Kennedy Center thanks Trump for 'gesture' of not attending annual honors

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Source: the hill



By Brandon Carter - 08/19/17 08:37 AM EDT


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The chairman and president of the Kennedy Center said they were “grateful for this gesture” after it was announced President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors in December.

“The Kennedy Center respects the decision made today by the office of the president of the United States,” chairman David M. Rubenstein and president Deborah F. Rutter said in a joint statement.

“In choosing not to participate in this year’s Honors activities, the administration has graciously signaled its respect for the Kennedy Center and ensures the Honors gala remains a deservingly special moment for the honorees. We are grateful for this gesture," they said.

The Kennedy Center also confirmed that the annual reception held at the White House would not take place this year.



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It really is shameful the Office of the Presidency is being demolished before our eyes.

Link to tweet

[enough]

1. That may be the most brutal put-down I have ever seen in print.

By NOT coming to the event, the Trumps show their respect for the event.

Brilliant!

[alwaysinflux]

23. Can you imagine thanking Obama...

...for the "gesture" of not coming to such an event? Thinking of it that way makes it all the more clear what a twilight zone we are living!!

[VMA131Marine]

2. Trump has made the Presidency toxic to everyone but

Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and Sarah Palin.

[Pluvious]

5. And Papa Putin !

[BHDem53]

31. I'm thankful that they aren't being honored.

[hlthe2b]

3. I can hear their collective sigh of relief here in Colorado...

[elleng]

4. 'Shameful' yes, but just watch how it's reconstructed after he's gone!

[onetexan]

6. They should book the annual reception at another venue with Bill & Hillary as hosts

that would be quite a snub, and i'm sure ALL the recipients will then show up

[jmowreader]

12. Better...Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

Michelle and Bill can walk in right behind them, arm in arm. It'll cause at least 500 exploding Nazi heads.

[onetexan]

34. that will work as well

[NastyRiffraff]

35. That would be PERFECT!

It would send a powerful message. Of course, a lot of the knuckle-walkers would miss what it meant entirely and rage about a white woman walking with a black man, and vice-versa.

[worstexever]

7. Shame

Link to tweet

[Beartracks]

11. True that. n/t

[fierywoman]

8. Are they signaling that they know they won't be in the White House come December?

[Ligyron]

13. what I was thinking...

[spiderpig]

16. Me too.

We can't endure much more of this.

[Bladewire]

33. My initial thought too

[thegoose]

9. He only feels comfortable at his deplorable rallies

Where he can blather on about his incredible election victory and Crooked Hillary.

Jesus.

[dawnie51]

10. Very elegant put down.....

and Dump is too stupid to see it for what it is. The fact that no one who will receive this honor wants to be in the room with him cannot be totally lost of him, and in classic seventh grade fashion, he quits before he can be quit upon. He is just pathetic.

[AC_Mem]

14. Are the Obamas and Clintons invited?

Oh what a night , and a statement, that would be!!!

[lunasun]

15. I hope decent honorees will show now. Some have declined. Maybe a change of mind , be honored !

[Princess Turandot]

38. They weren't rejecting the honor or AFAIK the performance event. There are a number of events..

that weekend related to the award. The main dinner/award ceremony is held the evening before the performance event, hosted by the Secretary of State at the State Department building.

There is traditionally a function at the White House hosted by the president before the opera house gala: that's the event that was being shunned by some of them.

[AlexSFCA]

17. love it

[Cryptoad]

18. Zallsirree,,,,,,,,,

mighty white of him!

[BigmanPigman]

19. I wish he would stay away from everyone, always and forever...he is as wecome

as the plague.

[Butterflylady]

20. Of course not

He's not making any money. Besides that, he knows hed be booed there.

[joe_stampingbull]

21. His stench would have been unbearable.

[TeamPooka]

22. 200+ days to the point people are relieved when the President of the United States of America WON'T

show up.
What the fuck has this man done to our country?
Can we ever come back?
Especially if we get a Pence next?

[Hamlette]

24. Sounds like The Onion. Did you ever think someone would thank a president for NOT coming to an event

where we are

[Honeycombe8]

25. Shameful that we have a President whose presence isn't wanted anywhere but a klan rally...

The klan rally, otherwise known as a Trump rally.

[adigal]

26. Oh, man!!!! So eloquent, and so brutal!!!! Thanks, Nazi, for not coming

So real Americans can be honored.
Melanie must be having a sad that she cant wear whatever 6,000 dollar dress she bought for the occasion.

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. Of course he wouldn't want to be there.

He wouldn't be the center of attention.

[TexasBushwhacker]

41. He's afraid of getting booed n/t

[Achilleaze]

28. The ghost of JFK is having a boffo laff riot of delight !

as the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Casino - he who regularly pisses our Armed Forces and our heroic Veterans like Democrat JFK - is rightfully mocked for his Know Nothingism by the fabulous JFK Center.

[catbyte]

29. I just read the Kennedy Center statement to my sweetie & he said, "Oh, boy, look out. I'll

bet there'll be a tweet about Mary Jo Kopechne & what about respecting HER?" Oh, god, he's probably right...

[procon]

30. Trump is so stupid he doesn't even know he's been bitch-slapped... hard! nt

[neeksgeek]

32. Wow! A public "thank you for not coming to our event" ... WOW.

[llmart]

36. Well, maybe the honorees who declined to come...

will change their minds and say, "OK, since the orange imbecile isn't going to be there we'll now come."

I'd love it.

[dalton99a]

37. "Thanks for staying away, assholes"

[Princess Turandot]

39. They manage to never mention *him* by name...

They referred to the "office" of the president, and the "administration", but not 'Trump'.

Shade in sunlight!

[TNNurse]

40. Only thing Trump has ever done with which I agree.

Of course, did he fear not just enough attention to him but perhaps a good bit of negative attention?

He ain't doing it to be nice. He has never done anything nice.