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Vol. VIII
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The Mind Shield

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Trump slams judge after ruling to remove his name from Kennedy center.

Trump slams judge after ruling to remove his name from Kennedy center.
Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Press Briefing Room at the White House on Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump said on Friday that a federal judge should be “ashamed of himself” for blocking his administration’s move to add Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center and ruling that board members improperly voted to close the iconic performing arts center for renovations this summer.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an appointee of former President Obama, sided with a challenge to the renovation project from ex officio board member Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio). The building had been set to close on July 5 for two years.

“Judge Cooper was given a presentation by leading Building and Construction Experts as to how structurally dangerous the Building is, with rotting beams, parking areas that are subject to collapse, and various other Life and Safety problems, in addition to the fact that it also needs a MAJOR renovation, from an aesthetic standpoint, but he was not ‘swayed,’ and said he wants the Building to, incredibly, remain open and, therefore, dangerous,” the president wrote in a Friday post on Truth Social.

“Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!” Trump added. “I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight.”

The president said he has ordered the Commerce Department to “make all necessary arrangements” to grant Congress authority over the institution’s upkeep.

Read the full report from The Hill.