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Miles Archer

(21,759 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:47 AM Dec 19

Maria Shriver: "Can we not see what is happening here? Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny."

'Downright weird': Kennedy family tears into Trump for 'insult' to JFK's legacy

https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/kennedy-family-trump/

Maria Shriver, the former First Lady of California, wrote: “The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy.”

She called the renaming “beyond comprehension,” “beyond wild,” “downright weird,” and “obsessive in a weird way,” while explaining that the Kennedy Center was named in honor of a man who was interested in the arts, culture, education, language, and history.

“Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.”

“Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny,” she said. “Just when you think [someone] can’t stoop any lower, down they go…”

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Maria Shriver: "Can we not see what is happening here? Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny." (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 19 OP
The old demented dog is trying to mark its territory - it is pissing on everything everywhere dalton99a Dec 19 #1
An apt description MustLoveBeagles Dec 19 #2
And shitting on everything else. Hey Joe Dec 19 #5
as Steven Colbert said last night, tRUMP just wants to rub his balls on everything before he's gone LymphocyteLover Dec 19 #18
All Felon-47 names will vanish ... 31st Street Bridge Dec 19 #27
With "F.U." graffiti on public buildings... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 19 #41
Very good analogy vapor2 Dec 19 #44
Trump is destroying everything the people love and respect. Irish_Dem Dec 19 #3
I'll bet there was a time in his life when HE loved and respected JFK also FakeNoose Dec 19 #33
He is not capable of loving or respecting any one. Irish_Dem Dec 19 #37
He was a Democrat as a young man, that's all I know FakeNoose Dec 19 #39
Trump does what benefits him in some way. Irish_Dem Dec 19 #40
yes! jaymac Dec 19 #4
I suppose hannah Dec 19 #26
It's more troubling that no one is stopping him n/t leftstreet Dec 19 #6
Yup kwolf68 Dec 19 #7
Thank you for pointing out the big issue. Kid Berwyn Dec 19 #11
And we wonder why people lose faith in govt leftstreet Dec 19 #13
Or that all this mayhem can be caused by one person 31st Street Bridge Dec 19 #28
It's not just rump alone, tho... slightlv Dec 19 #38
The republican congress, scratch that, the republican cowards could stop this insanity. CrispyQ Dec 19 #29
The Kennedy Centre name is enshrined in law, they do not have the power to legally Bev54 Dec 19 #8
All In Favor Say "Aye" Mr.Bee Dec 19 #15
"Can we not see what is happening here? C'mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified" Ray Bruns Dec 19 #9
I'm gonna say "Don't Care." Miles Archer Dec 19 #10
Wonder what he has on all of them NotHardly Dec 19 #17
Money to fund challengers to make them lose their job and free benefits. Justice matters. Dec 19 #24
Yeah, that's his knee-jerk reaction, primary them. Miles Archer Dec 19 #25
Because Mr.Bee Dec 19 #16
Maria. Maria, Maria, Maria! You Think Inside The Box! Try THIS...... ColoringFool Dec 19 #12
Especially when its the John F Kennedy 'memorial center' for the performing arts Historic NY Dec 19 #14
He obviously knows something we don't--but are hoping for.... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 19 #21
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 live love laugh Dec 20 #45
Do Republicans really not care about this outrageous and gross behavior??? LymphocyteLover Dec 19 #19
I'm sure a lot of them do...but the more it hurts us the better it makes them feel... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 19 #23
Funny how he "didn't expect it," but they already had the signage ready to go as if they... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 19 #20
Trump Dump SirReal69 Dec 19 #22
Sorry, we will have to wait until 2029 for there to be a cleanup on Aisle 4. Sneederbunk Dec 19 #30
Only one thing about Trump that will go down in history, Emile Dec 19 #31
The right is all high-fives durablend Dec 19 #32
They are all deplorable dirtbags. beaglelover Dec 19 #34
As disgusting as he and his actions are, Buddyzbuddy Dec 19 #35
"Just when you think [someone] can't stoop any lower, down they go..." QueerDuck Dec 19 #36
Talk to your ex Envirogal Dec 19 #42
The whole thing is disgusting. Martin68 Dec 19 #43
Jealousy... they hate genuine greatness. Trump and Republicans have never been and will never be great. live love laugh Dec 20 #46
This regime bdamomma Dec 24 #47

LymphocyteLover

(9,361 posts)
18. as Steven Colbert said last night, tRUMP just wants to rub his balls on everything before he's gone
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:20 PM
Dec 19

Irish_Dem

(79,763 posts)
37. He is not capable of loving or respecting any one.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:08 PM
Dec 19

He may envy or wish to be like someone.
Or want their power and money.

But it is not love or respect.

Trump wishes he were like JFK in terms of the respect and admiration JFK got.

FakeNoose

(40,163 posts)
39. He was a Democrat as a young man, that's all I know
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:20 PM
Dec 19

Whether he ever respected anyone, I couldn't say.

Irish_Dem

(79,763 posts)
40. Trump does what benefits him in some way.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:23 PM
Dec 19

I can give you the profile.
He is a classic narcissistic psychopath.
And has been since childhood.

