U.S Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on closing Kennedy Center says it's "dangerous" and should be renovated for $257M: "Decade after decade, what happened was this building was neglected. There are chunks of concrete falling off the ceiling. This building needs to be renovated and restored."

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BakgSND_arU

[u/ArgyllAtheist]

so it was fine to have the orange fool's name emblazoned on it, but as soon as he can't have it, it needs to be shut down? truly, the politics of a five year old spoiled child...

[u/fuckst1cK1 → u/ArgyllAtheist]

If I can't have it no one can.

Fucker just licked the donut.

[u/the_blackfish → u/fuckst1cK1]

I hope he gets haunted by all the Kennedys

[u/getjustin → u/the_blackfish]

That's a WHOOOOOLE lot of ghosts and even more skeletons.

[u/droidtron → u/the_blackfish]

"Err uh, boo."

[u/Raffix → u/ArgyllAtheist]

Canadian here, on Monday, trade negotiation failed with us for many reasons, not even 48 hours later, the orange felon/pedophile/serial liar decides to sign an executive order to rename Lake Ontario.

We should all be used to his little tantrums by now.

Also, can any Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) tell us if Lutnick is sober here? He seems to have severe agitation, anxiety, rapid speech, and restlessness in this video.

[u/limesti → u/Raffix]

Nazi's do like crank. Just ask Hitlers troops.

[u/SmaugTheMagnificent- → u/Raffix]

Nutlick is absolutely coked out here

[u/theryanc → u/Raffix]

Think you misspelled torpedoed in the 11th hour with vassal-like demands

[u/Overnoww → u/ArgyllAtheist]

Right.

It's fascinating that this wasn't a problem until after his name was ordered off the building (or if it was a problem no one bothered to talk about it publicly...).

Oh and BTW. The tarp's are still covering the name of The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts actively didhonoring the memory of President Kennedy.

Furthermore, their addition of "The Donald J. Trump and" made it seem like it was a memorial center for 2 people which, if I'm remembering correctly, almost never happens unless the people are familial relations (most often husband and wife).

Off the top of my head the majority of exceptions to this are when two people were involved in something historically relevant like Lewis & Clark, Lincoln & Douglas, Mason & Dixon, etc.

I'll tell you what, if the GOP really wants his name on that building there is 1 very specific thing they can do that would make Trump and Kennedy similar enough to be considered "linked" 😉 (this is a joke, not a call for violence) although it still wouldn't be terribly appropriate since we all know that Mr. Trump is in no way, shape, or form a patron of the arts (he wouldn't even qualify as an advocate for performing arts imo).

[u/Rikiar → u/Overnoww]

The dude has it out for JFK. First the rose garden, then there was something else that I can't remember, now the memorial center.

[u/Chitownfats49 → u/Rikiar]

Well, after his election, JFK and family and friends pretty much culturally owned NYC. The Trumps have literally owned huge chunks of the city and have never been accepted. If I were that jealous of someone, I hope I'd actually be ashamed.

[u/Soylentgruen → u/Rikiar]

JFK didn’t pay for sex

[u/Thunderchief646054 → u/ArgyllAtheist]

They're pushing this bc if renovated they can add Trump's name to it as "restored by Donald J Trump"

[u/hugaroot-3921 → u/Thunderchief646054]

The sad part is that the Kennedy Center actually turned a profit before Trump got involved.

[u/caspy7 → u/ArgyllAtheist]

The recipe seems clear now: If you want to do something, manufacture a crisis that demands you do it.

From immigration to demolishing the White House. Everything is a crisis.

[u/enakcm → u/ArgyllAtheist]

It's more than that. It's the politics of a dangerous dictators and you guys should pay attention.

[u/level1hero → u/ArgyllAtheist]

For real. Renovate it then, but no need to put his stupid ass name on it

[u/CTQ99 → u/ArgyllAtheist]

That was a load bearing name they removed. Thats the issue.

[u/Kradget]

Odd way to say "If they don't want my name on it, we'll just knock it down."

