Trump: Kennedy Center could be "ripped down" if he doesn’t get "recognition"

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President Trump said Wednesday the Kennedy Center could be "ripped down" if he doesn't get "recognition" for repairing the iconic performing arts center. "For the Trump administration, for me, to get involved and to take that on long term and to carry it, or to raise money to carry it, I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition," he told reporters after landing in North Carolina. "Because frankly, if we don't do that, it's going to close. It'll end up being ripped down." The president claimed the Kennedy Center was "a mess" and "a loser, financially." "It's in very, very bad shape, very dangerous shape," he said. "You see steel falling down. You see plaster falling off ceilings. You see a lot of dangers. It's been very badly maintained for 25 years." On Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the Kennedy Center's Trump-appointed board from adding President Trump's name to the living memorial to the nation's 35th president. President Trump responded by s