Kennedy Center staffers on the "stupid and cruel" Trump shutdown, "framed as progress"
Furious Kennedy Center Staff Tear Into Boss Over ‘Stupid and Cruel’ Plot
https://www.thedailybeast.com/furious-kennedy-center-staff-tear-into-boss-over-stupid-and-cruel-plot/
“The language of ‘renovation’ masks a leadership failure that has driven down ticket sales, donor confidence, and artistic participation. The crisis is self-inflicted.”
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“There is no strategic plan behind this announcement—only a sweeping shutdown framed as progress,” the staffer added. “What’s being presented as a renovation is, in practice, a dismantling.”
“This is all so stupid and cruel,” another staffer told The Post.
In the note to staff, Grenell framed the worrying development as necessary for progress. “During this aggressive construction phase, departments will obviously function on a much smaller scale with some units totally reduced or on hold until we begin preparations to reopen in 2028,” he wrote.