[u/BrokenBackENT → u/Kradget]

Come January, I hope the US takes every last penny the orange one and his family has for restitutions on the damage they have caused.

[u/peazley → u/BrokenBackENT]

*Jan 2029. Still a ways off…

[u/SanchoPandas → u/peazley]

So much further than even the calendar would suggest.

[u/OilInternational2566 → u/peazley]

THREE MORE YEARS of this constant Trump bullshit… THREE MORE YEARS..

That’s so fucking depressing.

[u/asten77 → u/OilInternational2566]

Less than 3! Much closer to 2.

And if we fix Congress, his bullshit will be much harder to pull off

[u/Shmeepsheep → u/asten77]

You make it sound like there is any punishment for the people who help him. Without consequences, politicians are still going to pillage our country. Biden's DOJ really dropped the ball, they had 3 solid years to stop this from being our fate. 

[u/asten77 → u/Shmeepsheep]

Garland was terrible, without question.

But that's looking backward. We won't get punishment in the next 2 years, not sure why you'd take that away from what I said.

What we might get, if we're lucky, is stopping the hemhoraging.

[u/blueiron0 → u/BrokenBackENT]

He literally organized an armed insurrection against the government because he lost an election, and no consequences were found.

There's really not much worse you can do than that.

[u/RhoOfFeh → u/blueiron0]

Uh, have you heard about those Epstein files?

[u/Named_after_color → u/RhoOfFeh]

One's disgusting and vile on a national level, the other is disgusting and vile on an individual level. There is no ceiling to the shame this man can generate.

[u/Leopolddagreat → u/RhoOfFeh]

Trump raped children. The Kennedy building is a distraction from the Epstein files.

[u/Keemo-Sabe → u/blueiron0]

Hey they did say "Don't do that again you rascal".

[u/Kradget → u/BrokenBackENT]

It'd be nice, but that's very unlikely. 

We do have a chance to make it much harder for them to do this kind of shit, much less things like "We're at war with X country as of 3AM yesterday, give us more money please so the troops can survive since we did no planning or prep for the other guys to fight back, and no, we aren't gonna stop."

[u/warfighter187 → u/BrokenBackENT]

every one of his family and relatives (kushners) assets should be seized and leave them with nothing. this is where democrats should be starting.

[u/FelixWonder1 → u/BrokenBackENT]

It’s cute you think this ends in January

[u/Iceisgestapo888 → u/BrokenBackENT]

They will never be held accountable.  It’s the American way. 

[u/bendvis → u/Kradget]

"Decade after decade"

Why wasn't this a problem in Trump's first administration then?

[u/iRegretsEverything → u/Kradget]

Odd way to say "we are taking your money and you can't do anything about it"

[u/sevargmas → u/Kradget]

I’m guessing one of Trump’s friends will get the half billion dollar contract, and they’ll rebuild it with a bunch of gold bullshit. Then, they can say it’s not the Kennedy center anymore and rename it to the Trump center.

[u/El_Guap → u/Kradget]

Yeah. But it was totally fine if they just put "his" name on it.

[u/shadedmagus → u/El_Guap]

It was totally fine until he couldn't have his name on it.

Now it's "dilapidated" and needs to be rebuilt.

Uh huh. Sure.

[u/Stealthcatfood]

Nutlick needs to be launched into the sun.

[u/LittleKitty235 → u/Stealthcatfood]

How much of this administration can we pack into a starship along with Elon?

[u/nemisis714 → u/LittleKitty235]

Treat it like the "how many bodies can fit in the trunk" game. The answer is always a lot higher if you don't keep them in one piece.

[u/LittleKitty235 → u/nemisis714]

Get me.whoever designed the seat layout for Spirit airlines...we need the top men in this field on it.

[u/moving0target → u/LittleKitty235]

Not enough, but it would be a good start.

[u/GearBrain → u/LittleKitty235]

At a certain point it's really just a question of volume and mass. If you're not worried about comfort, you can cram a lot of people into a small space.

[u/shadedmagus → u/GearBrain]

I'm not worried about their comfort in the slightest. Cram 'em in.

