President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was heading to speak with House Republicans at the Trump-Kennedy Center, praising what he described as a dramatic financial and physical turnaround of the Washington, D.C., performing arts institution.
In a post on Truth Social, the president said he helped raise "hundreds of millions of dollars" and said the center would soon become "the best Performing Arts Center anywhere in the World."
Trump asserted that the Trump-Kennedy Center was "in a state of financial and physical collapse" a year ago and predicted it would "rise from the ashes," comparing its future to that of the country under his Make America Great Again movement.
The performing arts venue across from the Capitol has a board that includes members appointed by the Trump administration.
The board recently approved a decision to rename the facility the Trump-Kennedy Center, a move that is currently being contested through legal proceedings.
Full Truth Social post:
"Soon leaving the White House to speak to House Republicans, who I truly love (almost all!), at the TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER, where I have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to make it the best Performing Arts Center anywhere in the World. A year ago it was in a state of financial and physical collapse. Wait until you see it a year from now!!! Like our Country, itself, it will rise from the ashes. MAGA!!! President DJT"
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