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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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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

demolish it then.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 120 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Could this man be a bigger asshole?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

He’s always searching for new and exciting ways

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

No. He’s a toroidal sphere, essentially pure asshole.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Any comparison is an insult to assholes.

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Don’t tempt him, Frodo.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, unfortunately

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

You truly did!

[–] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 41 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 28 points 1 week ago

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

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Better demolished than have Trump on it.

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[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not just that, he also has a cabal behind his throne who wants him to remain in power so that they get their deals and schemes rubber-stamped.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will no one rid me of this troublesome president?

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week 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.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 19 points 1 week 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.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 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.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And half of America went "that's my guy!"

In the last election it was only like 80 million votes.

We are being held hostages by far fewer than half of the country.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Hence the "malignant" part of malignant-narcissist.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

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

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week 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?

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

The only reasonable response is:

DO IT, MOTHERFUCKER!

Stop trying to reason with this clown.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 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.

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People keep trying, it's just that the secret service insists on doing its job which, there's a time and place guys.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think we need to start paying for google SEO optimization to get PSA's to secret service agents... (honestly, I don't know how they could stand there strapped with iron, and not have 'I could do so much good' floating through their head.)

[–] decolo@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you know how most Roman emperors got removed? They didn't pay their bodyguards.

Find a way to make them uncomfortable and things might start to change.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

All it really takes is one too many midnight hamberder runs

I suspect most of Trump's secret service detail consists of absolute lunatic sycophants, hell all things considered Vance may have the most normal detail out of the non-former presidential details IE Obama, Clinton, Biden, Dubya.

Now I'm wondering if Congress could just strip the security budget for the president, like it'd be piss easy to justify with the current dipshits in charge.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Why pay when Iran will do it for free?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] Zier@fedia.io 10 points 1 week 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.

[–] KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Wouldn’t be much of a stealth group if people were talking about it on here.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week 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.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

If he damages more public property, we should send killdozers to level Mar-a-Lago. Seems fair.

[–] droniecarp@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 1 week 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.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

All were Republicans and all of them had the accuracy of storm troopers

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

Yes, the more scars he leaves then the more likely future generations of Americans might remember what he did and what they are capable of doing.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

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