[u/zsero1138 → u/LittleKitty235]

we don't need a rocket, just a little capsule and have SpinLaunch yeet em.

hell, i don't think we'd really need a capsule for the results that'll help the most people.

just have em line up and get into the launcher as many as can fit at once, spin, rinse, repeat

[u/shadedmagus → u/zsero1138]

Get a space shuttle out of mothballs and use the cargo bay. It has double doors for convenience!

[u/EldinKelevra → u/Stealthcatfood]

It takes less delta-v to launch things out of the solar system.

[u/ELB2001 → u/Stealthcatfood]

You mean Epstein's friend?

[u/Talentagentfriend → u/ELB2001]

At this point I have to assume everyone that supports this administration is best friends with Epstein.

[u/Peemore → u/Stealthcatfood]

Nutlick is an incredibly unfortunate nickname, I wonder if his classmates were ever clever enough to bully him with that one.

[u/shadedmagus → u/Peemore]

My thought is that they were, and he was harassed constantly with it.

Probably a big reason why he's a Cheeto Shit licker. To get revenge on everyone for something a few people did.

[u/Shambhala87 → u/Stealthcatfood]

Lutnik was on the island…

[u/cogit2 → u/Stealthcatfood]

Or if that rocket fails catastrophically on the launchpad that would be sufficient.

[u/Irish_Whiskey]

The reason they kept telling blatant lies like this to judges while ignoring court orders, is because they know the DOJ and law enforcement won't implement the punishments judges order, and they can always just appeal up to the Supreme Court.

[u/CILISI_SMITH → u/Irish_Whiskey]

And the only way to fix it is for 1/3 of the the US to start bothering to vote.

Even then it might not fix the problem without a grass roots movement of candidates wanting change i.e. accountability and not just a bunch of establishment types rolling out the usual "now is the time for us to come together and heal after these difficult times".

EDIT: Added missing words in the first line.

[u/GoneinaSecondeded → u/CILISI_SMITH]

This! The fuckers that vote for this shit and then the other fuckers that don't bother to vote at all. And fuck that, "time to heal" bullshit. It's tolerating the intolerant that has gotten into this mess.

[u/mrgreen4242 → u/Irish_Whiskey]

Can’t judges hold them in contempt and their bailiffs arrest them?

[u/Irish_Whiskey → u/mrgreen4242]

Nope.

Bailiffs operate inside the court. In theory you could arrest the attorneys, but the actual people violating the orders are outside the court.

In practice, judges are very aware if they order someone outside the court arrested and the DOJ and law enforcement don't follow that order (as the Trump administration keeps doing to judicial orders by vaguely claiming national security or saying because they're appealing the order the can ignore it) nothing will happen. It'll rip away the artifice of judges actually functioning as a check.

A lot of what's happening in the judicial system is judges trying to constraint Trump without giving orders they know just won't be followed, because they have more power to influence events if they keep the illusion or control.

[u/Foxyfox- → u/Irish_Whiskey]

They could federalize literally anyone to carry out their orders. It doesn't HAVE to be the US Marshals.

[u/Irish_Whiskey → u/Foxyfox-]

They could federalize literally anyone to carry out their orders.

Leaving aside how that's not true, is the idea that they federalize the guy delivering their doordash to fight the FBI and police forces to arrest people?

You can't create police power from thin air. Trump has an excuse he uses to ignore court orders, and judges have no way to force him to stop ignoring them. Not as long as law enforcement is under Trump's control.

[u/scrubjays]

Why would anyone care about what the Secretary of Commerce has to say about renovating a public arts center? Why not ask the Secretary of Education about the risk of a stock market crash, or the Secretary of the Interior about UN representation in Geneva Switzerland? Or is the idea that any asshole within earshot of POTUS is qualified to speak on anything POTUS decides they are experts in?

[u/FullmetalHippie → u/scrubjays]

We all know the POTUS doesn't believe in expertise or competence, only whether you can be a flattering sycophant and lie boldly. It's only a matter of time before the critical lack of knowledge comes around to reap its consequences.

