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Photos Show Trump with Poster Reading “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED”

HeadlineSep 18, 2026

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Trump administration to give at least 30 days’ notice before making any major changes to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Thursday’s emergency ruling came after President Trump said he would withhold funding for renovations to the Kennedy Center — essentially condemning it — unless he’s allowed to inscribe his name on the building. On Wednesday, a New York Times photographer captured images of Trump aboard Air Force One looking at a poster board appearing to show a building reduced to rubble, along with the caption “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”

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