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Bidens Funding for Ukraine Concert Canceled

“America’s Concert Cancelled. A No to his Slush Fund. A no to his Ballroom funding. His name off The Kennedy Center.”
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Confidence: High Checked on June 3, 2026

Summary

The Trump‑backed America250 concert has been cancelled after artists withdrew and Trump announced its termination. The $1.8 billion “anti‑weaponization” slush fund has been abandoned, and funding for the White House ballroom has not materialized. A federal judge ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center façade.

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nbcnews.com
thehill.com
politico.com
commondreams.org
  • Further | That Colossal Wreck | Opinion

    He lost yugely in multiple courts as judges reopened his bogus IRS suit, froze his slush fund, ripped his name from a D.C. landmark and, in Kenya, told him to take care of his own.

newrepublic.com
  • Trump Plans to Drop $1.8 Billion Slush Fund After Major Court Loss | The New Republic

    As of Friday, Martina McBride, Young MC, Milli Vanilli, The Commodores, Morris Day & the Time, and Bret Michaels had all withdrawn their names from the lineup, leaving only Flo Rida, Vanilla Ice, and a featured guest artist from the group C+C Music Factory. It seems the remaining lineup isn’t quite star-studded enough to pad Trump’s fragile ego. “Cancel it, just like I canceled my involvement with the failing and unsafe to be in Kennedy Center,” Trump wrote, before launching into a lengthy tirade against the federal judge who ordered that the president’s name be removed from the venue’s facade.

thedailybeast.com
  • Trump’s Disastrous Freedom 250 Concert Organizers Get Mystery Millions

    The Swamp detects the hand of Susie Wiles behind Monday’s leak that the Trump administration had decided to abandon its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Surprise, surprise, a few minutes later, the DOJ announced that it was abiding by the federal judge Leonie M. Brinkema’s decision to put the skids on the slush fund.

rawamerica.com

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