{"id":97729,"date":"2026-09-05T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/renewed-calls-for-trump-backed-kennedy-center-repairs-after-part-of-foyer-ceiling-falls\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:26:26","slug":"renewed-calls-for-trump-backed-kennedy-center-repairs-after-part-of-foyer-ceiling-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/renewed-calls-for-trump-backed-kennedy-center-repairs-after-part-of-foyer-ceiling-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed calls for Trump-backed Kennedy Center repairs after part of foyer ceiling falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kennedy-center-trump-renovation-closure-dbe395cc48899afca3a172adecbfb74f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Kennedy Center<\/a>, which underscores the need to shut down the historic arts venue for renovations sought by President Trump, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured when a piece of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center&#8217;s grand foyer partially collapsed Friday evening, said Roma Daravi, the center&#8217;s vice president for public relations.<\/p>\n<p>Photos provided by the center showed a large hole in the high ceiling and debris littering the red carpet in part of the hallway that connects the Kennedy Center&#8217;s three main performance auditoriums. The damage occurred during stormy weather in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reality is, the place is falling apart and @realDonaldTrump wants to fix it,&#8221; Daravi said in a social media post with the photos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TKCOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@TKCOfficial<\/a> ceiling collapsed, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wapo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@wapo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheAtlantic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@Reuters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@AP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@USATODAY<\/a> \u2014 the list goes on \u2014 are nowhere to be found. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely insane lack of journalistic integrity\u2026 the mainstream media are ignoring this breaking news bc it doesn\u2019t fit their biased agenda\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJqBlTw2Ml\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/pJqBlTw2Ml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roma Daravi (@romadaravi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/romadaravi\/status\/2096248945760444420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">September 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There is no legitimate reason to further halt the renovations,&#8221; Daravi said in another post. &#8220;The longer the delay, the worse the infrastructure gets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News reached out to Daravi for further comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Center&#8217;s Trump-aligned board is fighting in court to move forward with plans to add <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-joyce-beatty-kennedy-center-trump-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump&#8217;s name to the building&#8217;s facade<\/a><\/span> and to close the center for two years as it undergoes $250 million in renovations.<\/p>\n<p>Daravi called the partial ceiling collapse Friday &#8220;another example of the urgent need to close for renovation and revitalization, as our Chairman President Trump has championed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This structural failure stems from decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership, and there&#8217;s no justification for further delays in restoring America&#8217;s cultural center,&#8221; Daravi said in a statement to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s efforts to add his name and make other big changes to the center established to honor President John F. Kennedy following his assassination are just part of Mr. Trump&#8217;s broader second-term agenda to reshape Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The president has already\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-east-wing-ballroom-contract-fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">demolished the East Wing<\/a><\/span> of the White House to make way for a ballroom. He also plans a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-triumphal-arch-washington-dc-excavation-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">triumphal arch<\/a><\/span> near Arlington National Cemetery. Construction at the site is to start in the coming weeks, and the project is expected to take two to three years, with an intense\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-arch-construction-20-hours-a-day-2-3-years\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">20-hour-a-day, year-round work schedule<\/a><\/span>, the National Park Service has said. A renovated golf course along the Potomac River is also in the works.<\/p>\n<p>The projects have drawn pushback from Democrats and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tclf.org\/no-arch-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preservation groups<\/a>. Earlier this year, one group of veterans\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-arch-d-c-vietnam-vets-lawsuit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sued over the arch<\/a><\/span>, arguing the Trump administration lacks congressional approval to build it.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in May that Mr. Trump&#8217;s name had been added to the Kennedy Center illegally and ordered that it be taken down. He also blocked the administration from closing the venue for renovations.<\/p>\n<p>Now before the judge is an August vote by the Kennedy Center&#8217;s board to return Mr. Trump&#8217;s name to the facade so reads: &#8220;The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.&#8221; Justice Department lawyers have argued donations for renovations will dry up without Mr. Trump&#8217;s name on the building.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes have moved forward. Last week, the Kennedy Center took down a large stick figure sculpture known as Blue that had stood outside the center in 2019. The Kennedy Center gave no reason for its removal, but said in a statement &#8220;we are honored to have been stewards&#8221; of the late sculptor Joel Shapiro&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Terpstra of Keep the KC, a community group fighting the Kennedy Center&#8217;s closure, said she suspects the board will seize on what appears to be limited ceiling damage &#8220;to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down, that it&#8217;s going to fall on everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;ll try to make it into a bigger thing and show that they&#8217;ve found a lot of other things,&#8221; said Terpstra, the group&#8217;s founder.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 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