The Entire Building Is in This Kind of Shape

Here is the video of the ceiling of the Kennedy Center crashing violently onto the main Lobby floor. Failing roofing, collapsing concrete supports, and steel that is rotting have created completely unsafe conditions.

It was caught on security video, missing one of the Center’s… pic.twitter.com/g8PI4wsPzg

— Howard Lutnick (@howardlutnick) September 14, 2026

… security guards by just minutes. If a performance had been underway, patrons could have been killed.

The entire building is in this kind of shape. People cannot be allowed to go into this building any longer. It must be closed and reconstructed, and a major fundraising effort must take place to cover the Kennedy Center’s operating expenses.

Like many other Centers, it operates at a huge loss. For the Kennedy Center, that has historically been $80-$100 million a year.

Only President Trump can deliver the renovation on time and on budget, and only President Trump can raise the money to keep the Center out of bankruptcy.