Trump at the Kennedy Center Awards

[silverscreenselect]

Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Awards last night. While presidents often attended the awards, this is the first time a sitting President has hosted. The awards recipients, who Trump claims he was 98% responsible for choosing, are Sylvester Stallone, KISS, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford. Trump was elected as chairman of the Kennedy Center Board earlier this year. Ticket sales for performances at the Center are the lowest they've been since the Pandemic.

Some of those in attendance chose the occasion to suck up to Trump, like Kelsey Grammer, who introduced Michael Crawford and called Trump "one of the greatest Presidents of all time." Gene Simmons praised the planned White House ballroom: "I believe the ballroom that’s being built, which is going to be twice as big, that is exactly what we need — a facelift. Have you ever been to Versailles? The American house of the people is shameful.”

But Trump himself took center stage with comments like this:

This is the greatest evening in the history of the Kennedy Center. There’s never been anything like this.

I’ve watched some of the people to host — Jimmy Kimmel was horrible. ,., If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president.

(Note: Jimmy Kimmel has never hosted the event.

So many people I know in this audience, some good, some bad. Some I really love and respect. Some I truly hate. But they’re having a good time.

I can say that with a lot of the members of our audience — I know so many of you, and you are persistent. Many of you are miserable, horrible people. But you are persistent, you never give up. Sometimes I wish you’d give up, but you don’t.

The Awards presentation takes place in early December and is broadcast at Christmas time, this year on December 23 on CBS. I have often watched in the past for some amazing, touching moments and performances honoring the recipients. I will not be watching this year.

[flockofseagulls104]

You are free to not watch.

I fully understand how frustrating and annoying it is to watch and hear what you consider stupid nasty people denigrating and insulting people and values you hold dear.

Join the club. We deplorable, garbage people on the right who support what Trump is doing have been enduring that for over a decade now. Grow a pair

[tlynn78]

Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Awards last night. While presidents often attended the awards, this is the first time a sitting President has hosted. The awards recipients, who Trump claims he was 98% responsible for choosing, are Sylvester Stallone, KISS, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford. Trump was elected as chairman of the Kennedy Center Board earlier this year. Ticket sales for performances at the Center are the lowest they've been since the Pandemic.

Some of those in attendance chose the occasion to suck up to Trump, like Kelsey Grammer, who introduced Michael Crawford and called Trump "one of the greatest Presidents of all time." Gene Simmons praised the planned White House ballroom: "I believe the ballroom that’s being built, which is going to be twice as big, that is exactly what we need — a facelift. Have you ever been to Versailles? The American house of the people is shameful.”

But Trump himself took center stage with comments like this:

This is the greatest evening in the history of the Kennedy Center. There’s never been anything like this.

I’ve watched some of the people to host — Jimmy Kimmel was horrible. ,., If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president.

(Note: Jimmy Kimmel has never hosted the event.

So many people I know in this audience, some good, some bad. Some I really love and respect. Some I truly hate. But they’re having a good time.

I can say that with a lot of the members of our audience — I know so many of you, and you are persistent. Many of you are miserable, horrible people. But you are persistent, you never give up. Sometimes I wish you’d give up, but you don’t.

The Awards presentation takes place in early December and is broadcast at Christmas time, this year on December 23 on CBS. I have often watched in the past for some amazing, touching moments and performances honoring the recipients. I will not be watching this year.

so brave.

[Weyoun]

You are free to not watch.

I fully understand how frustrating and annoying it is to watch and hear what you consider stupid nasty people denigrating and insulting people and values you hold dear.

Join the club. We deplorable, garbage people on the right who support what Trump is doing have been enduring that for over a decade now. Grow a pair

Perfect example of the infantile nature of Trumpism. You don't like how the elites sneer at you because you're obviously stupid, so you prove you are emotionally immature by destroying something others enjoy.

It's not just the Kennedy Center - people like you (but not you - you're too feckless) want to do this to America.

[Beebs52]

Elites? Snort

[tlynn78]

Elites? Snort

Kind of explains some things...

[Weyoun]

Elites? Snort

You know, I never specifically said who these elites were. In fact, I meant they were entirely in whitefailure’s mind (after all, listing the folks in some way superior to him would last until the heat death of the universe).

[Beebs52]

Keep talking. It's amusing.

[silverscreenselect]

I thought the debacle at the Kennedy Center couldn't get worse. I was wrong.

The Board of Trustees voted to rename the facility the Trump-Kennedy Center (officially, "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts"). They claimed the vote was unanimous, but one holdover Democratic representative on the Board who had phoned in (as did Trump himself) tried to vote no but was muted out. Others on the Board include Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Usha Vance, Dan Scavino, and the Secretary of Commerce's wife, Allison Lutnick. Needless to say, members of the Kennedy family were not pleased.

Several Democratic senators say that under the federal law that established the Kennedy Center, its name cannot be changed without Congressional approval. Expect litigation to follow.

[flockofseagulls104]

I thought the debacle at the Kennedy Center couldn't get worse. I was wrong.

The Board of Trustees voted to rename the facility the Trump-Kennedy Center (officially, "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts"). They claimed the vote was unanimous, but one holdover Democratic representative on the Board who had phoned in (as did Trump himself) tried to vote no but was muted out. Others on the Board include Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Usha Vance, Dan Scavino, and the Secretary of Commerce's wife, Allison Lutnick. Needless to say, members of the Kennedy family were not pleased.

Several Democratic senators say that under the federal law that established the Kennedy Center, its name cannot be changed without Congressional approval. Expect litigation to follow.

I like this take on it.

[silverscreenselect]

I like this take on it.

So, in other words, with all the problems this country faces, the President's biggest concern is trolling the Democrats for perceived slights to him.

Got it.

[flockofseagulls104]

I like this take on it.

So, in other words, with all the problems this country faces, the President's biggest concern is trolling the Democrats for perceived slights to him.

Got it.

Didn't seem to take much time or effort, and it seems to be working.
I would think you might recognize your whole party devotes all it's time and efforts to destroy him, at the expense of addressing any of the country's problems. But no, you are too busy finding photos to feed your FDS, Don't bother ever telling me you don't have the time to do something as an excuse in the future.