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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump’s DOJ says Kennedy Center might need to be demolished if his name can’t go on the building

In its latest dramatic attempt to keep Donald Trump’s name on the building, the Department of Justice floated the idea of demolishing the Kennedy Center altogether.

Government lawyers have repeatedly argued that the performing arts venue is falling into “financial ruin” and rapidly deteriorating in a state of “terminal decline” — and that the president is the “sole hope” for its financial and structural survival.

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