I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President! Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. I don’t want so-called “Artists” that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Can you imagine? A Barack Hussein Obama Judge named Christopher Cooper has stopped a magnificent structural and aesthetic rebuilding of The Trump Kennedy Center where Millions of Dollars of material, marble, furniture, steel, air conditioning, heating, and so much else was ordered, or soon to be ordered, with the end result being a structure that would no longer be in a potential state of collapse, rusted, rotted, and rat and bug infested, to one that would be the Finest anywhere in the World. It was necessary to close the Center in order to get this work done. It is not possible to have a major and very dangerous Construction job, including the replacement of structural beams, with audiences innocently going in to watch a Play. The marble is in terrible shape, the pipes are gone, the air conditioning and heating systems are 65 years old, and no longer functioning. It was all being torn out to be replaced by brand new Carrier Equipment, at the highest standard. Now that won’t happen anymore because a Judge, whose wife is an anti Trump Hater, and he is too, decided, unprecedentedly, to not allow a desperately needed Building Renovation to go forward. On top of that, he said, “Rip his name off the Building, he’s got 20 days to do so,” even though a large Board of some of the most distinguished people in the Country voted unanimously to put the name up. I didn’t do it, the Board did because they thought it would be good for this dying Institution, which was doing Record Low Business and, especially after COVID, only getting worse — True for other such Institutions throughout the Country, but The Trump Kennedy Center was going to be a special one. It would have fully recovered, when none others will. It would have been a New Standard of Excellence, one of my many Gifts to Washington, D.C. The new Building would have been incomparable, beautiful marble, magnificent chandeliers, the finest carpets, rugs, and furniture, designed at the highest level but, perhaps most importantly, replaced steel on many beams, columns, and girders, making the Building structurally sound again. People shouldn’t be allowed to go into that Building until this is fixed, and yet the Trump Hating Judge wants to keep it open because his wife probably told him to do so! Cooper’s wife, Amy Jeffress, who doesn’t use the “Cooper” name because they, as a couple, don’t want people to know that she has a Conflict of Interest with an important Judge, is a Radical Left Democrat, who worked as a Federal Prosecutor and Counselor to Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, worked behind the scenes for the January 6th Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, Dirty Cop FBI attorney Lisa Page in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal, RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA Hoax, and her Millions of Dollars Settlement, even though she was “guilty as hell,” and is currently representing Sleepy Joe Biden on the release of his audio tapes, and more. She also works for the same Legal Firm that represented E. Jean Carroll who received a decision against me, now under appeal, that was shocking to the entire World. Amy is totally wired into the Left System, from her husband down, and it is impossible for me to be treated fairly. He has a total Conflict of Interest, and should be brought up on charges for not revealing these facts. That is why The Kennedy Center will soon be closed, probably never to open again. That is why, at a different level, and with different players, our Country lost the TARIFF Case, and is forced to pay back 149 Billion Dollars in money received from people who hate everything we stand for. They are laughing all the way to the Bank at how stupid we are (One half sentence clause from the Supreme Court would have saved us this incalculable amount of money!), and that is probably why our Country will lose the Birthright Citizenship Case (No other Country in the World has this — It is totally unaffordable!), because our Court System is RIGGED, no different than our Political System is RIGGED, and the people of our Country know it, and that is why I got overwhelmingly elected President, in Record Numbers, and will FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Shockingly, a Judge appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, Christopher Cooper, ruled that The Kennedy Center, which was going to close in early July for largescale renovations and construction due to years of neglect, decay, and poor maintenance, and which was to be transformed by the Trump Administration into the Finest Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World, is not allowed to close for these renovations, which would not be possible to properly do without such a closure. Additionally, Judge Cooper ruled that the 36 Member Board of Trustees, which unanimously voted to add the name “TRUMP” onto the former Kennedy Center, making it The Trump Kennedy Center, did not have the right to do such an addition, and the name, “TRUMP,” must be removed.
