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Thousands Rally Against Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover

President Trump's mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler: If he can't have the toys he wants, he'll try to break them and make sure no one else can have them, either.

Thousands Rally Against Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover

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President Trump's mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler:

If he can't have the toys he wants, he'll try to break them and make sure no one else can have them, either.

Thousands of furious DC-area residents and Kennedy Center patrons gathered in front of the arts center […]

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President Trump's mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler: If he can't have the toys he wants, he'll try to break them and make sure no one else can have them, either. Thousands of furious DC-area residents and Kennedy Center patrons gathered in front of the arts center […]

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