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Lutnick accused of faking Kennedy Center ceiling collapse as critics spot damning detail
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks to the media outside the U.S. District Courthouse ahead of a hearing on a new legal challenge that seeks to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s name from being inscribed on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 27, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The Kennedy Center’s Convenient Collapse
A Crisis Arrives on Cue
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick posted a video purporting to show part of the Kennedy Center ceiling crashing down as its board voted to close the institution for renovations. He described…
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