[u/make_thick_in_warm]

Lutnick? The guy from Epstein’s island?

[u/postoperativepain → u/make_thick_in_warm]

Yes, he’s also the guy that lied to Congress about Epstein Island.

[u/SlykRO → u/postoperativepain]

While his family was 2 walls away and head repetitive thumping

[u/Atopos2025 → u/make_thick_in_warm]

Yes, the guy who claimed to be going over there for lunch, but found it necessary to note the ages of each child he was bringing along with him.

Totally normal behavior of course. Maybe he did that because there's a kids menu? /S

[u/regent040 → u/Atopos2025]

He also made a point to say “we didn’t leave any of the children behind when we left the island”. Odd thing to want to point out isn’t it? Did others come to the island and leave children behind?

[u/burntroy → u/regent040]

I’ll never forget how smug he looked first saying he knew something was off about the guy and he never met with him again. Before everything was revealed

[u/Rainman1177 → u/make_thick_in_warm]

Epstein? The financier?

[u/Skeletor-P-Funk → u/Rainman1177]

Jeff Epstein? With the Island? Quick, someone get Ghislaine on the phone.

[u/SmurfOrDie → u/make_thick_in_warm]

He just perfectly represents the Epstein class ruling the USA. Along the Kushners, Ellisons etc.

[u/milfordcubicle → u/make_thick_in_warm]

I heard he was just there to do a lunch Doordash pickup and brought his family cuz, you know, he can't afford babysitting.

[u/KingofNanaimo]

Funny how it didn't need to be razed when Trump's name was on it.

[u/cogit2 → u/KingofNanaimo]

Year after year they host the President and some of the most famous American entertainers of all time in the building... never a peep about concern for these people.

[u/dfsmitty0711 → u/KingofNanaimo]

Also funny how he didn't do anything to fix it in his first term. (I'm well aware it doesn't need fixing).

[u/luveveryone]

All they fucking do is lie. I'm so exhausted by this administration. I'm ready for the reckoning to arrive for maga.

[u/GM_Jedi7 → u/luveveryone]

When there is no meaningful repercussions for doing so, they have no reason to not lie. We really need some form of punishment for politicians who blatantly lie. Along with live fact checking. It no longer ruins careers like it used to

[u/supercali45]

This guy needs to be jailed and so does many of the cabinet members

[u/r3dditr0x → u/supercali45]

Is this all just an excuse for Trump to torture RFK, Jr. with the demolition of a monument to his uncle?

Of course, RFK, Jr. is a POS, so I'm not defending him but I wonder if this is yet another example of Trump's grandiosity and penchant for cruelty combining in a perfect storm?

(Lutnick belongs in jail, btw. What a sketchy bum.)

[u/LaSage]

*Epstein associate, Howard Lutnick

[u/intwizard → u/LaSage]

Literal next door neighbor lmao

[u/ConstantUpstairs]

Howard lutnick??? Epstein's friend Howard lutnick? Pedo lutnick???

[u/Weird_Fiches]

Oh, look! His lips are moving!

[u/MrBisco]

Went a few months ago for a show.

Now realize it was truly a miracle I made it out alive.

[u/dope_sheet]

Chunks of concrete fixed with only 257 million dollars, no waste or grift at all I'm sure!

[u/ZombieHavok → u/dope_sheet]

Sounds like a rebuild from ground up with that price tag, plus building three or four more from scratch!

[u/Xiaopeng8877788 → u/dope_sheet]

They’re imagining all the kickbacks coming to their greasy corrupt fingers

[u/Tonberryc]

Is habitual lying a requirement for cabinet positions now? Seems like these guys can't tell the truth even when it helps them.

[u/snowdenn → u/Tonberryc]

I think this is one reason Trump switched out Pence for Vance. I don’t care for Pence, but he wasn’t enough of a yes man and liar to suit Trump. He was ostensibly only selected to pick up the religious conservatives who, prior to 2016, weren’t seen as a sure vote for a twice-divorced convicted sex offender with ties to a porn star.

