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MineralMan

(151,919 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:33 PM Saturday

Tear Down That Tarp!

Its The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts

That's the name of that building. Donald J. Trump's name never belonged there . Now Tear Down That Tarp!

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Tear Down That Tarp! (Original Post) MineralMan Saturday OP
😂 underpants Saturday #1
There was a FB post that said what he did was like putting your name on someone else's tombstone. CrispyQ Saturday #2
I think of him as that bratty child Bettie Saturday #36
No court order to do so... lame54 Saturday #3
Here is the filing with the court on trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #4
"If my name can't be on it, then nobody's name will be visible" Bluetus Yesterday #41
So much stress has been caused by "him": plus, "What will the total cost be?" young_at_heart Saturday #5
I just saw a video that said the removal will actually cost more than putting it up. forgotmylogin Saturday #14
We've already got to pay to fix the East Wing which didn't need replacement. forgotmylogin Saturday #15
Or the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom. BComplex Yesterday #43
I hope it doesn't become a ballroom. forgotmylogin Yesterday #53
I want my country AND my birthday back LSparkle Yesterday #44
A tarp is covering the sign on the Edmund Muskie Federal Building Easterncedar Saturday #6
You know he's removed FDR from the new dimes, right? Easterncedar Saturday #7
Just for 2026 dweller Saturday #12
If it doesn't happen then, I bet the next Democratic president takes care of it. calimary Saturday #35
trump covering up the Kennedy Center wall doesn't mean we don't know what happened in there LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #8
This is the least of his many problems Blue Owl Saturday #9
Question of the Century! mdbl Saturday #21
How confident are we that name is really gone? Girard442 Saturday #30
Someone snuck a photo LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #31
That does not look like a recent picture. That's when they were putting the abomination ON the building. Liberal In Texas Yesterday #46
Odds they took Kennedy's name off instead. Blue Full Moon Saturday #10
My take on it is that he complied with the order wnylib Saturday #11
He doesn't want it reported on his birthday. I hope someone sneaks in and tears it down and takes a picture or video and ChicagoTeamster Saturday #13
The signage is gone but the tarp may have to remain a little longer Buns_of_Fire Saturday #16
Seems to me if he's "descending the stairway", it won't be leading him up to Heaven. calimary Saturday #25
Think of him "descending the golden escalator." God's gift to mankind. Buns_of_Fire Saturday #28
In the end . . . AverageOldGuy Saturday #17
That sounds about right... MineralMan Saturday #18
Until they do, use it as a projection screen, GoCubsGo Saturday #19
Very good idea. Now, if someone can get it done. MineralMan Saturday #20
mr trump, take this tarp down. AllaN01Bear Saturday #22
Mr. Trumpachev, take down this tarp. mobeau69 Yesterday #51
That word "Memorial" really does add context, doesn't it? FadedMullet Saturday #23
Someone snuck this photo LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #24
Is that what I think it is? calimary Saturday #34
That's sure seems what it looks like! 😄 electric_blue68 Saturday #37
Again. That is NOT a shot from the last few days. That was when they were putting the crap ON the building! Liberal In Texas Yesterday #47
Never mind, my bad. I assume someone actually confirmed that it is gone. AnnaLee Saturday #26
It will take a court order mercuryblues Saturday #27
Are they keeping people away? Can't someone take a picture? Media? spanone Saturday #29
My town has a law against snot Saturday #32
Good question! MineralMan Saturday #33
Um ... so if there WERE such law ... would it matter? RandomNumbers Yesterday #55
Want shitstain stressed and dead dave99 Saturday #38
But then the world could see, and Trump would have a sad. :( Beartracks Saturday #39
This is brilliant! Akakoji Saturday #40
He is in love with his own birthday, so he wants that tarp to remain there. I'll bet it comes down on Monday. C Moon Yesterday #42
"If I can't have it, nobody can" dalton99a Yesterday #45
I hope the tarp is there for a good reason, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #48
Of course not. He just doesn't want to see it on his birthday. pat_k Yesterday #49
Warning: My Tantrum Alert LSparkle Yesterday #52
Hey, perhaps tune into Rise Up Sing Out? (live at 7:00 ET) pat_k Yesterday #56
Could be. Or, it could just be spite on Trump's part. MineralMan Yesterday #50
Who wants to bet radical noodle Yesterday #54

CrispyQ

(41,166 posts)
2. There was a FB post that said what he did was like putting your name on someone else's tombstone.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:37 PM
Saturday

And I thought, yeah, that's a perfect analogy.

