Kennedy Center ceiling collapses, Lutnick calls for Trump
Howard Lutnick posted security footage of the Kennedy Center's ceiling crashing into the lobby, narrowly missing a guard. He's framing it as proof the building is catastrophically unsafe and needs full reconstruction.
The pitch: the Center loses $80-100 million a year. Only Trump can fix it on time and budget, and only Trump can fundraise it back from bankruptcy.
This is either genuine concern about a deteriorating national institution, or the opening move to justify handing a massive renovation contract to Trump-connected interests. Probably both. Lutnick is a Trump loyalist, and this kind of crisis-to-opportunity pipeline is how the grift works.
Here is the video of the ceiling of the Kennedy Center crashing violently onto the main Lobby floor. Failing roofing, collapsing concrete supports, and steel that is rotting have created completely unsafe conditions. It was caught on security video, missing one of the Center’s security guards by just minutes. If a performance had been underway, patrons could have been killed. The entire building is in this kind of shape. People cannot be allowed to go into this building any longer. It must be closed and reconstructed, and a major fundraising effort must take place to cover the Kennedy Center’s operating expenses. Like many other Centers, it operates at a huge loss. For the Kennedy Center, that has historically been $80-$100 million a year. Only President Trump can deliver the renovation on time and on budget, and only President Trump can raise the money to keep the Center out of bankruptcy.
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