QOTD -- Destroying Things He Can't Possess Or Control

 

"... Although the Kennedy Center board insisted that only Trump’s name on the building would restore donations, in fact, the Washington Post reports that ticket sales and fundraising plunged when Trump added his name to the building in the first place.

"Nonetheless, Trump posted that he is the only one who can save it, 'because I have the ability to raise the money, and the ability to construct—that few others have. I also have the strength and power of the Presidency, which will be needed [to] do what must be done, and give it a strong shot at Greatness again!'

"As George Conway of the Bulwark noted, 'To destroy things he can’t possess or control is his essential nature.'

"It is also as if Trump is self-soothing by celebrating his core identity even as his incompetence and greed have driven the United States, and the world, into crisis..." -- Heather Cox Richardson, in her "Letters from an American" Substack yesterday, quoting in part George Conway.  That we have to deal with this petty vindictiveness as the Malignant Fascist's war on Iran causes pain throughout the world, and his ongoing threats to democracy quicken as the mid-term elections approach is beyond mind-numbing.

 

Moving Fast And Breaking Things: Kennedy Center Demolition?

 

The deranged, demented Malignant Fascist, having been rebuffed three times over having his name obscenely plastered on the walls of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (a building authorized by Congress as a permanent memorial to the late president), is apparently looking over demolition plans:

Following President Donald Trump’s return from a North Carolina rally on Wednesday, images were released of him looking at a mysterious poster board while seated on Air Force One.

Much of the poster board wasn’t visible, but the words that could be gleaned from the photographs suggested that it relates to the Kennedy Center and the term “DEMOLISH.” However, the third word and much of the printout were hard to decipher from the images alone:

The images raised questions about what the president’s next steps could be regarding the venerated performance arts venue, which was “temporarily” closed after a board stacked with Trump loyalists voted to shutter it for alleged safety reasons.

Trump also indicated he wasn’t inclined to support the Kennedy Center and address its financial and physical needs unless his administration was publicly recognized for it. On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the center could not affix his name to the building regardless of the president’s demands.

“For me to go and fix it...and then have to subsidize it for years to come...I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “Because frankly if we don’t do that, it’s going to close, it’ll end up being ripped down.”  (our emphasis)

Just as the lawless MF has done with illegally DOGE demolishing parts of the Federal government, his demolishing the historic White House East Wing and constructing the monstrous golden ballroom/ bunker, his plans to erect a triumphal arch dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery, and more, the plan is always to "move fast and break things" before the courts or anything else can stop him.  But these aren't his properties to wreck.  Demolishing the Kennedy Center because his infamous name won't be allowed to deface it is on-brand for the narcissistic sociopath and would- be tyrant.  But it's not some generic building that he can have a tantrum over for lack of "recognition."  It's a monument that belongs to the nation and specifically to the memory of President Kennedy.  

He  has to be stopped in no uncertain terms, now.  

(Photos:   Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images)