Trump and the Kennedy Center

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Jackie Kennedy’s 1964 letter comes back to haunt Trump

Jackie Kennedy once expressed fear that the Kennedy Center would “fall into the realm of political patronage” in a letter that’s making rounds in the wake of the cultural institution’s MAGA makeover.

An October 1964 letter penned by the then-first lady to the center’s chairman, Roger Stevens, detailed her apprehensions about naming the Washington, D.C. institution after her husband, John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated the year before.

“Last winter, when the decision was made to name it after him, I was not capable of making any decision — and so many people were pressuring me,” she wrote. “I don’t think he needs any memorial — his grave and his Library are that. The Center was a problem he inherited — and he would have done it differently had he initiated it. All I care about now is sparing him controversy. He has a right to peace now. So you must understand my hesitancy.”

But Jackie said she was willing to make it work on the condition that she have a say in selecting the center’s director, its trustees, and her representative to the Kennedy Center board.

“If these things cannot be granted — then I will ask in the next session of Congress that the Center’s name be changed,” she said. “If you will grant me these things — I will work with you with dedication. I do not think that I am difficult to work with.”

Jacqueline Kennedy 

When it comes to the selection of trustees, Jackie wrote that “the list should gradually be honed down to people who will care and work for the Center.” [not tear it down"

“The appointment of trustees must never be allowed to fall into the realm of political patronage,” she said. “If the incumbent President has a friend who is interested in the arts — fine — he should be on the board — as he can help — but someone who is being repaid for past favors (George Brown) or named in hope of campaign contributions — should not be on it.”

Six decades later, Jackie’s concerns have borne fruit. A month after he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center and appointed MAGA loyalists to its historically bipartisan board. Ric Grenell, a Trump loyalist, was named president, and Sergio Gor, a confidant of the president, was appointed secretary.

Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, reaffirmed that the hijacking of the memorial would not erase his grandfather’s legacy. The New York congressional hopeful tweeted:

 “Trump can take the Kennedy Center for himself. He can change the name, shut the doors, and demolish the building. He can try to kill JFK. But JFK is kept alive by us now rising up to remove Donald Trump, bring him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for.”

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My Note: As a petulant child,  Trump has now declared it will close after July 4, for two years. The threat, destroy it and rebuild it likely then as only the "Trump Center"; narcissism.  This is mostly in revenge for the artist that are refusing to be associated with the Trump brand.  Now, no one will be able to attend.