He is not capable of normal adult feelings or thoughts.

jaymac

(243 posts)
4. yes!
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 10:14 AM
Dec 19

We see it...what can be done about it?
Seems like nothing,....press doesn't stand up to him (piggy?), news stations still reciting, "war department, gulf of America" etc.
We will be cheering when the press finally does it's job en mass and condemns this crap.

hannah

(410 posts)
26. I suppose
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:46 PM
Dec 19

What we can do is a gigantic campaign on steroids to never ever elect another Republican to office again.

kwolf68

(8,247 posts)
7. Yup
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:08 AM
Dec 19

No one stops the dude in North Korea either. It's out of fear. I call those people cowards. The ones who ARE actually ok with this crap they can piss off.

Kid Berwyn

(22,928 posts)
11. Thank you for pointing out the big issue.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:20 AM
Dec 19

Who in authority stood up to stop Trump as he dismantled Civil Rights?


slightlv

(7,438 posts)
38. It's not just rump alone, tho...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 04:09 PM
Dec 19

and that's why getting rid of him won't cure the problem. It's miller and noem and kesbreath, and just about everyone else in his cabinet and departments. They're all either demented like him, psychopathic, or marinated in faux-religious gender roles. We need to clean house of ALL of them, and their minions. Period.

CrispyQ

(40,667 posts)
29. The republican congress, scratch that, the republican cowards could stop this insanity.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:57 PM
Dec 19

A trumper acquaintance told me he couldn't ditch the entire republican party because of one fascist. I reminded him they could stop this anytime. Crickets.

Bev54

(13,199 posts)
8. The Kennedy Centre name is enshrined in law, they do not have the power to legally
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:12 AM
Dec 19

change the name, no matter what they say.

Ray Bruns

(5,975 posts)
9. "Can we not see what is happening here? C'mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified"
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:15 AM
Dec 19

Yes. We see it. The problem is 34% of the population and republicans in the Congress either can’t see it or don’t care.

Miles Archer

(21,759 posts)
10. I'm gonna say "Don't Care."
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:17 AM
Dec 19

Republicans in Congress are terrified to utter a peep that is not in praise of Dear Leader.

The 34% think it's a laff riot every time Trump pisses someone off.

They see it. They don't care.

Justice matters.

(9,388 posts)
24. Money to fund challengers to make them lose their job and free benefits.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:39 PM
Dec 19

pedo the felon has a casino-owner's wife who wants him to grab her by her... for another $250M... and they know it.

Miles Archer

(21,759 posts)
25. Yeah, that's his knee-jerk reaction, primary them.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:43 PM
Dec 19

And so far, it's been pretty damned effective. One of Trump's "skills," being a predator, is seeking out weak people and immediately identifying their most severe vulnerabilities. Then, he exploits it, they cower in fear, and back off.

ColoringFool

(254 posts)
12. Maria. Maria, Maria, Maria! You Think Inside The Box! Try THIS......
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:45 AM
Dec 19

"The Trump United States of America."

Crazy, you say?

Ask Trump’s chums, the Saud family.

And then remember his unquenchable thirst to surpass everyone, everywhere, all at once.

Historic NY

(39,642 posts)
14. Especially when its the John F Kennedy 'memorial center' for the performing arts
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:52 AM
Dec 19

It was created as a memorial to Kennedy deceased the other asshole is still alive.

Ol Janx Spirit

(702 posts)
23. I'm sure a lot of them do...but the more it hurts us the better it makes them feel...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:31 PM
Dec 19

...which is just more gross behavior on top of gross behavior.

Government and all of this has been a joke to Republicans for a long time and they treat it all as such.

Ol Janx Spirit

(702 posts)
20. Funny how he "didn't expect it," but they already had the signage ready to go as if they...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:23 PM
Dec 19

...are just changing the weekly special on the grocery store marquee.

Yeah, right.

Trumplethinskin knows his days are numbered--either politically or literally--and is in a desperate race to see his name on everything before it happens.

I hope he gets to see his name chiseled off of these places of honor and reinstalled on urinals throughout the country.

In a way it is kind of nice of him to leave us plenty of things to cheer about cathartically as we take them down--kind of like when they toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein.

SirReal69

(5 posts)
22. Trump Dump
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:30 PM
Dec 19

They should rename the Staten Island Dump Trump Dump. It makes way more sense than renaming The Kennedy Center.

Emile

(40,593 posts)
31. Only one thing about Trump that will go down in history,
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:11 PM
Dec 19

THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

That will follow his legacy forever.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,115 posts)
35. As disgusting as he and his actions are,
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 02:55 PM
Dec 19

imagine the joy we'll have watching the Felon suffer the complete and humiliating erasure of his existence. He will be the world's biggest damn target. Every imaginable way the world can think of to make all of his greatest fears come true. No amount of Secret Service can protect his already frail ego from the humiliations that will come his way.

The only way for him to avoid it will be if Putin builds a bunker with no ability to receive live broadcasts. Nothing printed after 2026 will be given to him. No contact from the outside world. In his mind he'll think he's avoided consequences when in fact, he has been isolated in his own self made prison.
At least it's a nice thought I've had.

Envirogal

(279 posts)
42. Talk to your ex
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:34 PM
Dec 19

Since he was trying to prevent California from competing in the gerrymandering rigging. If we had listened to old Arnold, we might not be able to reduce this TYRANT’s power in the House in 2026.

Yes, Maria, it has never been funny. The Kennedy’s should have been a lot more vocal in heeding warnings. Being a class act and statesmen-like is not needed in a time like this—dissent is not a spectator sport.

live love laugh

(16,189 posts)
46. Jealousy... they hate genuine greatness. Trump and Republicans have never been and will never be great.
Sat Dec 20, 2025, 02:42 AM
Dec 20
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