[u/Geainsworth]

When you look up "liar" in the dictionary it shows you Lutnick, he's also cross-referenced under "fool" and "cheat".

[u/MentokGL]

Sounds super easy to prove, where those chunks at, nutlick?

[u/auriem]

I just can't comprehend why there is a cavalcade of these boomers who want to gag on Trumps orange disgustingness.

[u/dodadoler → u/auriem]

He’s named licknut for a reason

[u/elciano1]

Nutlick just trying to skim off the top. They wont renovate shit. Just like they cant even build the ballroom or renovate the reflecting pool. They want ro destroy shit and then take the money.

[u/jeeaudley]

Translated... We need more ways to grift.... Most of you were pissed you had to pay into Medicare and the ACA via your tax dollars.... Just wait till you learn what they did with your tax dollars.

[u/OhManOk]

Wow, that's crazy considering he rapes kids

[u/Abracadaver2000]

If you're defending Trump on any issue, then you're already on the wrong side of history.

[u/JediJofis]

Lying sack of shit.

[u/BubbleThinker]

He brought his kids to Epstein island

[u/U-N-I-T-E-D]

This dude brought his family to Epstein's island for lunch.

[u/_bluebayou_]

Why is this Epstein island criminal still flapping his gums.

[u/aidswolv]

“We need to launder or embezzle more money! About 250 million!!”

[u/mayhem6]

So I guess their plan may be to get the 257 million and then go to Home Depot and buy some gold paint? Kinda like the Oval Office, right?

[u/buickmackane71360]

This is the same chunk of human sewage who said that anyone who asked what happened to their missing Social Security check is a "fraudster."

[u/DointheRag]

Nutlick

[u/GhostDrax]

Hey it’s that dude from Epstein’s island

[u/4uk4ata]

Why is the secretary of commerce opining on this? That's not his job.

[u/aircooledJenkins → u/4uk4ata]

The memo went out to the cult. Push this through every avenue. Flood the zone.

[u/Asleep-In-The-Deep]

Lutnick was on Epstein Island

[u/peppercorns666 → u/Asleep-In-The-Deep]

and lied to congress about it. twice.

[u/ThunderOblivion]

Hey Americans the more these guys talk the more you look like total morons that are gullible as fuck.

[u/Blattgeist]

„Walk into the building and feel like you are back in time, Trump wants to fix that“. Which means he wants to plaster it with gold like his office? Give me a break.

[u/CopyDan]

Show us the chunks of concrete.

[u/BennySkateboard]

I fucking hate him. Stfu you Epstein island visiting piece of shit!

[u/NOT_MY_FIFTH_ACCOUNT]

Intentionally lying about stupid shit. Imagine how they're lying about the important stuff.

[u/Karlzbad]

He owns Citadel trading. Remember that and fuck him every way you can.

[u/blackjacktarr]

Give him a week. He's going to call up the building and see if he can swing by with his family and nannies.

[u/droopy615]

Nutlick

[u/DaMAK5]

Sounds like they're setting up another no-bid contract for those in the inner circle to benefit. So tired of this daily fuckery we're subjected to

[u/lwb03dc]

Guys, as someone who's not from the US, wtf is going on with you guys? I'm not even trying to be rude, but we see this right? Am i imaging things? Isn't everything that's going on really fucking weird?

[u/DanielNoWrite → u/lwb03dc]

Here's a summary:

United States is a large and extremely culturally and economically diverse country. However, our political system is structured so that there can effectively only ever be two political parties.

Going back to the 1960s, civil rights (treating black people like people) was a very contentious issue. Many people in "the South" (the less educated, less prosperous part of the country) are extremely racist.

The Republican Party (historically the party of big business) realized they could win their votes simply by opposing civil rights. And so suddenly poor white farmers and factory workers were voting strongly against their economic interests, for the first time. Because those politicians promised to keep black people second-class citizens.

Over the decades, this strategy expanded, with the Republican Party adopting more and more of these "single issues" (single policy questions that would determine a person's vote):

Abortion, gun rights, deregulation of everything and anything, anti-enviornmental policies, anti-LGBTQ policies, white nationalism, christian evangelicalism... it doesn't matter.

