Reacting to Donald Trump's comments during a visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts this past week that accompanied his takeover of the venerable institution, an MSNBC host suggested that if Joe Biden was doing what the president is doing, there would be calls for cognitive testing.
The segment on "The Weekend" opened with Trump appearing on the balcony of the center with MSNBC providing a soundtrack of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from "Evita," before the hosts laughed their way through the president's plans to dictate the cultural future of the venue.
With reports that the Kennedy Center is reeling since Trump took over as Kennedy Center Board Chair, it was pointed out that the president has made noise about taking over as host of the Kennedy Center Honors, which led MSNBC's Michale Steele to eventually exclaim, "He's got a frigging country to run!"
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"He mused about how great it would be if he hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, and he floated the idea of giving awards to dead figures in culture and sports, including Luciano Pavarotti, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth," co-host Alicia Menendez reported.
"I mean, the guy is living in his mind in a different time and so he wants to elevate those figures that he enjoyed," Steele responded. " And, you know, he himself once dreamed of being a Broadway producer. So now he gets to produce and, mind you, he's got a frigging country to run, right? He's the president of the United States, but I'm going to waste my time sitting in a board meeting at the Kennedy Center?"
"Honey, if Joe Biden –– this is what I'm just like the triple standards that exist in the world –– if Joe Biden spent his afternoon at the freakin' Kennedy Center and then sat down and conducted the board meeting, I just can't tell you how many mainstream journalists in the White House briefing room would, 'Who is really running the country here? Is this the best use of the president's time?'" Symone Sanders Townsend offered.
Co-host Alicia Menendez added, "I just think if Joe Biden had been asking for a bunch of dead figures to receive awards, that we also would have asked for a cognitive test."
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