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Trump Says Kennedy Center 'in Tremendous Disrepair'

By    |   Monday, 17 March 2025 06:53 PM EDT

President Donald Trump says he's "disappointed" in what he saw while touring the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, telling reporters, "It's in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management."

"I'm very disappointed when I look around. The bottom line: It has tremendous potential. And we'll work with Congress. … It's a very public facility, and we'll do what has to be done," Trump said.

"We're going to fix it up, but it's really emblematic of our country," he added.

Specifically, he took issue with the columns outside, saying "it's supposed to be covered by something, whether it's marble or whatever, granite."

Trump visited the center for the first time since making himself its new chair last month.

Solange Reyner

Solange Reyner is a writer and editor for Newsmax. She has more than 15 years in the journalism industry reporting and covering news, sports and politics.

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President Donald Trump says he's "disappointed" in what he saw while touring the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, telling reporters, "It's in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management."
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