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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 个月前

Kennedy Center Altered Rules So Only Trump-Appointed Board Members Could Vote on Name Change

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Kennedy Center Altered Rules So Only Trump-Appointed Board Members Could Vote on Name Change

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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 个月前
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Kennedy Center Altered Rules Ahead of Trump-Inspired Name Change
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The Kennedy Center revised its bylaws to only allow presidentially-appointed board members to vote on issues ahead of the institution's name change.
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  • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.works
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    Everything else aside, it’s just incredibly distasteful (understatement) to slap your own name on somebody else’s memorial. Who TF thinks this is a good look?

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      What next, the Vietnam war and Donald j trump memorial?

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        Come on. Don’t be ridiculous.

        He wouldn’t put his name second.

        • October@lemmy.world
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          Donald J Trump presents “The Losers and Suckers” of Vietnam Memorial

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        Don’t give him ideas.

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          I mean, if he’s dumb enough to link his name to the Vietnam war, let him.

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        Or maybe a memorial to his personal Vietnam

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      Trashy and shitty is the whole brand! I’m surprised he didn’t have his name made 5x larger and spraypainted gold, complete with vinyl sticker of Calvin pissing on JFK’s line.

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      maybe this is Trump admitting that he’s going to die Super soon

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        The Peru shamans predict his death in 2026

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t think the intent is to make the center look good - it’s to humiliate.

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        I personally think it’s a fragile man trying to create a legacy. It’s kinda just stolen valor but with buildings

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          The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Consider certain graffiti. The person tagging a building doesn’t think that he is improving it. Rather, he is showing that he has the power to put his name on places where other people don’t want it. In doing so, he asserts dominance. That’s what legacy is in a zero-sum mindset where success must mean someone else’s failure - a record of whom he defeated.

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      Dumbasses mouth-breathers that just want to “own the libs”.

      The Sarah Palin floor of this country - probably about 20-30% of the country. And they stroke off to this kind of thing.

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    The revisions also feature a provision saying the president can be appointed as the chief executive officer and can be compensated for the position.

    So he’s making money off this. What a surprise.

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      I believe he also gets royalties from shows due to the name change, so it’s a double grift.

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    Takes an act of Congress to rename it anyway.

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      Ditto Department of Defense

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        Congress doesn’t seem to do anything to stop him so why would he care?

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          You really think Congress should be focusing on name change debates right now? Really? It’s distraction and your first thought is to chase squirrels?

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            Can’t they do both? (I mean I know they can’t/won’t/whatever)

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              What’s possible and what’s likely are two separate things. Could they? Sure. Will they? No.

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            Every time they give up their power to him is a win for him. Every coward who backs down encourages him to take more.

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              I don’t disagree, but focus shouldn’t be on this dipshit distraction.

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    The only way they can win is by cheating, but we all just keep letting them cheat, so whats even the point.

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    This was also illegal.

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    LOL, WUT.

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      Cartoonish

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    I don’t get what the big deal about this is.

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      It’s a monument for a dead president… WTF do you mean what’s the big deal?

      Trump might be hollow and dead inside but he ain’t dead dead.

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