#KennedyCenter #finances deteriorated sharply after #Trump name change
Budget & meeting documents show ticket revenue & fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
Ticket sales had already dropped in the 10 months following Trump’s takeover, but both ticket sales & donations plunged after the Trump-led board of trustees voted in December to rename the center after him & put his name on the front of the building….
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/25/kennedy-center-revenue-plunged-after-trumps-name-went-building/
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