The White House declined to immediately comment on what was written on the poster board. The speculation began after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was seen carrying poster boards while accompanying Trump and other officials on Wednesday night about Air Force One.
You can see the images below.
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The images began making the rounds after Trump-installed members of the board of the iconic performing arts venue announced their decision to shut down the organization entirely following a judge's ruling that Trump's name can't be added to the building.
Last month, the Trump administration said in a new court filing that the Kennedy Center "will be required to be taken down" if Trump's name isn't allowed to be added along with his other desired renovations for the building.
The board of trustees voted to add Trump’s name to the building again, this time with a qualification: the proposed inscription would read, “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”
The board said the wording would be used only if a renovation fundraising campaign reaches $100 million in donations. They signaled the Kennedy Center’s plaza would also be renamed in Trump’s honor. The organization previously said it will not attempt to put Trump’s name back on the building’s facade to give the courts time to consider the legal challenge then under review.
But now the board has voted to shut the venue down, citing financial reasons and the name dispute. The announcement came after Christopher R. Cooper, a federal judge, denied the final attempt to change the organization's name. Cooper said Trump and his allies had played “linguistic gymnastics” and been “play[ing] word games” in clear defiance of "common sense."
But after the ruling, Trump continued to argue that the renovation hinges on the naming dispute. He said the $257 million reconstruction project could not move forward unless the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of the board’s naming plan.
Trump added that if the ruling went against him and was not overturned by the Supreme Court, “the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place.”
Trump also told reporters that the venue will "end up being ripped down" if he doesn't get assurances that his name will be displayed on the building:
“For me to go and fix it...and then have to subsidize it for years to come...I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition. Because frankly if we don’t do that, it’s going to close, it’ll end up being ripped down.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
The images quickly spread online, triggering fears that the landmark cultural institution could face demolition and sparking anger and alarm in the process.
Ohio Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty, the Kennedy Center board member who previously won a lawsuit removing Trump’s name from the institution and continues to fight in court to preserve the center as a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy, warned in a new court filing that Trump was seen reviewing a placard that appeared to read “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”
She argued that the incident suggests Trump’s allies may be actively weighing the possibility of tearing down the landmark cultural venue. Beatty’s latest legal filing prompted Cooper on Thursday to require the Trump-aligned board to provide at least 30 days’ written notice before pursuing any effort to demolish the Kennedy Center’s main structure.
The filing was submitted shortly before the administration’s deadline to respond to Beatty’s emergency motion challenging what she described as the unlawful closure of the Kennedy Center by Trump-backed board members. Beatty contended that their actions may violate an existing court order.
In her filing, she emphasized the urgency of the matter, stating that she wanted both the court and the defendants to be informed of the newly surfaced information before the administration’s scheduled response.
The administration, however, rejected Beatty’s claims in its response, arguing that it remains fully compliant with court orders and that the center’s temporary closure does not constitute an emergency. Officials maintained that the greater concern is the potential risk to visitors, employees, and performers if the venue were to remain fully operational before additional safety assessments are completed.
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The evening that the two couples went out, however, the restaurant had clearly bitten off more than it could chew.
Through listening in to some conversations from surrounding tables, Revels gathered that the cast of Southern Charm was also at the restaurant that night, and based on the extensive film crew on the premises, they were also likely filming a segment of their show.
While the actors from the show, which follows the exorbitant lives of aristocratic families, might have had a good time, Revels' table service seriously suffered.
It took an hour for the double date to be seated at a table, and while their initial drinks and appetizers came out rather quickly, they had to wait two hours for a few burgers and sides. To make matters worse, the order was completely wrong when it arrived.
The server eventually comped the meal, and the restaurant manager apologized for the slow turnaround and hoped the four would come back another time—but based on that dining experience, none of them saw themselves returning, despite Revels' friends initially highly recommending it.
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Fellow TikTokers were shocked that the group of four waited for so long without complaining.
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Others agreed with Revels that some sort of gesture from the manager would have been nice.
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Celebrity sightings are bound to happen, and they can encourage crowds and long wait times while people hope for a chance at an autograph or selfie.
But a restaurant probably shouldn't agree to be open and host a television show at the same time if they're not going to be able to balance hosting the entertainment crowd and usual restaurant guests.
Benny Johnson (no relation to Mike)—who was among the right-wing influencers contracted by a company indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for covertly being funded by Russian state media operatives—heavily promoted the lie to his followers on social media.
