it will end up being ripped down.” (On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled for the second time that installing such a sign would be illegal.) Hours later, the photojournalist Brendan Smialowski […] The post Trump Escalates Kennedy Center Demolition Threats first appeared on Washingtonian.
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