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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours ago

Kennedy Center Altered Rules So Only Trump-Appointed Board Members Could Vote on Name Change

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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 12 hours ago
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Kennedy Center Altered Rules Ahead of Trump-Inspired Name Change
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The Kennedy Center revised its bylaws to only allow presidentially-appointed board members to vote on issues ahead of the institution's name change.
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    Everything else aside, it’s just incredibly distasteful (understatement) to slap your own name on somebody else’s memorial. Who TF thinks this is a good look?

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      maybe this is Trump admitting that he’s going to die Super soon

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        The Peru shamans predict his death in 2026

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      Trashy and shitty is the whole brand! I’m surprised he didn’t have his name made 5x larger and spraypainted gold, complete with vinyl sticker of Calvin pissing on JFK’s line.

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      What next, the Vietnam war and Donald j trump memorial?

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        The Donald J. Trump and Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone

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          The Donald J. Trump and Jesus Christmas.

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            I suppose we should be grateful he didn’t rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of Donald Trump.

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        Come on. Don’t be ridiculous.

        He wouldn’t put his name second.

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          Donald J Trump presents “The Losers and Suckers” of Vietnam Memorial

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        Or maybe a memorial to his personal Vietnam

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        A memorial implies something I’m all for when it comes to that Cheeto.

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          Donald J Trump Memorial Urinal

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        Don’t give him ideas.

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          I mean, if he’s dumb enough to link his name to the Vietnam war, let him.

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      I don’t think the intent is to make the center look good - it’s to humiliate.

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        I personally think it’s a fragile man trying to create a legacy. It’s kinda just stolen valor but with buildings

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          The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Consider certain graffiti. The person tagging a building doesn’t think that he is improving it. Rather, he is showing that he has the power to put his name on places where other people don’t want it. In doing so, he asserts dominance. That’s what legacy is in a zero-sum mindset where success must mean someone else’s failure - a record of whom he defeated.

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