Self-described Christian nationalist Mike Johnson, who is from Louisiana, joined other members of the GOP in spreading the false story about AOC and Mamdani, both of whom were children when the attacks occurred on September 11, 2001. And unlike most of those criticizing him, Mamdani experienced the attacks up close as a 9-year-old living in Manhattan.
Days after his false narrative had been debunked by video footage and eyewitnesses, Mike Johnson still told the press and the public:
"In an unforgettable clip that we’ve all seen, I don’t think you can ever unsee it, during the sacred ceremony honoring the victims of 9/11 at Ground Zero, the unofficial leaders of the new Democratic Party, the radical left Democrat Party, AOC and Zohran Mamdani, were seen laughing while the names of the victims were being...being read, those American heroes being read aloud."
"It’s just disgusting."
You can see his press conference performance here:
Both Johnsons' lies were quickly called out online.
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People also responded to Johnson’s comments with images of MAGA Vice President JD Vance laughing with former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at the same ceremony AOC and Mamdani attended, along with video and photos of Trump appearing to fall asleep during the Pentagon 9/11 remembrance.
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Michael Ragusa, a former aide to Giuliani, directly disputed the accusations against Representative Ocasio-Cortez and Mayor Mamdani.
On the same day MAGA was first spreading the lie online, Ragusa posted on X:
"The videos of [Mayor Mamdani] and [Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time. The camera just caught her greeting him hello."
"Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats."
Ragusa added:
"And for the record I am a life long republican who has been very critical of these two. I'm just sick of this fake news and people just saying whatever they want."
But far be it for the truth to ever stop Speaker Johnson from spreading a good lie.
For a light first date where the two could talk, they selected Yo Chi, and the problems started right at the beginning when they selected which size of cup they wanted. According to Martin, there were three sizes to choose from, with the small being the most reasonable for frozen yogurt and the large option being totally "outrageous."
Martin was immediately put off when his date selected the largest serving cup option. He tried to justify it at first, thinking she wanted space for the yogurt to not spill over, but then she filled the cup to the brim and was not shy about adding toppings, either.
When they sat down together to eat, Martin had a philosophy about eating the yogurt slowly and savoring it, while his date quickly ate her entire serving. According to his account, fellow customers were staring at them by this point in the date.
Martin was still eating his yogurt when his date started to comment on his yogurt, saying that it looked good and that she wanted to try it. After repeatedly asking, and then even grabbing for the cup, Martin let her try it before refusing to give her more of his serving.
Though the date started off well and he thought they'd connected, Martin was disturbed by what happened at Yo Chi and even more disturbed by the price, which he claimed was $330, and which he claimed she did not offer to help cover.
It had been several days since the date, and Martin had not heard from his date, and he did not plan on reaching out.
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Fellow TikTokers were critical of Martin's spiral about the first date.
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Going out for coffee or frozen yogurt is a great first date option, so that the couple does not have to commit to the time and price of a full dinner, or sit quietly through a movie with someone they may not know well.
But clearly, Phlynn Martin will need to declare his standards up front before going on any more frozen yogurt dates.
And TikToker @sailors.mama did not want to share that experience with her peers, so as soon as she realized she was pregnant, she switched to online schooling to avoid leaving her house, and whenever she absolutely had to appear in public or post online, she did her best to hide her growing belly.
Her attempts ranged from oversized cover-ups and shirts to loose-fitting dresses and, of course, her graduation gown.
Though she received a few inquiries from peers asking if she was pregnant, telling them "no" was enough to keep most of the gossip at bay, though she felt at events later in her pregnancy, like one of her friend's birthday parties and at graduation, that people were definitely talking about her behind her back.
Now that her child is turning two years old, she's been revisiting old memories and photos, and she's realized that people probably wouldn't have cared as much as she thought.
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Fellow TikTokers were impressed that they could not tell from most of the photos that she'd been pregnant.
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The teen years are already a time when everyone's wondering if other people are looking at them, judging them, or spreading gossip about them, so it's understandable that someone also going through their first pregnancy would assume this to a much higher degree.
However, fellow TikTokers reassured her that her pregnancy was barely detectable, if at all, and that, more importantly, she looked happy, was celebrating her child's second birthday, and had managed to juggle her senior year and graduating while pregnant.
If anything, she seemed to be winning at life, even if she was at first worried about people having a lot to say about it.
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