We watched as Trump Derangement Syndrome mutated into Ballroom Derangement Syndrome and Reflecting Pool Derangement Syndrome. We can now add Kennedy Center Derangement Syndrome to the DSM-5. Major media outlets are running with the story on Thursday that President Donald Trump was spotted on Air Force One holding a poster that "appears to read" "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED."
President Donald Trump was pictured reviewing a poster that appears to read, "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED," hours before his administration told a judge the arts institution had to be closed due to "structural deterioration" it characterized as posing "untenable risks" to safety.…
— CNN (@CNN) September 17, 2026
Here's the photograph that CNN and ABC News are reporting on:
President Trump was photographed looking over a placard that appeared to include the words "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED" over what appeared to be an image of a demolition.
— ABC News (@ABC) September 17, 2026
Read more: https://t.co/tMr17Hftll pic.twitter.com/7hrtnYIta1
Did his staff have one of those novelty newspaper pages printed up for him to look at?
As Twitchy reported on Wednesday, a federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way. "Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing,” U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on Tuesday. The center was closed for repairs, but the same judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration must give 30 days' notice before any "demolition" occurs at the Kennedy Center.
A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center said Wednesday that "nothing is being demolished" at the performing arts center, although President Trump said later that it would be "ripped down," and photos showed him looking at a document that said "Kennedy Center Demolished."…
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 17, 2026
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Ben Meiselas of lefty outlet MeidasTouch reported on Wednesday that a "legal observer" at the Kennedy Center (remarkably, Jim Acosta was not on the scene) declared under penalty of perjury that she saw a forklift "run into and hit the pillars on the building several times."
A legal observer just declared under penalty of perjury she witnessed a forklift repeatedly crashing into the pillars of the Kennedy Center today pic.twitter.com/xxqf9AQBBw
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) September 16, 2026
We're not demolition experts, but we're pretty sure if Trump were demolishing the Kennedy Center, he wouldn't use a single forklift to do it.
Where is the video of the event? She has a smart phone?
— Paula Ponsonby (@CactusLove_1963) September 17, 2026
Seems strange as using a forklift in such a manner as implied would be dangerous to the forklift and its operator. Somehow this does not ring true in its implication.
— AnimalFarm (@animalfarmnow) September 17, 2026
Where’s the video?
— David St. Germain (@proudgrandpa00) September 17, 2026
You guys are so dumb. There is no pictures or video of supposed event. The TDS karens never go anywhere without their smart phone to document stuff.
— Paula Ponsonby (@CactusLove_1963) September 17, 2026
There should be pictures and/or video; this shouldn't be difficult to do.
— Peter 🌊 (@hedgevine) September 16, 2026
i dont love that we put all her personal info in the post too
— a non (@anon114427233) September 17, 2026
seems unnecessary
ever heard of cropping?
Why crop it out? Bridget Kennedy-Bailey, Washington Litigation Group, Washington, D.C.
The Left is full of insane hysteria over nothing…again.
— Politikal Kat-Tales (@PolitiKatTales) September 17, 2026
I expected the witness to declare “Trump was driving the forklift yelling this is maga center” 😂
— Marsha 🇺🇸 🐶 (@Just_1Marsha) September 17, 2026
Arrest the forklift operator and find out who directed him to do this.
— Sean Sedillo (@sgsedillo) September 17, 2026
Yes, arrest the forklift operator.
Could we see a photo of her claim? After all, this is the 21st century and I’m betting heavily that she has a camera-phone…@grok has no images to share, so could the claimant please provide a modicum of proof? I’ll wait.
— ResearchAndThenQuestion (@mtnhigh4) September 16, 2026
She declared under penalty of perjury.
The "legal observer" is a lawyer working for Joyce Beatty, a Democratic congresswoman who's been ferociously opposing Trump on Kennedy Center matters.
— EnoRiverBend (@enoriverbend) September 17, 2026
Well, if that really happened, it's easy enough to prove! Just go look.
— DreamBird (@DreamBird386989) September 17, 2026
Again, where's Acosta? You'd think he'd been streaming all of this live.
That would have really damaged the forklift.
— MAGAvolt⚡👷 (@jcvolt) September 17, 2026
What's a legal observer? There's no such thing
— Dr. Quadrata E. Quasion, JD, ESQ, PDQ (@WilliamGleave10) September 17, 2026
A legal observer with the name Kennedy
— wĦoabruℏdudebruℏ (@dudebruhwhoa) September 17, 2026
No way they watched it happen over and over and got no video.
— Kandi Mullitz (@UltraMagaKandi) September 17, 2026
As a forklift driver I demand the footage so I can start pissing myself laughing
— Long Live Juha (@Fr4ggyy) September 17, 2026
We're no experts in demolition, but running a forklift into the pillars several times just sounds like someone who doesn't know how to drive a forklift.
It's astounding how many people wanted the legal observer to call the police and arrest the forklift driver and whoever told him to demolish the Kennedy Center. "Why isn't this the lead story on the national news?" Because no one cares.
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