Trump Goons Hold Kennedy Center to Ransom in Twisted Extortion Plot

Evan Vucci/REUTERS The board President Donald Trump appointed to run the Kennedy Center has warned it may close in a matter of days, unless his name is returned to the building.

The revelation is the newest instance of Trump’s interference at the center, which was opened in 1971 as a living memorial to slain former president John F.

Kennedy.

In a new document due to be handed to the venue’s trustees on Tuesday, the board claims that the building is on the verge of bankruptcy and is in such a state of disrepair that it is hazardous to staff and public.

The 57-page report, viewed by the Washington Post , also cites “certain fiscal collapse” and said the venue may be unable to pay staff or maintenance contracts “within a matter of weeks” without the controversial Trump branding being restored.

The Kennedy Center could be shut down as soon as Tuesday if the board signs off on the plan as expected, the Post reported.

The document not only suggests the survival of the venue relies on Trump and his support; it states that if it stays open without urgent renovation, lives could be at risk.

However, Trump’s support requires the president to get sufficient public credit for his involvement in the future of the venue, the document spells out.

It says Trump has offered to “raise the necessary funds to keep the Center from bankruptcy,” during the renovation.

However, he will be unlikely to provide “fundamental oversight” of the overhaul or help raise funds without “appropriate recognition” of his role.

That includes 10 options for wording that could be added to the exterior of the building under its name, including one where his surname appears twice: “Renovation Restoration and Endowment overseen by President Donald J.

Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” That upgrades the wording the board approved last month, which read, “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J.

Trump.” U.S.

District Judge Christopher Cooper, who previously ruled that only Congress can approve a change in the venue’s name, is still considering a legal challenge from the Trump administration.