Last December, President Trump ordered that his name be added to the Kennedy Center, which was followed by Obama-appointed federal judge Christopher Cooper ruling that was illegal, that only Congress could alter the name. Trump’s name came down on Saturday, and former CNN screamer Jim Acosta displayed his deranged mind by comparing it to….the fall of the Berlin Wall.
“This is a giant waste of time, and it’s a sign of what a petulant man-child he can be. But as we’ve been saying all night long and all day long, for that matter, this is very much like watching the Berlin Wall coming down. It is a sign that mankind, humankind can stand up against tyranny."
This sounded like the worst mangling of a historical metaphor of 2026. People on X provided the right rebuttal: "I missed the time when people were SHOT DEAD trying to get into the Kennedy Center for 40 years. what a clown."
And: "What an absolute disgrace to all those who suffered behind the Berlin Wall and those that fought to tear it down. These journalist need to live in communist countries for a few years and get their heads screwed on right. I swear!!!"
After livestreaming all day and night trying to see Trump’s name being removed from the Kennedy Center building, Jim Acosta exclaims:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 14, 2026
“This is very much like watching the Berlin Wall coming down."
"It is a sign that humankind can stand up against tyranny."
Holy hell. Just… pic.twitter.com/ccHzWXtT48
Trump certainly could have denounced Acosta as a "petulant man-child" when he refused to give up the microphone as he yelled at the White House. But this is where the Trump-haters are, that they would assemble and stand around for hours to see Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center.
NPR reporter Frank Langfitt told the liberal "public" radio audience on Saturday night's All Things Considered there were "several hundred people in front of the white facade of the building. You know, it's along the Potomac, and they'd been there since Friday afternoon. Now, this was not a protest. They actually came to watch and witness."
Then the people taking down the letters put up a tarp, and "the crowd got furious. People were screaming cover-up. They called the workers cowards. And I was talking to a woman named Mary Foltz. She's a nurse from Northern Virginia. And she said, hiding the act of taking down the president's name, from her perspective, was like a metaphor for the Trump administration."
Foltz announced: "Like, there's lack of transparency, and that's just the epitome of it. This is a meme."
Since they are in a mind-meld with NPR, the Kennedy Center watchers weren't identified as leftists. This is as close as Langfitt came: "Would there be accountability for the president? I met this woman, Krystal Brewer. She works for a social justice organization." Let's guess it's Sojourners, the religious-left group.
