President Trump Just Announced a TWO-YEAR Closure!

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President Trump just made a huge announcement.

The Trump Kennedy Center will be closing for a two-year time period in order to allow for a huge renovations project.

It will officially close to the public and construction will begin on July 4, 2026 in honor of America’s 250th Anniversary.

JUST IN: President Trump announces closure of the Trump-Kennedy Center for major renovations that will transform it into “the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World” 🔥

“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!”

Read President Trump’s full statement on Truth Social here:

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

This is long overdue and something that President Trump has been wanting to do for quite awhile.

NBC News has more:

Trump has taken a special interest in the Kennedy Center since he returned to office last year. He replaced the center’s board with a handpicked set of members who named him chair and changed programming at the center, including removing Pride events.

Late last year, the board moved to rename the center to include Trump’s name. It was then affixed to the facade — before President John F. Kennedy’s name — a day later.

The renaming drew criticism from Kennedy family members and members of Congress. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, who is on the board as an ex officio member, sued the administration for changing the center’s name, claiming it was not a lawful move, as the center was established by legislation.

Since the renaming, a flurry of artists have canceled their appearances at the center, including the composer of the hit musical “Wicked,” Stephen Schwartz, who dropped out from hosting a gala for the Washington National Opera. The opera has since left the center, where it had performed since 1971.

Trump has frequently discussed remodeling the Kennedy Center, arguing that the theater was poorly maintained and in desperate need of repairs, some of which are already underway.

Trump’s first visit to the Kennedy Center this term was on March 17, when he participated in a board meeting and toured the facilities. Talking to reporters from the President’s Box, he said: “We are going to make a lot of changes, including the seats, the decor, pretty much everything. Needs a lot of work.”

In May, during a Kennedy Center Board dinner, he spoke about how he is “fixing everything,” including the Kennedy Center.

“I don’t know what the hell they were doing, but they spent a lot of money, and it’s just not possible that they could have spent it so poorly. But we’re going to turn it around. That’s what I love doing,” Trump said.

If it’s anything like the incredible White House renovations we’ve already seen, the new Trump Kennedy Center will be world-class!

Are you excited for it?



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