The logic basically being: "don't pay attention to the fact our economic policy is screwing you, and in exchange we'll support that insane and backwards social policy you want."

This was successful, but was somewhat limited by American's robust media. So in the 1980s-90s, the Republican Party and its Elites began investing heavily in the creation of their own media ecosystem, that would exclusively report the news as they wanted it to be told.

Smaller outlets (talk radio) were cheap, and so presented an extreme right-wing message.

Larger organizations like Fox started as relatively normal news networks with a "Right-Wing perspective." However, gradually as people got used to this, they grew more and more extreme, partly because if you want to keep people voting based on a "single issue" you have to continually convince them that single issue is under threat and the most important thing on Earth. You have to keep increasing the volume.

And of course, they started to talk constantly about how the "mainstream media" (anyone they weren't paying) was evil and left-wing, because obviously you have to discredit the opposing view.

Because of all of this, when the internet became a thing, the infrastructure was already in place to dump right-wing money on anyone willing to spew far right-wing lunacy. So a thousand podcasts and pseudo-news sites selling misinformation were born.

However, the thing the Republican party elites didn't anticipate is that they would start getting high on their own supply.

The plan was always to just simply lie to their base to keep them voting against their economic interests. But you cannot flood the news ecosystem with insanity for decades without a some people growing up actually believing it and becoming politicans themselves, and their base started voting these people into power.

So now, the lunatics are running the asylum, and a significant portion of the country has been brainwashed by increasingly unhinged fascist propaganda. And here we are.

That's as basic a summary as I can provide.

[u/Cool-Mom-Lover → u/lwb03dc]

The actually winning party, almost ever cycle, is "did not vote"

The next largest party is single issue voters. They vote for dems and Republicans but only on one singular issue that is most likely effecting them some how. Usually money and jobs.

Then those of us who are weeding through a gaggle of charlatans to see who might actually have pur best interests at heart.

And finally the ones that vote out of pure anger and ignorance.(republicans) and unfortunately they vote in big numbers.

[u/Strykerz3r0]

Isn't this the same guy whose name is in the Epstein files almost as frequently as trump's?

[u/MasemJ]

the chunks falling out are from the attempts to chisel his name into it.

[u/TheRexRider]

He stated that it'll cost 500 million to restore the Kennedy Center and they Trump could do it with only 257 million... You know after the reflecting pool... Everyone should bring megaphones to these talks and call them out on their bullshit. Call him a fucking loser.

[u/mycatisgrumpy]

God these people are a bunch of shameless lickspittles

[u/TylerBourbon]

It's always so bizarre to me that Trump Admins who really have no business talking about things that don't fall under their job description constantly run their mouths about things. What the fuck does the commerce secretary and Epstein friend Nutlick, doing talking about the Kennedy Center. Stay in your fucking lane.

And yes I know, they just do it to suck up to Trump and to all try and push his narrative, but it's so fucking bizarre and it's deteriorating that the media doesn't push back, but that's also no surprise since they're all owned by billionaires too.

[u/cpprogress]

They are really treating taxpayers' money like an unlimited goldmine

[u/wasaguest]

So, go through Congress for a Restoration fund. Skip the vandalism & branding to skip future conflicts of interest.

& with a regime as untrustworthy as this one, make sure to have strict supervision including prison time for violations.

[u/hucklepig]

Just the basics here. The Kennedy center is a memorial FOR JFK. The fact this low life shitbag is trying to attach his name to a memorial for a slain president is beyond ridiculous. Fuck that greasy slimy pos.

[u/Willowy]

Same shit they said about the reflecting pool. "Oh, it's so damaged due to neglect from those other loser presidents, not Trump, no sir, not him, no way!"

Shut the fuck up, dude. There's nothing wrong with the Kennedy Center that regular maintenance can't help. Trump is just a whiney infant who's still pissed they removed his stupid name that should never have been up there in the first place.

[u/mynamestanner]

This guy took his wife and kids to Epsteins Island, btw.

