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Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift

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Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift
The Daily Beast
Insider Exposes Trump’s Staggering Kennedy Center Grift
A former staffer shares what it was like to work at the institution as the president destroyed it.
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castler_666 Apr 18, 2026 +251
Sadly, number of people surprised = 0.
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Hpfanguy Apr 18, 2026 +48
People surprised: 33% of the US Population.
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Entire_Dog_5874 Apr 18, 2026 +53
Not surprised, just stupid.
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Obvious-Cranberry-52 Apr 18, 2026 +9
Just a basket of deplorables
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toomuchtv987 Apr 18, 2026 +22
Those people aren’t surprised because they don’t believe anything that goes against their Dear Leader.
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Ana-la-lah Apr 18, 2026 +7
Its all fake news, you see! /s
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Abject_Rhubarb_3430 Apr 18, 2026 +7
Or Not surprised because they don’t know what the Kennedy center is.
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poochie040170 Apr 19, 2026 +3
Shoot. Missed that before I posted.
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AuroraFinem Apr 18, 2026 +4
They’re holding their surprise until they’re told what to think
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KingRo48 Apr 18, 2026 +1
We’re talking about the ones that didn’t vote at all I hope; they had their head in the sand or didn’t care at all.
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IamPotatoed Apr 18, 2026 +1
Those 33% either don't know or care about what the Kennedy Center does
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poochie040170 Apr 19, 2026 +1
Number of people who don’t know what the Kennedy Center even is: 33% of the US Population.
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Big-Tuna-for-Commish Apr 18, 2026 +79
No need to expose, it’s alll on display
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SweetSexiestJesus Apr 18, 2026 +30
"Most transparent administration is history "
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Sir_Earl_Jeffries Apr 18, 2026 +38
Very openly corrupt, so technically true.
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JediMasterKev Apr 18, 2026 +124
Does Congress know? The greatest nation ever surely has checks and balances to prevent such corruption, right?!
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No_Original5693 Apr 18, 2026 +44
They’re complicit in the crimes
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superindianslug Apr 18, 2026 +32
Mike Johnson hasn't heard about
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Greenpoint1975 Apr 18, 2026 +13
He's too busy playing "check phone for p***" with his son.
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freebrittony Apr 18, 2026 +10
They're getting their payoff in the 1.5 T "defense" budget
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AuroraFinem Apr 18, 2026 +6
I wonder if that’s why troops deployed for the Iran war are going without enough food, maybe we need a $2T budget!
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Bzr21 Apr 18, 2026 +3
the troops would still be neglected - but not as badly as retired combat vets. Many are actually homeless - and the ones who haven't committed suicide yet have probably mulled it over ..
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AuroraFinem Apr 18, 2026 +2
It was a joke
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TurnkeyLurker Apr 18, 2026 +1
They've written bad **checks** and their thumbs are on the **balance**^(scales) .
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NobodyUwilleverNo Apr 18, 2026 +31
trump is like a “prestige parasite” putting his name on institutions just to suck the blood out of them.
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user0987234 Apr 18, 2026 +33
Wow, even “repurposing” aka stealing items of some value. Gotta hand it to Trump et al. They grift at level: McDonalds served for lunches to trying to buy their way into heaven. No discrimination if there is something to gain.
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CockBrother Apr 18, 2026 +11
They start with everything that isn't nailed to the wall. Then take those. Eventually they come for walls themselves.
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Bzr21 Apr 18, 2026 +6
they came for the walls of the East Wing - maybe Trump will be bold enough to demolish the entire White House and build a Trump White Tower in its place - the gov't will still own it - but the Trump family gets paid in perpetuity for the naming rights ..
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InevitableAvalanche Apr 18, 2026 +2
I remember conservatives getting mad about fancy mustard. The fact they aren't angry and fighting this just show how they have 0 principles. Not even worth talking to anymore.
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TurnkeyLurker Apr 18, 2026 +1
*cold McDonald's meals
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anoncpe1704tks Apr 18, 2026 +37
Stop posting Daily Beast paywalled articles
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offic3r_fri3ndly Apr 18, 2026 +3
[https://archive.ph/5cDfa](https://archive.ph/5cDfa)
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Desperate_Set_7708 Apr 18, 2026 +18
Has he had the giant JFK bust in the lobby smelted down yet?
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No_Profession1935 Apr 18, 2026 +7
Well he was a Democrat, so it's gotta be happening soon
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bourbon469 Apr 18, 2026 +9
Everything he does is a grift
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Someoneoverthere42 Apr 18, 2026 +9
Yeah, just chuck that crime on the ol' crime pile.
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Bzr21 Apr 18, 2026 +3
the high crimes come rapid fire - the pile grows quite fast - it's done purposely to disorient those who still hold onto that quaint John Adams ideal that we're “a government of laws, not of men.”
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RuthlessIndecision Apr 19, 2026 +1
It's a bathroom in Mar a Lago
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lavardera Apr 18, 2026 +7
Consistent with what a criminal would do.
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clver_user Apr 18, 2026 +8
“pogrom” is spelt wrong.
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antiquarian-camera Apr 18, 2026 +5
Civil Forfeiture
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Turbulent_Struggle_2 Apr 18, 2026 +6
It’s cause Kennedy was against aipac
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trashpanda2night Apr 18, 2026 +4
So the people who got a presidential pardon are now returning the favor by “donating” to the center that has Trump’s name. Fantastic.
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eighteen_forty_no Apr 18, 2026 +9
This is also a little bit of Leopards Ate My Face, because everyone in DC knew not to join there once Trump took over and started wrecking things. (I worked in DC in the arts and nonprofit community for many years.) I don't know how he thought he would be treated differently.
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Skuz95 Apr 18, 2026 +5
Everyone is special in their own minds and always think consequences are for other people. Until they experience any negative effects, they will do what serves the bottom line and egos.
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Elrabrel Apr 18, 2026 +4
staggering grift who could have guessed
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AnonnEms2 Apr 18, 2026 +3
For a second I thought that said “gift”. Imagine Dump ever giving something to anyone?
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Pate-the-woodcock Apr 18, 2026 +3
Oh no way………I am surprised that this person would do any unsavory things ever. Seems like a lovely human. Barf
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bitchcoin5000 Apr 18, 2026 +2
Every damn day with this creepy f***... Palermo wrote that the Circles Lounge was renamed the SyberJet Lounge after an aircraft manufacturer whose CEO, Trevor Milton, received a pardon from Trump last March Meanwhile, the Africa Room has a plaque that reads “A Tribute to America’s Intelligence Community.”“This was a strange choice, not least when you considered the named donor for the new room: Gaurav Srivastava,” Palermo noted.Srivastava’s former business partner accused him of scamming millions by posing as a CIA operative, the [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/gaurav-srivastava-scam-e7ca3d26) reported
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leviathan65 Apr 18, 2026 +1
What's in the article? Paywall
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T_Shurt Apr 18, 2026 +3
I tried posting the article contents but my comment was removed. You can [read it for free here](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/insider-exposes-trump-staggering-kennedy-203610328.html).
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Pankosmanko Apr 19, 2026 +1
I thought Trump was the most honest person alive? I’m shocked! Truly shocked
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