There are some stories that feel like political satire before a writer even taps away at the keyboard.
This week, a federal judge ordered that John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could not legally carry Donald Trump’s name, ruling that only Congress has the authority to change the name of the institution created to honour John F. Kennedy.
What followed was less statesmanlike response and more “man discovers the TV remote has dead batteries.”
Trump erupted on Truth Social, attacking the judge, questioning the judge’s family connections, denouncing the decision as political persecution, and declaring that he was washing his hands of the whole project.
The truly funny part is that the Kennedy Center was named after Kennedy by federal law decades ago. The court essentially ruled that a president cannot simply wander into a national memorial, slap his name on the front, and call it a day.
Yet Trump reacted as though someone had stolen his personal property.
The outburst became even more colourful when Trump started attacking the judge as an “anti-Trump hater” and suggesting the entire decision was part of a wider conspiracy against him. Isn’t everything?
The timing added another layer of comedy. Judge Cooper delivered the ruling on Kennedy’s birthday (he would have been 109), a detail that I’m certain delighted many of the Kennedy family and critics of the renaming effort.
In the end, the building remains the Kennedy Center.
John F. Kennedy keeps his name.
Donald Trump keeps his Truth Social account.
And somewhere in Washington, a construction worker probably has the unenviable task of removing some very expensive letters from a very expensive wall.
Politics rarely produces perfect comedy.
Here’s the eruption:
“Can you imagine? A Barack Hussein Obama Judge named Christopher Cooper has stopped a magnificent structural and aesthetic rebuilding of The Trump Kennedy Center where Millions of Dollars of material, marble, furniture, steel, air conditioning, heating, and so much else was ordered, or soon to be ordered, with the end result being a structure that would no longer be in a potential state of collapse, rusted, rotted, and rat and bug infested, to one that would be the Finest anywhere in the World. It was necessary to close the Center in order to get this work done. It is not possible to have a major and very dangerous Construction job, including the replacement of structural beams, with audiences innocently going in to watch a Play. The marble is in terrible shape, the pipes are gone, the air conditioning and heating systems are 65 years old, and no longer functioning. It was all being torn out to be replaced by brand new Carrier Equipment, at the highest standard. Now that won’t happen anymore because a Judge, whose wife is an anti Trump Hater, and he is too, decided, unprecedentedly, to not allow a desperately needed Building Renovation to go forward. On top of that, he said, ‘Rip his name off the Building, he’s got 20 days to do so,’ even though a large Board of some of the most distinguished people in the Country voted unanimously to put the name up. I didn’t do it, the Board did because they thought it would be good for this dying Institution, which was doing Record Low Business and, especially after COVID, only getting worse. True for other such Institutions throughout the Country, but The Trump Kennedy Center was going to be a special one. It would have fully recovered, when none others will. It would have been a New Standard of Excellence, one of my many Gifts to Washington, D.C. The new Building would have been incomparable, beautiful marble, magnificent chandeliers, the finest carpets, rugs, and furniture, designed at the highest level but, perhaps most importantly, replaced steel on many beams, columns, and girders, making the Building structurally sound again. People shouldn’t be allowed to go into that Building until this is fixed, and yet the Trump Hating Judge wants to keep it open because his wife probably told him to do so! Cooper’s wife, Amy Jeffress, who doesn’t use the ‘Cooper’ name because they, as a couple, don’t want people to know that she has a Conflict of Interest with an important Judge, is a Radical Left Democrat, who worked as a Federal Prosecutor and Counselor to Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, worked behind the scenes for the January 6th Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, Dirty Cop FBI attorney Lisa Page in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal, RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA Hoax, and her Millions of Dollars Settlement, even though she was ‘guilty as hell,’ and is currently representing Sleepy Joe Biden on the release of his audio tapes, and more. She also works for the same Legal Firm that represented E. Jean Carroll who received a decision against me, now under appeal, that was shocking to the entire World. Amy is totally wired into the Left System, from her husband down, and it is impossible for me to be treated fairly. He has a total Conflict of Interest, and should be brought up on charges for not revealing these facts. That is why The Kennedy Center will soon be closed, probably never to open again. That is why, at a different level, and with different players , our Country lost the TARIFF Case, and is forced to pay back 149 Billion Dollars in money received from people who hate everything we stand for. They are laughing all the way to the Bank at how stupid we are (One half sentence clause from the Supreme Court would have saved us this incalculable amount of money!) and that is probably why our Country will lose the Birthright Citizenship Case (No other Country in the World has this — It is totally unaffordable!), because our Court System is RIGGED, no different than our Political System is RIGGED, and the people of our Country know it, and that is why I got overwhelmingly elected President, in Record Numbers, and will FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Also by Roswell:
Phoning a friend: Was it a mistake to re-elect Donald Trump?
