This is tasteless but what do you expect from a madman? Donald Trump was peacocking at the Institute Of Peace, which has now been renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace after “the greatest dealmaker of all time.” This is the latest downward spiral in the reality TV show that 330 million Americans find themselves living in. But as bad as it is, naturally Trump wants to make it even worse. Daily Beast:
“You have a big event on Friday at the Trump Kennedy Center,” Trump declared. “Oh, excuse me, at the Kennedy Center.”
The audience laughed as Trump added: “Pardon me, such a terrible mistake.”
The president made the comment while noting that the president of FIFA was in the audience ahead of his World Cup 2026 Final Draw event tomorrow at the cultural center in Washington and boasting about ticket sales.
It is not the first time that Trump has mused about renaming the Kennedy Center after himself.
He also joked about the “TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS,” in a Truth Social post in August. […]
But the president’s comment on Thursday was made while he was standing inside the Institute of Peace building, which this week added “Donald J. Trump” to the signage above the entrance.
“This morning, the State Department renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history,” the State Department posted on Wednesday with a picture. “Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also praised Trump as the “President of Peace.”
The move was a big hit with the president, who noted the addition of his name to the building earlier in the event on Thursday.
“This is a nice building, I have to tell you,” Trump said at the top of his remarks. “So this is a special occasion for a lot of reasons, but number one, it’s our first occasion in this building using it for peace, and it’s all about peace.”
Same idiocy, different day. The ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have plunged by over 50% and renaming the place after Trump most likely would continue that trend.
How much you want to bet that the Institute Of Peace will get renamed after Trump is out of office and it’s a virtual certainty that if the Kennedy Center is tastelessly rechristened, that that would be renamed as well?
Just another day, another erosion of our norms and our institutions. Move along, nothing new to see here.
Irony is definitely now dead.