The Kennedy Center has lost, over the years, prior to our getting involved a short while ago, Hundreds of Millions of Dollars — In some cases, including ridiculous construction jobs that were done, over 100 Million Dollars a year. I took great pride in taking over a losing Institution, and looked forward to making it into a Great and Prestigious WINNER for Washington, D.C., and indeed, the United States of America. Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of, much as I have done, in many cases, throughout my life, and recently, with all of the construction, renovations, and “fix ups” that we have completed with the Department of Interior on Waterfalls, Fountains, Monuments, and other things of Beauty that we have brought back to life in a now SAFE AND SECURE, after Record Setting Crime, Washington, D.C., which is thriving like, perhaps, never before!
Therefore, based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center, almost all of which lose large amounts of money throughout the Country, we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it. Judge Cooper was given a presentation by leading Building and Construction Experts as to how structurally dangerous the Building is, with rotting beams, parking areas that are subject to collapse, and various other Life and Safety problems, in addition to the fact that it also needs a MAJOR renovation, from an aesthetic standpoint, but he was not “swayed,” and said he wants the Building to, incredibly, remain open and, therefore, dangerous. Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself! I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight. Unless 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 “NEVER NEVER LAND.” There has never been a President of the United States who has been treated so unfairly by the Courts as I but, that’s OK, I will continue to do, what is considered to be, a great job for the wonderful people of our Country. I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution, giving them the responsibility for its Operation, Maintenance, and Management. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Kennedy Center Rep to Newsmax: Previous Management Ran Facility Into Ground: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/roma-daravi-newsmax-trump-kennedy-center/2026/02/16/id/1246314/
Potential Marble armrests for the seating at The Trump Kennedy Center. Unlike anything ever done or seen before!
THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER HONORS will be broadcast tonight, on CBS, and Stream on Paramount+. Tune in at 8 P.M. EST! At the request of the Board, and just about everybody else in America, I am hosting the event. Tell me what you think of my "Master of Ceremony" abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make "hosting" a full time job? We will be honoring true GREATS in the History of Entertainment: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, KISS, George Strait, and Gloria Gaynor.
WATCH: President Trump Delivers Remarks at State Department Kennedy Center Honors Dinner: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/pres-trump-delivers-remarks-at-state-dept-kennedy-center-honors-dinner/670055
KENNEDY CENTER 2025 HONOREES…
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Okay, this year the board has selected a truly exceptional class of honorees. I mean, really exceptional. First is country music star actor and producer George Strait. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Great, over an extraordinary four decade career, George has sold more than 120 million records worldwide. Amass 60 number one hits, wow. And produced 33 platinum certified albums more than any other living American. That is amazing. He's believed by millions of people to just be as good as you can get. And he's beloved by hundreds of millions of people all over the world. He's really something and they call him the king of country and we know him very well, George Strait. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Thank you, peace. And it looks nice, you're a good looking guy. I hope he still looks like that. >> [LAUGH] >> Second is actor, singer, philanthropist and star of the Broadway stage, one of my favorite talents. I think he's one of the greatest talents I've ever actually seen. I've always said, and just so we don't get in trouble, I'll say among, but among the greatest artists in the world are the Broadway London actors back and forth, that's all they want to do is they want to do Broadway and they want to do London. They want to do eight shows a week, including Matinee on Wednesday. And if you said make a movie, they can't even think about it. If you say go on television, they don't want it at all. They want to do is be on the stage, the live stage, and it's amazing. But I've always said that the most talented people, and this man may be the most of all, Michael Crawford is being honored. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Michael was born in England in 1942. He made his Broadway debut in 1967. I was there. I shouldn't say that, but I was there. Seems like a long time ago. And he became an international sensation in the 1980s for his original portrayal of the Phantom of the Opera, one of the greatest ever, ever, ever, ever. You don't see him like that very often. Winning him the Esteem Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He's won so many awards. Michael is truly a generational talent, had a voice that was unbelievable. It was unbelievable, this never, I don't know, it's Luciano Pavarotti had a very different voice, the power was incredible, magnificent. Michael had a different kind of a voice, these are just unbelievable talents. But Michael is very special and one of the greatest roles in the history of Broadway. And nobody did it like him, Michael Crawford, thank you very much. