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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKerry Kennedy: Three years and one month from today, I'm going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
— Kerry Kennedy (@kerrykennedy.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T20:03:11.108Z
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highplainsdem
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Whyisthisstillclose
(384 posts)debsy
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Srkdqltr
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UTUSN
(76,989 posts)Ars Longa
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forgotmylogin
(7,942 posts)The originals are probably cemented in and they wanted to do this fast, which is why it's "The Donald J. Trump AND The John F. Kennedy Center..."
The original letters are centered and it would have taken longer to re-do the whole sign, so they metaphorically just sharpie'd his name over the top. Those letters are not staying up. If you zoom in, the letters in his name are actually smaller than the originals.
Someone in 2029 will probably fix it in ten minutes with a cherry picker and a dinner fork.
Baitball Blogger
(51,744 posts)Who gets the honor to trash his sign.
Baitball Blogger
(51,744 posts)Who gets the honor to trash his sign.
sheshe2
(95,966 posts)
moonshinegnomie
(3,887 posts)after all they are just cleaning up vandalism...
Omnipresent
(7,308 posts)Why would he give a shit about his uncle’s legacy?
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,078 posts)Living for the day when that vile gargoyle's name is crowbarred off the building.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T17:15:06.437Z
Those metallic letters in the correct font didn't happen overnight. This has been planned for a long time. So when Donald says he is "surprised" and "honored" by the name-change, he is lying. It was his plan all along.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T17:23:05.037Z
Cha
(316,924 posts)TY for these posts from Mrs. Betty Bowers! 
Irish_Dem
(79,922 posts)Same reason he appointed a psychopath, psychotic drug addict to high office.
To humiliate the Kennedys.
yellow dahlia
(4,623 posts)I wish I heard more of this type of push back...everywhere...every day.
GoodRaisin
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Bengus81
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SWBTATTReg
(26,059 posts)go down in history as one of the worst, if not the worst, president.
llmart
(17,330 posts)In fact, I'd put him before Hitler and Jeffrey Dahmer as the worst person in history.
Kid Berwyn
(23,031 posts)I’ll bring pick axes.
Beartracks
(14,378 posts)And why is it that ANYbody would be okay with breaking the law and slapping his name up there? Is it only the military that is supposed to not follow unlawful orders? I thought ALL citizens were supposed to follow and uphold the law. 
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oberle
(272 posts)But with the ass kissers there they'll approve it.
Beartracks
(14,378 posts)Cha
(316,924 posts)makes me feel better!! 
TY!
Buddyzbuddy
(2,142 posts)dalton99a
(92,183 posts)AverageOldGuy
(3,367 posts)Bringing 36-ft ladder, wrecking bars, sledge hammers.
I can come armed if need be.
flashman13
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NBachers
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gordianot
(15,744 posts)His headline tonight the name of the Kennedy Center has officially been changed. Good try to normalize the orange shit gibbon.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,078 posts)It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center accurately: A group of people vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers.
It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center today accurately:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-19T20:59:47.413Z
The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-day-later-officials-scramble-to-add-trumps-name-to-the-kennedy-center
The president’s operation, which has never been overly concerned with following laws, didn’t appear to care: By Thursday night, the center’s official website had been changed to include Trump’s name.
By Friday morning, crews were already hard at work. The Washington Post reported:
The Kennedy Center installed President Donald Trump’s name on its exterior Friday morning, a dramatic change to a building established by law as a ‘living memorial’ to a slain president. […]
A blue tarp was stretched across a portion of the building the next morning as a small team on scaffolding started the work. Loud drilling could be heard nearby. Inside the building, large letters spelling ‘Trump’ could be seen on the floor of the entry hall, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post.
It’s hard to know where to start with an initiative this ridiculous, but one of the first things that jumped out at me was the speed with which this came together. The president’s operation managed to acquire the materials, arrange the crews, secure the equipment and begin the installation work over the course of roughly half a day.
....Nevertheless, by midday Friday, the crews were gone and the arts center’s façade was changed.
I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T19:46:00.030Z
.......At this point, we could talk about the weird double “the.” We could also joke about the fact that this is now apparently a “memorial center” to two people, one of whom is alive.
While we’re at it, we could draw attention to the fact that the fonts don’t exactly match — and given the Republican administration’s interest in type settings, this is tough to overlook — while simultaneously noting the encouraging fact that the placement of Trump’s name will make it easy to take it down in the future without disturbing the original lettering.....
The president and his team have already gone to outlandish lengths to vandalize the White House. They’re now adding additional buildings to their target list.
dalton99a
(92,183 posts)electric_blue68
(25,968 posts)While, of course, the main issue is his defacement of the KC; as a former graphic designer I should have caught it right off! Ah, well.
slightlv
(7,438 posts)But we STILL don't even have concepts of an idea of a healthcare plan. He can move fast *when it suits him!"
And I'm short, but I'll sure hold the bottom part of the ladder for you!
essaynnc
(973 posts)I make signs and install them for a living, so I have lots of experience ripping shit down off a wall! Please call me when you're ready to meet in Washington
MichMan
(16,660 posts)essaynnc
(973 posts)Unless I'm absolutely absolutely angry at the customer! And try to cause the worst damage around the sign as possible!
These letters are probably stuck in holes in the wall with the little pins. I would probably come out with a good tug or a very small crowbar. This will limit the damage to the wall around where they are.
But in this case, a pickaxe might be in order!
progressoid
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LT Barclay
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Ilsa
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RainCaster
(13,385 posts)I'm sure a large number of us would do likewise.
TommieMommy
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OhioTim
(380 posts)Republicans will probably rig all future elections so they never lose and continue allegiance to Trump. You never thought their intricate plans allowed for them to lose power, did you?
Ruby the Liberal
(26,603 posts)I'd take a week off to watch all of the various sites being De-Trumped.
If the Universe has any justice, we won't have to wait that long - and can change the travel plans to piss on wherever they end up buring him.
Ol Janx Spirit
(737 posts)...small explosives to blow the grotesque name off of our walls--a different "enemy" pushing the button every time.
Think worldwide celebrations.
And then we pass a law requiring all new urinals installed to be DJT memorial urinals with his stupid-looking mouth being the hole....
We will have to come up with something for women....
WhiskeyGrinder
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ChazInAz
(2,993 posts)However, since this is a Kennedy I rather doubt that anyone in the large family has ever been in a union, or could "tell a hawk from a handsaw"!
ChazInAz
(2,993 posts)He's probably scheming to rename the Smithsonian and have a yard sale of its contents.
Jimvanhise
(563 posts)They are already pulling Trump's name off of buildings in New York so what does he think will happen in Washington, D.C. in 2029?
electric_blue68
(25,968 posts)Heftylefty
(31 posts)I'm old and disabled, so I can't be of help. But I'll bring beer and pizza!
LetMyPeopleVote
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usonian
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