Trump’s Kennedy Center closure plan draws ire

What happened

President Donald Trump said over the weekend he did not plan to completely tear down the Kennedy Center, but needed to close it down for two years for renovations so extensive that the steel structure will be “fully exposed.” Trump’s Sunday evening post announcing the July 4 closure and rebuilding of the performing arts center “sent shock waves through the center, Washington and the broader arts world,” The Washington Post said. Even some of Trump’s handpicked board members...