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Howard Lutnick

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the push to close the Kennedy Center 30% · newthe falling-plaster video he posted 20% · newthe next chip tariff round 13% · newCantor’s prediction-markets push 11% everything else 26%
#1
Kennedy Center board votes to close — and Trump’s name is the reason

The board voted to shut the building over its finances, right after refusing to put Trump’s name on it.

Kennedy Center board's meeting to 'exclusively' focus on closure, court filing says - ABC News

Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 2026-09-15
our translation

if the name goes up, the building gets saved. if it doesn’t, the building suddenly has a bankruptcy problem and a ceiling problem. the closure vote isn’t a loss for him — it’s the leverage finally landing.

new — board voted to close Sept 15very sure · 4 sources
#2
He posts the collapsing ceiling, then calls for ‘major’ fundraising
new — video carried by eight outletsvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Seoul is doing the math on his next chip tariff round
new — Korea sizing up the tariff pushpretty sure · 1 source
#4
Cantor takes prediction markets to the institutions
institutional pitch reported Sept 15honestly, a hunch · 1 source
wednesday, september 16
Keep the ceiling footage circulating until somebody writes a check(reported)
Work the phones on that ‘major’ Kennedy Center fundraising ask(reported)
Insist again that the $5,000 checks cost taxpayers nothing(safe bet)
Tell someone the chip tariffs are already building fabs here(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Lutnick Shares Video Of Collapsing Kennedy Center Ceiling—Amid Push To Shut Building And Add Trump’s Name

news.google.com · 2026-09-16

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