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Kennedy Center Altered Rules So Only Trump-Appointed Board Members Could Vote on Name Change
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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?
What next, the Vietnam war and Donald j trump memorial?
Come on. Don’t be ridiculous.
He wouldn’t put his name second.
Donald J Trump presents "The Losers and Suckers" of Vietnam Memorial
Don't give him ideas.
I mean, if he's dumb enough to link his name to the Vietnam war, let him.
The Donald J. Trump and Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
The Donald J. Trump and Jesus Christmas.
I suppose we should be grateful he didn't rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of Donald Trump.
A memorial implies something I’m all for when it comes to that Cheeto.
Donald J Trump Memorial Urinal
Or maybe a memorial to his personal Vietnam
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.
I don't think the intent is to make the center look good - it's to humiliate.
I personally think it’s a fragile man trying to create a legacy. It’s kinda just stolen valor but with buildings
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.
maybe this is Trump admitting that he's going to die Super soon
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.