‘Doomed to fail’: Trump cautioned his ‘cultural coup’ is backfiring

An analyst Thursday described how President Donald Trump's "cultural coup" has backfired among artists and his growing attacks on the arts are "doomed to fail."

A wave of artists have cancelled their performances after the renamed Kennedy Center and the Trump administration has threatened to sue them for millions over resisting the current regime — yet that won't stop artists from defying his oppressive moves to try and silence them, Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton wrote.

"For more than 50 years...