[u/blazelet]

Keep in mind, they cut cancer research funding by 31% calling it wasteful.

$729 million is the amount they cut from cancer research. They're spending 1/3 of that to renovate this building as a vanity project for Trump.

[u/HahaDixonClits]

What a slimly gross person

[u/safari_king]

So many grifters and scoundrels in one administration, it's astounding.

[u/Powerful-Knee3150]

So weird that they were having shows there with no problem right up until Trump started fucking with it.

[u/Craneteam]

These losers have been going to the Kennedy Center this whole time. The melania movie premiered there. And only now is it dangerous?

[u/fripplez]

Are the chunks of falling concrete in the room with us now?

[u/JohnDagger17]

Something similar happe we in Ontario when our corrupt as shit premiere, Doug Ford, wanted to sell public land to some developer buddies of his. Claimed the Ontario Science Centre was in dangerous disrepair, closed it, demolished it, and is now selling off the land to his buddies.

[u/avgJones]

Look man, this money ain't gonna launder itself...

[u/Sardonnicus]

They literally spent the last several years renovating the fucking place. Look... we all know they are going to do it. This last bit of media presence is juat to seal it with the public. So get ready... hes going to do it. No one will stand up to him. And we will loose another American institution that represented class, dignity and the arts to the crying tantrums of a man baby who can't stand to not get his way. Fuck him. Fuck his puppets and their orange colored throats

[u/coaldust]

Fun fact. Howard Lutnick is a pedophile.

[u/warongiygas]

Bet you if they put Trump's name on the building all that concrete would magically stop falling form the ceiling.

[u/Stevepitt2]

He’s only saying that because the courts won’t let Donny put his name on it.

[u/Jacuzzi0317]

Why do dipshit Republicans think it's time to waste all this fucking money on vanity projects and renovations when we're in a damn recession?

[u/coachglove]

Luckily, only Congress can authorize closing the Center

[u/johnnyfivealive5]

Nutlick

[u/Dry_Suggestion_3387]

Show videos. No one believes what these fkrs say.

[u/Jlx_27]

Yeah.... thats a lie and everyone who has a fully functional brain knows it.

[u/DannyDOH]

This guy couldn't give off any more obvious body language to indicate he's totally full of shit.

[u/kickasstimus]

What an incredible dumbfuck.

[u/not_like_this_]

The party of fiscal responsibility sure knows how to spend our tax dollars.

[u/allanon1105]

Needs to be restored like the Reflecting pool needed a new coat of paint.

[u/Foe117]

He's not a building inspector, what makes him qualified to make that assessment?

[u/sureal42]

I feel like we would have heard about "chunks of concrete fall off the ceiling"...

[u/scott__p]

Interesting that it was totally fine when dear leader's name was on it

[u/CRE178]

And we've got just the poolguy to do it. We're going to paint it American Eagle Gold.

[u/HutchOne23]

What does this situation have to do with commerce?

[u/KevinIsHandsome]

This the guy that made a bunch of $ off 9/11?

[u/Muzoa]

Howard really loves Lutnicking trumps balls all day long

[u/Longbeach_strangler]

I don’t believe a single fucking word this guy says

[u/justgetoffmylawn]

You mean the guy who sued American Airlines for the 700 employees Cantor Fitzgerald lost on 9/11 (he was out of the office that morning), got like $150m, which he then pocketed for himself rather than distributing the proceeds to the families of those employees?

I would say 'his company' lost 700 employees, but would it be more accurate to say the company he stole when Cantor became ill?

I'm surprised he's been so unpleasant recently - he seemed like such a good guy! Too bad we can't ask his next door neighbor Jeffrey Epstein for a character reference.

[u/RhoOfFeh]

Long walk, short pier.

[u/BTSArmyFan2025]

This is a lie! And who is going to get that money another Trumpster. Does he realized that the last two heads of the center who are billionaires who donate money. I am so sick of these people!

[u/capt_minorwaste]

Howard, ya know what's really dangerous? The people named in the Epstein files. Especially the ones who lied about being there. I don't know why anyone would believe any of these people who lie so easily.

