# Senators react to Trump’s threat to demolish the Kennedy Center

https://mins.news/en/video/63316

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-17 21:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwURVC8O5E

> U.S. senators from both parties are defending the performing arts center named for John F. Kennedy after President Donald Trump threatened to demolish it while it is closed to the public.

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