Is the Kennedy Center losing 'hundreds of millions of dollars'?
Is the Kennedy Center losing 'hundreds of millions of dollars'?
Is the Kennedy Center losing 'hundreds of millions of dollars'?
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Key points
- Federal audit records for 2024 show that, despite having "an operating deficit", it had a surplus of millions of dollars – as Aisha Sembhi explains.
- US President Donald Trump has asserted the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has been losing "tens of millions of dollars, even hundreds of millions of dollars" for years.
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Trump, who wants his name on the famous performing arts venue, was photographed onboard Air Force One looking at a poster with a headline that appeared to tout the demolition of the site.
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Taken together, the developments around is the Kennedy Center losing ' hundreds of millions of dollars' ? Point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