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Trump as we all know is a sociopathic delusional raving mad lunatic. He’s about as human as a constipated boiled flea on the inside of his Truth Social shat stained World Liberty Financial bullet proof pair of blue, white and red underpants. What can one say to such a corrupt delinquent bellicose meaningless crock of shite except up yours ‘mine is the kingdom, the power and the glory’ bomb the bastards for ever and ever Zionist hugging POTUS. That’s not antisemitic is it? What if we got an AI bot to paint us a picture – would that pass the DNA test?
PS Once again that Truth Social spat, how to spit the dummy goddamn rattle, made no sense at all. There’s far too many weirdos in America that seem to roast their curlers on his tripe and babble – Ah God bless America, keep taking the pills. Let’s just hope y’all have enough sense to blow the beans out of the dunny before the next election, before Netty puts the final nail in the can. Now is AI up for the job?
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He’s sounding more like a petulant child with each passing day (no offence to children).
And yet, there are still people out there – including here in Oz that think the sun, moon and stars shine out of his arse.
Just listen to OUR “latest and greatest political party” and their supporters
uncletimrob, One Notion’s love of Trump will be one of the factors that brings them back to earth, once the federal election campaign begins.
At the moment, they are not facing any scrutiny.
That will change.
But there’s still a danger for Labor here.
They made the mistake in the Voice campaign of underestimating the power and resources of the ignorance lobby.
The undermining of One Notion needs to start now, in a calm mature manner, not with the cheap insults that some in Labor seem to think are effective.
Cheap insults give the ignorant a home ground advantage — it’s where they thrive.
@ Steve: Agreed. Controlling COALition politicians is a 24/7/365 endeavour because they are always looking for a way to profit at the expense of the community. Think of the wonderful contribution made by Opposition ”leader” Anus Faylure with his sale of an $80 MILLION EMPTY GLASS OF MDB WATER.
Moreover, members of the millionaires’ LIRABRAL$ club believe that everything they say is gospel truth regardless of facts to the contrary. Think about the attack on very popular Sydney City Lord Mayor Clover Moore AO by ….. Anus Faylure the alumnis from an over-government subsidised private school for followership now struggling to misrepresent the best interests of Australian voters.
There has been a surge in donations to the Kennedy Center refurbishment program from real Americans https://www.kennedy-center.org/Support/
Now let’s see how the Arc de Trump gets on!
@ Terry,
I see that the header at the top left of your link still says “Trump Kennedy Centre”.
I have to admit that’s as far as I looked ….
It is time to enact the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution which states in part (from ChatGPT):
Section 4: Involuntary transfer of power:
If the Vice President and a majority of the principal executive officers (the Cabinet) declare that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the Vice President immediately becomes Acting President.
The President can contest that declaration, and Congress may then be required to decide the issue. A two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate is required to keep the Vice President as Acting President.
Simple summary
The 25th Amendment provides clear rules for presidential succession and for temporarily or permanently dealing with presidential incapacity, ensuring continuity of government.
Question: Has Vice President JD Vance got the testicular fortitude to act on behalf of the citizens of USA and thus save what little that remains of his nation’s political integrity before Trump brings on Armageddon?
If there was ever any doubt that Trump is an Aderall addict, as told by more than one former staff member, see above rant. A total mental case and drug pig. It is also hilarious how truly pathetic he is.
That rant on it’s own is more than enough to disqualify him from anything more challenging than putting the garbage out,and that would probably be a stretch.He has built up a dossier of criminal insanity.He is no more than a tool of the evil bastards in the shadows enacting their twisted plans for the world,but boy, he’s going to have a shitload of loot to spend in hell.Provided Satan hasn’t joined BRICS.
uncletimrob
They have fourteen days, the federal judge ordered on Friday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts remove Trump’s name from the building’s facade and all official branding which includes websites and promotional material.
A very satisfactory judgment from the Federal Court in my view.
Trump putting the garbage out? A non sequitur. He IS the garbage.