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Next, we look forward to honoring three-time Oscar nominee Golden Globe Award winner and action movie icon and a friend of mine, very unique man. He's somebody that doesn't do these things. I said, I wonder if he'll accept, because some people don't really wanna be honored. They don't care, but he was very honored to be honored, I will tell you. He was, he's a very special guy. A real talent, never been given the credit for the talent. There was nobody else could have done the roles that he did like he did. I'm not even close and they've tried and they didn't work out too well. His name is Sylvester Stallone. >> [APPLAUSE] >> So it's very few, almost if any. People that could have taken a name and made it so incredible like Rocky, Rambo, Creed, and others. But think of it, Rocky, Rambo, if you did one, you're good, you do two. And I'll never forget, I was a young guy and I went to see a thing called Rambo. And it had just come out, I didn't know anything about it. But I got, I was in a movie theater, like we used to go to movie theaters a lot. And I said, this movie is phenomenal, what the heck? And that turned out to be a monster, Rocky is Rocky. I mean, the way that happened, Sly had no money, nothing. And he went around and everybody wants to do a boxing movie. It's the most, probably more than any other type of character, boxing. Boxing, always boxing, it's so great. And there's rarely been anything like this one. John Voight did a great one, as you know, champ, great. I think that was right there too. John Voight's a phenomenal person, phenomenal actor. But Sly came in and he had no money. He wrote a script along with thousands of other people writing scripts on a boxer. And for some reason, a studio picked up this and liked it. And Sly had, he's in an old car that he came in from Brooklyn or someplace in New York, but I think Brooklyn had barely made it to California. He was sleeping in the car, I mean, he had nothing. And he wanted control over who the actor was gonna be. Because he said he can't be successful if you're gonna pick a movie actor with a bad build, okay, a nice face but a bad body. And he said, I can't have these guys cuz he's a tough cookie and he knew exactly what it took. He knew what a boxer's body was. So they brought him one and I won't tell you who it was, but it was a big name. But the chest wasn't exactly what you need. One shot and your heart would pop out. That wasn't too good. Then he did another one, he was fat, sloppy, but had a good face. Then he did another one and another one and another one. And he turned it down, he wouldn't take $1 million, he wouldn't do it. And it turned out that when they saw him, they said, you know, you'd be actually pretty good for this role. And he had never done this before, anything like it. But think of it, he turned down a million dollars, he had nothing. He refused to let somebody else play, he didn't wanna play it. He wasn't originally, he did it as a writer. But he ended up playing it because he couldn't find anybody else that fit the role. And who knew what would have happened? He's become a legend of the silver screen, a true legend, and he's a great guy. He's a little bit tough, a little bit different, I will tell you. He's a little tough guy, but he's a phenomenal person with a phenomenal wife and family, incredible wife, incredible family. His films grossing more than 7.5 billion, which is either a record or very close to it. I can't imagine anybody doing more. If you add up Rambo and Rocky and these others, I can't imagine anybody doing much more. 7.5 billion worldwide over the course of six decades. And Sly is a pillar of the really American pop culture and a Hollywood superstar, like few others. And one of the biggest names on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In fact, the only one that's a bigger name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they say is a guy named Donald Trump. I'm on the Hollywood Walk of Fame too, if you can believe that one. But he's amazing, he's really amazing, and he's actually a great actor. Fourth will be together celebrating one of the most revered singers of the American disco era, Gloria Gaynor. Best known for her chart-topping 1978 hit, I Will Survive, Gloria won the 1980 Grammy for best disco recording. And her song was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2016. Four decades later, Gloria won a second Grammy in 2020 for her gospel album Testimony, which is incredible. Truly a historic achievement, not only in terms of the years that have gone by to be great that long, but to have the two top of anything in that span of time. And with that kind of period between is pretty amazing. But I will say that I Will Survive is an unbelievable song. I've heard it, you know, like everyone else here thousands of times. And it's one of those few that get better every time you hear it.
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I am thrilled to announce that Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will be joining our Kennedy Center Board - This completes our selection. We look forward to restoring the Center to Greatness, and ushering in America’s Golden Age. Together, we will Make the Arts Great Again!