Trump's Kennedy Center embarrassment came from an 'error' he can't stop making: analysis

President Donald Trump's closure of the Kennedy Center proved he lost a "bad bet" — and was the result of an error that he can't stop making, an Atlantic writer warned.

A year ago, Trump assumed control of Washington, D.C.'s premier performing-arts institution. Despite never attending a show there, he expressed confidence in his singular ability to determine the venue's direction, wrote David A. Graham.

Instead, he announced over the weekend that the center will go dark on July 4 for two years ...