The warning came as Trump leaves a trail of destruction in Washington, demolishing the White House East Wing to make way for a $600m ballroom and ordering a renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool that resulted in algae blooms and a peeling liner.

The court filing represented the first time that Trump’s allies have raised the prospect of knocking down the Kennedy Center – a 100ft-high complex with a concert hall, opera house and theatre – as the dire alternative to closing it for two years of improvements. Such an aggressive move would be sure to face legal challenges, protests and an outcry from historic preservation groups.

The threat emerged on Monday as the administration urged a federal judge to reject a fresh legal challenge to Trump’s efforts to put his name on the Kennedy Center. The dispute has become part of a months-long battle over the president’s attempt to alter the memorial created by Congress in honour of John F Kennedy, the 35th US president who was assassinated in 1963.

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[–] 120 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Could this man be a bigger asshole?

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  • [–] 47 points 1 month ago*

    In a surprising development the Republican Congress did fuck all about it and SCOTUS threw up their hands and said “who, me?”

    Meanwhile the media blamed Biden because he likes ice cream.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 month ago

    Paved over Jackie Kennedy's rose garden. Put in a garish boxing ring, then a helipad.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago

    come on, make a deal with him. Kennedy got his name on it by being assassinated. Maybe something along similar lines??

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Better demolished than have Trump on it.

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    [–] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    If I can't have it, nobody can. Someone deal with his man and his cabal of pedophile lovers, already.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Will no one rid me of this troublesome president?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    A good start would be citizens who are in states with recall clauses starting to enact them. granted it would only help 12 of the states as the rest lack a framework for it but, the majority of the states who have the recall process, also have legislators that refuse to do anything about it.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Jesus Christ. The fuck head is mad with power. It's cock obvious the guy is demented.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    The moment he focuses on anything it is fucked. Look at his past business dealings. Dude is walking, stupid cancer bragging about how it wins at everything.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago

    The funny thing is that a contractor will do this even though they will never be paid by Trump and then eventually probably go to prison after he is too dead to pardon them.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    This asshole is the modern Caligula. Shouldn't be allowed out of prison, much less running/destroying the country.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    Look, if Trump wants a memorial building named after him all he has to do is get himself assassinated. He just has do the first step and we'll totally take care of the rest, ok?

    Please do Step One, Trump. Please?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    The only reasonable response is:

    DO IT, MOTHERFUCKER!

    Stop trying to reason with this clown.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    I'm not rich by any means, but if we pool our money together, can't we get a hitman? I'm so tired of the world turning to shit because of an egotistical child rapist. I want him dead. Six feet under.

    Hell, I'll do it myself, considering I don't have a strong will up live, but I don't think I'll ever be in the same country as the orange shit.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago*

    He's the kid that breaks the toys in daycare so nobody else can play with them.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Gee, I hope some really stealth vigilante group does not start destroying properties with trumps name on them. Sure would be a shame if something bad happened. Don't spread that around though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    While I don't advocate for said actions, if actions were to occur, I think it would be better to have them happen after the presidency. I don't trust that he wouldn't somehow smuggle federal money into repairing it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Still working hard to improve the life of the American people I see.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Fuck this piece of shit, release the child raping and sex trafficking files.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    do it. will just be more historical evidence of the worst president in us history. you know for a time I would pose if he was worse than nixon or some other pres could take the title but the white house demolition cemented the title with him and he keeps adding to the score every week.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    He's going to have the same attitude when it comes time for him to leave office.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So many people who own guns in 'Merica, and no one is willing to shoot the bastard?!

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    The Orange Pedo is such a great representative of this MAGAt base.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Announced in the "White House Restored and Renovated by Truman".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    doing anything and everything drastic to keep his deceased best friend out of the news.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    demolish it then.

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