Imagine needing validation so badly that you threaten to tear down another President’s memorial unless they put your name on it.
The level of fragile ego it takes to pull a stunt like this is genuinely unhinged.
@Strandjunker There's more going on here as well though the depth of malignant narcissism on display is horrific.
This is some kind of transactional shakedown based on the repeated claims the Kennedy Center didn't make money/operated at a loss. Trump and his minion Lutnick are holding the Kennedy Center hostage but for what? It's not just about his name if it's about money. What are they hiding behind the demolition threat?
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Who gets the building contract for the substandard hotel to be built on the site?
@Stevenheywood @Strandjunker I look at the reflecting pond and the contractor who was hired to apply the lining and I think, "Wow, organized crime under our noses."
Trump didn't ask permission for that or for the East Wing. Same scenario — public edifice, his contractors, financing of work/services rendered questionable and opaque.
Now the Kennedy Center so he can have another scam, this one with his name on it?
@femme_mal @Strandjunker
The Donald J. Trump Child Daycare And All You Can Eat Nonce Bar.
@Stevenheywood Can you even imagine a no-bid contract awarded to a guy like this to run that daycare and belly-busting buffet?
Imagine voting for someone who needs validation so badly that they threaten to tear down another President's memorial?
Who are the people who think this is a good idea?
Are you certain that it's just a threat?
@Strandjunker I'm imagining that in a year or two he'll cark it and they'll have to give him a State Funeral (cuz, y'all know,president and stuff) and there will be just as many people going as there eere at the *waves hands around in random direction* his July 4th party or his mid terms convention or so ...
@Strandjunker Another motivation here is Trump's racism. He hates the civil rights movement and that was one of Kennedy's legacies.
Sep 17, 2026, 9:46 PM@Strandjunker "If only anyone could have seen this coming!"
@Strandjunker He tore down the incredible Bonwit Teller building even though the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted to display it. He calls himself a builder but he lives for destruction.
@Strandjunker It's the action of a man who is well aware that his grave will reek of urine for all time, so he's getting what egoboo he can while he can.
@Strandjunker "threaten"? They were already running forklifts into the building. I am assuming that they are attempting to do an amount of damage that will destabilize the building so much that they can claim that the only solution is to bulldoze it.
I bet that the interior damage that they cited as grounds for closure was intentional sabotage, by order of the orange cockwomble
@Strandjunker trump is genuinely unhinged and he’s globally despised.
@Strandjunker Why not just simple sadism?
Now imagine that 1 in 3 American adults still today support that fragile ego. 1 in every 3
I would bet that not even 1 in 3 would say they are #AntiFascist
That kind of spiteful despolation by authoritarians isn't uncommon.
They cannot abide the idea of their rule not being absolute throughout past, present, & future.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/03/afghanistan.lukeharding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/world/taliban-explains-buddha-demolition.html
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/temple.html
https://www.history.com/articles/landmarks-destroyed-by-war
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-fall-of-jerusalem-in-70-ce-a-story-of-roman-revenge/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/article/library-of-alexandria-destruction-stones-bones
https://archive.is/7aG6K
Trump has a barbarian's contempt for precious cultural heritage
Sep 18, 2026, 11:23 AM@Strandjunker @BurrLand01 It's not even really validation. He's slapping the name on it himself. JFK didn't name the Kenedy Center after himself. The only validation he's ever going to get is from himself and his sycophants.
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What would be a workable plan of action to stop this dictator screwing the planet? He keeps the violence at arms length from his own person (bone spurs and all) but his statements and actions are terrifying.
How to stop him?