I AM SO SICK OF THIS BABY-MAN!!!!!

Bettie

(19,968 posts)
36. I think of him as that bratty child
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 06:13 PM
Saturday

who has to run around licking everything and declaring it his.

He has that vibe.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,453 posts)
4. Here is the filing with the court on trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 12:51 PM
Saturday


And, there we go: “Defendants … have … Removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump or any other individual besides President Kennedy.”




No mention of the tarp

Bluetus

(3,233 posts)
41. "If my name can't be on it, then nobody's name will be visible"
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:28 AM
Yesterday

Will the judge now have to roder the tarp removed? What a bunch of chickenshits these people are.

young_at_heart

(4,075 posts)
5. So much stress has been caused by "him": plus, "What will the total cost be?"
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:11 PM
Saturday

Do the American people have to pay for his personal vanity project? This whole fiasco has caused so much stress. One thought comes to my mind...."I want my country back!"

forgotmylogin

(7,971 posts)
14. I just saw a video that said the removal will actually cost more than putting it up.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:07 PM
Saturday

Because they drilled holes in the Italian marble sheathing that surrounds the building and that's got to be fixed.

I was secretly hoping somehow they just hot-glued plastic letters on knowing it was temporary.

forgotmylogin

(7,971 posts)
15. We've already got to pay to fix the East Wing which didn't need replacement.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:10 PM
Saturday

Unless they want to just rename it The Donald J Trump^(And Melania Trump) Memorial Hole.

BComplex

(10,003 posts)
43. Or the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 01:30 AM
Yesterday

After all, that was a big reason it was built, so that people would have something else to be creeped out about.

forgotmylogin

(7,971 posts)
53. I hope it doesn't become a ballroom.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 10:41 AM
Yesterday

The WH doesn't need a ballroom - or not one that takes up the entire East Wing.

LSparkle

(12,251 posts)
44. I want my country AND my birthday back
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:26 AM
Yesterday

I’m ashamed to tell people my birthday when I go to the doctor nowadays 😢. Thankfully I celebrated yesterday with a momentous win for the Knicks!!!! 🥳🎂

Easterncedar

(6,630 posts)
6. A tarp is covering the sign on the Edmund Muskie Federal Building
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:18 PM
Saturday

Here in Augusta, Maine. Of course the mango menace has to remove a Democrat's name.

dweller

(28,852 posts)
12. Just for 2026
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:41 PM
Saturday

For the 250 anniversary Liberty profile .
FDR will return in 2027
hopefully , because you never know what the Pisswig will do

😑




✌🏻

calimary

(91,263 posts)
35. If it doesn't happen then, I bet the next Democratic president takes care of it.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:49 PM
Saturday

From what I've observed through the years, Democrats usually at least try to do the right thing.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,453 posts)
8. trump covering up the Kennedy Center wall doesn't mean we don't know what happened in there
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:22 PM
Saturday

The same goes for the Epstein files.

Liberal In Texas

(16,507 posts)
46. That does not look like a recent picture. That's when they were putting the abomination ON the building.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:25 AM
Yesterday

Those green things are the cherry pickers. The tarp is blue, not white and striped.

wnylib

(26,724 posts)
11. My take on it is that he complied with the order
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:39 PM
Saturday

Last edited Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:41 PM - Edit history (1)

to remove his name, but deliberately left JFK's name covered so nobody can see that name. Since the court order did NOT anticipate and specify that he must leave the Kennedy name visible, he is playing a childish game. "If You can't see MY name there, you won't see HIS name there, either.

Storms and strong winds might take down the tarp, or tear it in pieces. But perhaps we need another court order for him to remove the tarp.

