Source: NBC News
“President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has determined that the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington should close for about two years. Trump, who wrote on Truth Social that the decision is ‘totally subject’ to approval by his handpicked board, said that the center will close on July 4 and that ‘financing is completed, and fully in place.’ He did not elaborate on where the funding came from. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on questions about the funding. … Trump has frequently discussed remodeling the Kennedy Center, arguing that the theater was poorly maintained and in desperate need of repairs, some of which are already underway.” (02/01/26)