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‘It will never be the same’: How Trump turned on the Kennedy Center and brought it to its knees

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By Jeremy Herb, Sunlen Serfaty, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s name was ordered removed from the Kennedy Center this spring, it seemed that an opening to move on from his reign over the performing arts center might have emerged.

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    By Jeremy Herb, Sunlen Serfaty, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s name was ordered removed from the Kennedy Center this spring, it seemed that an opening to move on from his reign over the performing arts center might have emerged.

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