Trump Asked Straight-Up Why He Is Focused On Kennedy Center Despite Having 'So Much On Your Plate'

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President Trump took questions from reporters on Monday at the Kennedy Center where he was asked why he was focused on the performance center.

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00:00This represents a very important part of D.C. and actually our country, and I think it's

00:14important to make sure that our country is in good shape and is represented well.

00:21When people look at this, I've been hearing for a long time that they come here and they're

00:25very disappointed.

00:27When they come here, I want them to be excited.

00:29We're bringing a big move on to Washington, D.C.

00:32We're going to stop the crime.

00:33We actually worked with the mayor.

00:35We took down a lot of tents.

00:36They were all over the place in front of the State Department, and they did a good job

00:41of that.

00:42I was very happy with what the mayor did.

00:43She was able to get them out quickly at my direction and at the direction of the administration.

00:49But we're cleaning up Washington, D.C.

00:51This is a big part of Washington, D.C.

00:53Mr. President, for Americans visiting Washington, perhaps they're thinking about seeing a show

00:58at the Kennedy Center.

00:59Yeah.

01:00Won't you tell them that they've been here before and they want to come check it out?

01:03Yeah, I'd say come here and see a show.

01:06I was never a big fan of — I never liked Hamilton very much, and I never liked it.

01:12But we are going to have some really good shows.

01:16I would say this.

01:18Come here and watch it, and you'll see over a period of time it'll improve very greatly

01:22physically.

01:23And we're going to get some very good shows.

01:25The thing that does well are Broadway hits.

01:28And we have some beauty.

01:30I guess we have Les Mis coming, and we have some others.

01:33But the Broadway hits have done very well.

01:36So I'm going to spend some time — we have a good board.

01:39In the meantime, we're running the country, and we're running it well.

Trump Asked Straight-Up Why He Is Focused On Kennedy Center Despite Having 'So Much On Your Plate'

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