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    "parsed_content": "Trump Remakes WashingtonThe Triumphal ArchKennedy Center ClosesReflecting PoolBallroom ConstructionApproving Trump\u2019s ProjectsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTPhotos Spur Speculation About Possible Demolition of Kennedy CenterImages captured through the windows of Air Force One showed President Trump reviewing a poster with the title \u201cKennedy Center DEMOLISHED.\u201dListen \u00b7 3:48 min Share full articlePresident Trump aboard Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday night. Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesBy Shawn McCreeshSept. 17, 2026Leer en espa\u00f1olSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google It is the picture that has Washington in its latest uproar.Late Wednesday night, photojournalists captured images through the windows of Air Force One that showed President Trump reviewing a large poster board with what looked like a rendering of a construction site beneath three very visible words: \u201cKennedy Center DEMOLISHED.\u201dThe photos raise many questions that the White House has so far refused to answer. Roma Daravi, the Trump-allied spokesperson for the Kennedy Center, isn\u2019t talking either.There is one other person captured clearly in the images of Mr. Trump reviewing the demolition poster board plan: Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who is the nation\u2019s top housing official (he also did a stint this year as the acting director of national intelligence).The photos have already been incorporated into a previously filed lawsuit over the fate of the Kennedy Center, which closed this week after a disastrous year and a half under Mr. Trump\u2019s stewardship that saw plummeting ticket sales and a talent exodus.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe lawsuit was filed by Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, who is suing the Kennedy Center as a board member. In federal court, she has objected to the temporary closure of the institution this week for what center officials say are severe safety concerns over fallen ceiling plaster.A judge on Thursday denied her request for an emergency hearing, allowing the center to remain closed for now. But the judge also reminded the administration that it had promised in another lawsuit over the center to give notice of any plans for demolition. Such notice must be provided 30 days in advance, the judge ordered.Sign up for the On Politics newsletter. It's a pivotal moment for American politics. Join us for 2026 and beyond. Get it sent to your inbox.In a filing earlier Thursday, Ms. Beatty\u2019s lawyers had expressed alarm about the photos and asked the judge to make \u201ccrystal clear\u201d that officials could not just demolish the center.ImageIn multiple images, the words \u201cKennedy Center DEMOLISHED\u201d could be seen at the top of what appeared to be a poster viewed by the president. Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesThe filing also made note of the president\u2019s recent comments that he would withhold funding for much-needed renovations to the building, essentially condemning it, if he was not allowed to add his name to the face of it.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cI think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition,\u201d Mr. Trump told reporters in North Carolina on Wednesday, before he boarded the plane. \u201cBecause frankly, if we don\u2019t do that, it\u2019s going to close. It\u2019ll end up being ripped down.\u201dThat is the opposite of what he promised in February, when he said, \u201cI\u2019m not ripping it down.\u201dOf course, Mr. Trump also surprised everyone by demolishing the East Wing after he promised that the construction of the White House ballroom would not \u201cinterfere\u201d with the building. This is a pattern of behavior that dates back to 1980, when he blew up the old Bonwit Teller building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan so that he could raise Trump Tower. He promised to preserve the treasured limestone friezes atop the old building but destroyed them, infuriating New Yorkers.Might Mr. Trump have meant for the public to see him contemplating the Kennedy Center\u2019s destruction on Wednesday night? Why put secret demolition plans on such a large poster board, spelling out the word \u201cDEMOLISHED\u201d in all caps in large red type, and then study those plans next to a window on a tarmac crawling with photographers with long lenses who are there to photograph him specifically?After he disembarked, the president waved to the press, turned and walked away. He did not take any questions.Julia Jacobs contributed reporting.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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