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President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal judge on Friday and appeared to give up on his Kennedy Center takeover after suffering a humiliating defeat in court.
In a sprawling, 582-word Truth Social rant, the 79-year-old president suggested he no longer wanted anything to do with the institution after a judge blocked his effort to rename it after himself and halted plans to shut it down for renovations.
“Based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center… we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them,” Trump wrote.
The outburst came hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center’s board lacked the authority to rename the venue the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”
“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Cooper wrote in his 94-page decision.
Trump blasted the Obama-appointed judge, accusing him of putting the public at risk by refusing to allow the center to close for renovations.
The president claimed experts had warned of “rotting beams,” parking areas “subject to collapse,” and other alleged safety hazards at the building.
“Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!” Trump wrote.
The president also complained that Cooper had effectively overturned a unanimous vote by the Kennedy Center’s board to add the “TRUMP” name to the venue.
Trump seized control of the institution in February, removing multiple Biden-appointed board members and installing allies, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/president-donald-trump-issues-dire-040215833.html
In a sprawling, 582-word Truth Social rant, the 79-year-old president suggested he no longer wanted anything to do with the institution after a judge blocked his effort to rename it after himself and halted plans to shut it down for renovations.
“Based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center… we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them,” Trump wrote.
The outburst came hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center’s board lacked the authority to rename the venue the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”
“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Cooper wrote in his 94-page decision.
Trump blasted the Obama-appointed judge, accusing him of putting the public at risk by refusing to allow the center to close for renovations.
The president claimed experts had warned of “rotting beams,” parking areas “subject to collapse,” and other alleged safety hazards at the building.
“Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!” Trump wrote.
The president also complained that Cooper had effectively overturned a unanimous vote by the Kennedy Center’s board to add the “TRUMP” name to the venue.
Trump seized control of the institution in February, removing multiple Biden-appointed board members and installing allies, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/president-donald-trump-issues-dire-040215833.html
