Lisa Stranger

2026-02-11 22:28:08

Furious Kennedy Center Staff Tear Into Boss Over ‘Stupid and Cruel’ Plot

Ric Grenell, the serial online troll Trump has put in charge of his Kennedy Center makeover, told its 2,000 staff in an email—seen by The Washington Post—that as part of the center’s two-year closure, jobs will be on the chopping block.

The email, which also heralded a “total renovation of the building beginning in early July,” has rankled the already embattled roster.

“There is no way to read this message as anything other than preparation for mass layoffs and institutional contraction,” one anonymous staffer told The Post.

“The language of ‘renovation’ masks a leadership failure that has driven down ticket sales, donor confidence, and artistic participation. The crisis is self-inflicted.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/furious-kennedy-center-staff-tear-into-boss-over-stupid-and-cruel-plot/

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Furious Kennedy Center Staff Tear Into Boss Over ‘Stupid and Cruel’ Plot

Trump’s Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell has told staff they’ll be axed as part of preparations for a new-look venue.

^{Leigh Kimmins (The Daily Beast)}