BREAKING: Trump Announces Closure of Kennedy Center for Two Years [View all]
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Source: GoLocalProv.com
BREAKING: Trump Announces Closure of Kennedy Center for Two Years
Sunday, February 01, 2026
In a post on social media on Sunday night, President Donald Trump announced the closure of the Kennedy Center for two years.
He said the closure is due to construction and that the facility will shut down in July.
After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and Re-Opening or, Partial Construction while continuing Entertainment Operations through a much longer period of time, working in and around the Performances, I have determined that The Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding, can be, without question, the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World. In other words, if we don't close, the quality of Construction will not be nearly as good, and the time to completion, because of interruptions with Audiences from the many Events using the Facility, will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!
Based on these findings, and totally subject to Board approval, I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything that has taken place with respect to such a Facility before.
Therefore, The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex. Financing is completed, and fully in place! This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before. America will be very proud of its new and beautiful Landmark for many generations to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Read more: https://www.golocalprov.com/news/breaking-trump-announces-closure-of-kennedy-center-for-two-years
Hat tip, WJLA, at the tail end of the local news
Edited: senseandsensibility posted this at GD before I posted here. I didn't it see his post until 8:51.
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