The Kennedy Center’s board voted Thursday to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name into the storied building’s white marble facade and proceed with a lengthy shutdown of the venue to accommodate an extensive $250 million renovation project, according to ex officio member Rep. Joyce Beatty.
The decision comes just months after a judge ruled that separate signage bearing the president’s name had to be taken off the building’s marquee. The new inscription will test the order, though due to ongoing litigation the judge has the power to delay the projects.
The board, which Trump fired en masse last year and restocked with allies, voted to close the center’s main building, while The Reach, a newer expansion to the facility, will remain open for limited events. It will also serve as a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy.
No wonder the tarp never came down.
You sound like Trump talking about Biden or Obama.
No, Trump got rid of NAFTA. Let’s keep that. I’m sure there’s some other broken clock things too
As someone who works in international freight, USMCA is far worse than NAFTA.
Ah, fuck. I didn’t realize he replaced it.
NAFTA was terrible for Mexican workers. How’s USMCA?
More red tape, more paperwork, limits on sourcing of materials, increased documentation of sourcing for each piece of a product, and unlike NAFTA the USMCA isn’t permanent and has to be renegotiated from time to time so that introduces tons of uncertainty into the whole industry.
The only good thing that the USMCA did was mandate wage levels for workers in companies exporting to other member countries. But that could have just been added to NAFTA after some negotiations rather than tearing up the agreement and creating this terrible replacement.
Everything you said sounds good. Regulations are important.
What sucks about free trade agreements is IMF style requirements that prevent trade unions or law suits or sovereignty for the country to establish regulations