AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Trump says "broken" Kennedy Center will shut for 2-year renovations
The Kennedy Center will close for renovations on July 4 for about two years, President Trump announced Sunday. The big picture: The president's announcement comes after a wave of event cancellations at the D.C. venue after its name was changed in December to include Trump's name. Driving the news: Trump said Sunday there had been a yearlong review into whether the center should be fully closed and reopened or partially closed during its reconstruction. - "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," he wrote on Truth Social. - "In other words, if we…
AI:President Trump announced Sunday on Truth Social that the Kennedy Center will undergo a two-year closure starting July 4 to facilitate massive reconstruction, revitalization, and structural rebuilding. Following recent efforts to restore his name to the facility, Trump characterized the current state of the center as "broken," "tired," and "dilapidated" both financially and structurally. The President stated that a full temporary closure is necessary to ensure high-quality construction and to transform the venue into a world-class bastion of arts and entertainment, asserting that partial closures would only delay completion and compromise the quality of the rebuilding process.Open