What a disgusting POS he is.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,405 posts)
13. He doesn't want it reported on his birthday. I hope someone sneaks in and tears it down and takes a picture or video and
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:45 PM
Saturday

sends it to every major news outlet

Buns_of_Fire

(19,248 posts)
16. The signage is gone but the tarp may have to remain a little longer
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:15 PM
Saturday

while Jon McNaughton completes his new mural on that great, marble canvas - his masterpiece, greater than Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel - of Rump descending the stairway to heaven. You don't want to spoil the grand unveiling, do you?

(Remember, the court order addresses signage, not great works of art.)

Note: If my sick mind can envision this, it's entirely possible that their sicker minds have already thought of it and are arranging it.

calimary

(91,263 posts)
25. Seems to me if he's "descending the stairway", it won't be leading him up to Heaven.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:43 PM
Saturday

“Descending”, as I learned in Catholic school, is what you do when you’re NOT going to Heaven.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,248 posts)
28. Think of him "descending the golden escalator." God's gift to mankind.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 04:09 PM
Saturday

In the same way that genital warts could also be considered a gift from God to mankind, I suppose. It's probably best not to explore the depths too deep. In that way leads madness.

AverageOldGuy

(4,309 posts)
17. In the end . . .
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:28 PM
Saturday

. . . it all come down to a bunch of guys in yellow safety vests who do actual labor for a living having to stay up all night because one privileged loser moron was elected by a few million other morons.

I wish there were some way to recognize the workers from last night.

GoCubsGo

(35,059 posts)
19. Until they do, use it as a projection screen,
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:36 PM
Saturday

as was suggested in another discussion. Project Epstein-related photos, photos of gas pumps with prices, shots of his cankles...

MineralMan

(151,919 posts)
20. Very good idea. Now, if someone can get it done.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:38 PM
Saturday

Getting access to power could be an issue. I think they'd shut down any generators that got fired up.

Liberal In Texas

(16,507 posts)
47. Again. That is NOT a shot from the last few days. That was when they were putting the crap ON the building!
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:29 AM
Yesterday

Green cherry pickers. Blue tarps.

AnnaLee

(1,413 posts)
26. Never mind, my bad. I assume someone actually confirmed that it is gone.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 04:04 PM
Saturday

They may have had a duplicate to show and used the tarp to hide the non-removed original. I'm sure someone got to actually look behind the tarp. If it was removed, did they leave the removed letters on the floor of the platform or actually remove it and take it away?

snot

(11,900 posts)
32. My town has a law against
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:16 PM
Saturday

naming any public facility, street, etc. for anyone who's still alive.

Why don't we at least have a law against federal officials naming things for themselves while they're still in office?

RandomNumbers

(19,290 posts)
55. Um ... so if there WERE such law ... would it matter?
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 12:56 PM
Yesterday

Doesn't seem to me that TSF has let any laws get in his way so far.

Although that would certainly be a good law to have... but one would hope the electorate would be decent enough to make it unnecessary. (sigh...)

C Moon

(13,803 posts)
42. He is in love with his own birthday, so he wants that tarp to remain there. I'll bet it comes down on Monday.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 01:12 AM
Yesterday

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,760 posts)
48. I hope the tarp is there for a good reason, ...
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:35 AM
Yesterday

... maybe there are anchor holes where the letter used to be. The tarp may be protecting the filler material until it sets.

Possible?

pat_k

(14,346 posts)
49. Of course not. He just doesn't want to see it on his birthday.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

And I'm sure part of the deal to extend the ceasefire is that it is signed on his birthday.

When it's not, he'll have a tantrum and it will probably fall apart.

LSparkle

(12,251 posts)
52. Warning: My Tantrum Alert
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 09:24 AM
Yesterday

Fuck him! As the Beatles sang:

“You say it’s your birthday
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY TOO YEAH”

I’m sick of having to celebrate on another day just because Assclown Fuckface has SUCKED all of the joy out of June 14 and turned it into a day of shame.

Rant off. I’m going to listen to Frank Zappa music all day long ... LOUD!

pat_k

(14,346 posts)
56. Hey, perhaps tune into Rise Up Sing Out? (live at 7:00 ET)
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:32 PM
Yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/live/Uxap5XA61ng

And happy birthday -- whenever you celebrate it!!

MineralMan

(151,919 posts)
50. Could be. Or, it could just be spite on Trump's part.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 09:09 AM
Yesterday

I don't know. We'll find out eventually.

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