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The Kennedy Center had until June 12 at midnight to strip the president’s name from the building, but construction crews in hard hats and neon green high-vis vests only started to assemble scaffolding to reach the letters that afternoon.

That midnight deadline came and went without any letters removed from the building.

Cooper and a panel of appeals court judges denied the administration’s 11th-hour attempts to keep Trump’s name on the facade, and workers began adding a tarp to the towering scaffolding shortly after 1 a.m..

Workers eventually began removing letters at 3 a.m. June 13.

But the scaffolding and tarp are still in place.

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[–] TheDeadInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Because he's a petty piece of chit

[–] postman@literature.cafe 1 points 4 hours ago

I've read a few biographies of JFK and man he did plenty of underhanded stuff, but he is a saint compared with the current bozo.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's just so childish and petty. "Oh I can't have my name on there? WELL THEN NOBODY CAN!"

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Has trump ever done anything not describable as "childish and petty"? The fact that anyone supports the shitstain is such an embarrassment.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 68 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

THANK YOU.

We need that tarp torn down and we need the tearing down filmed.

Same with those ridiculous banners of him hanging up. Who the fuck does he even think he is?

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 51 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 26 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Hope He gets to walk in his shoes in my lifetime

That gas station would get my business for life

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 38 points 13 hours ago

because protecting a child rapist ego is the highest priority of the entire government of the US of A

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It would be great to get an answer to that, but:

On Wednesday, the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit against the president’s attempts to rename the iconic performing arts venue after himself ordered the Kennedy Center to “indicate the purpose for and status of the tarp and scaffolding” by July 31.

Seriously? Why give them over a month to answer such a simple question?

[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Seriously? Why give them over a month to answer such a simple question?

Apparently, because there was already an order for a report from the Kennedy center due at that time. And the Kennedy center not being POTUS is one major point of the lawsuit.

https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-explain-the-purpose-for-and-status-of-the-tarp-and-scaffolding-on-the-kennedy-center/

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 4 points 8 hours ago

Turnp be line I’m here to shit my pants and be a giant baby and I have great news on both of those fronts

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 34 points 13 hours ago

They're the bandaid poorly covering up the bleeding gash in the narcissist's ego.

[–] Bitflip@lemmy.ml 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They're probably using it to cover up all the damage they caused.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 hours ago

It's going to be such a shitty patch job too.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think his staffers never told him about the court ruling, and instead they've told him they are replacing all the dull lettering with 'classy' gold lettering. And now they don't know how to tell him the truth. So they are stalling by leaving the tarps up there.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

"I'm sorry, sir. It seems we've used all the gold in the world on your Trump Mobile phones. That isn't a bad thing. The phones were biggly successful. Everyone has one. Putin has two. But, we're going to have to use a new, even more expensive metal for your name. It's called Invisbium. Only the most powerful people in the world can even see it. I can't see it. I'm sure you can, though, sir."

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Ooh, Trump wants to be greater than an emperor with snazzy clothes?

Let’s create a custom metal for him called Trumpium, that just happens to be VERY expensive to make, super lightweight, and totally invisible to anyone loyal to him.

[–] ptoothfish@beige.party -1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago
[–] Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 0 points 11 hours ago

@ptoothfish @Sunflier
Hah!
Me too, ptoothfish!