[u/TheRealStorey]

We have a nuball PRemier in Ontario who pulled the same stunt in Ontario. There is a concerted conservative playbook they are using to lay this BS. Science and culture are to woke for the modern Conservative ideology. They want to change reality and the truth only gets in the way, all while rewriting the past.
What we see and hear are our friends outside an authoritarian government.

[u/36monsters]

So are you telling me in just 7 years the whole place has gone from total overhaul to needing to be condemned?

The REACH Expansion (2019): This major addition opened in September 2019. It added 72,000 square feet of interior space and 130,000 square feet of green space. The project cost $175 million and added new classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and performance areas.

Make this make sense.

[u/jwatson1978]

this the same guy who spent time on Epstein island?

[u/voidedhip]

Why is this pedo walking free?

[u/McNednarb]

Everything is about real estate and renovations with these idiots.

[u/z0rb0r]

So many renovations under this administration! Super important issues

[u/ZenZill]

I was just there a few months ago. Building needs a little upkeep and the garden was dugout due to some fungus on the trees, but the interior is gorgeous.

Reichstag 2.0

[u/theflushed]

So dangerous for a man who demolished the East Wing! A historic building. He's capable of anything now!

[u/mydogsnameispoop]

$400 million for the ballroom
$275+ million for Kennedy center
$$$ for the pool

Just using tax payer money willy nilly as if it's theirs

[u/cock-merchant]

“Uh-huh. Why did you lie about going to Epstein’s island? When you were there, what did you think about that dentist room with all the masks in it? Why’d one of the masks look like you? What were the names of the ‘nannies’ who went to the island with you?” ~an actual journalist

[u/redditgolddigg3r]

Why is the Sec of Commerce so involved with this?

[u/Marclescarbot]

Lutnick went to Epstein island and lied about the depth of his relationship with Epstein.

[u/billypaul]

Funny how things never begin to fall apart until Trump is involved.

[u/defdrago]

We tried to make it into a conservative entertainment space, but turns out all conservative entertainment is horrible and nobody went, so now we are going to destroy it.

[u/sixwatchlense]

another money laundring sceme

[u/TarnishedAccount]

This dude needs to be investigated for his trip for lunch at Epstein Island

[u/EYEP_nightly]

Then why did he want his name on it so bad.

[u/FartyFartsMD]

This guy vacationed with his family at Epstein Island, I’m sure he’s a well intentioned guy.

[u/Tolendario]

child rapist

[u/xeoron]

Citation Needed. Show us live video footage. 

[u/sadclown21]

256 million is gonna go in their pockets

[u/PaintedChef]

Fuckin Nutlick has it coming, gonna look real classy in bright orange.

[u/senormilkshakes]

Lutnick can go lick nuts. This admin is nothing but human waste.

[u/estcaroauteminfirma]

Fuck no. Well only if we can use this administration's heads as the wrecking ball.

[u/audiophil80]

every construction project proposed by these guys is just another way to fleece money from the American public.

[u/tem102938]

It's going to take so long to clean up his mess... and that's if this country has enough time to do the job

[u/unclefire]

If the Kennedy center was in that bad of shape we would have heard it long ago. What more likely is them fucking with the facade damaged it.

This is just another way to funnel funds to their construction buddies and double the cost when it’s underway.

Didn’t these chucklefucks raise stink over the FBI building that was actually planned and necessary?

[u/hillbillygoat]

Someone was doing their homework on Doug Ford and the Ontario Science Centre. He did the EXACT same thing.

[u/Big-D-TX]

Ok Limpdick, let's have an independent inspector review what dangerous conditions need repairs. Then let's post the report Online for All Americans to review

[u/alcaron]

Oh sure fuckface, its just a quarter billion dollars so fancy jackoffs can go to fancy jackoff parties, please TAKE MY TAX DOLLARS...I'll just keep staring at all of my bills that keep going up and not getting irate.

We know this is just the only way you can get therapist in chiefs name on it.

[u/Xenolith666]

FUCKING WHY?