John F. Kennedy’s members of the family Jack Schlossberg, Maria Shriver and Joe Kennedy III known as out Donald Trump over his choice to shut down the Kennedy Heart.
“Trump can take the Kennedy Heart for himself. He can change the title, shut the doorways, and demolish the constructing. He can attempt to kill JFK,” Schlossberg, the grandson of Kennedy, wrote in an X submit on Sunday.
“However JFK is stored alive by us now rising as much as take away Donald Trump, convey him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for,” he added.
Schlossberg’s remarks come after Trump introduced Saturday that he’s closing the Kennedy Heart on July 4, 2026 for a two-year renovation undertaking. Trump lately appointed himself as chair of the middle’s board, put in a number of loyalists and renamed it the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Heart for the Performing Arts.
Shriver, the niece of Kennedy, responded by mocking the president, mentioning that she believes he’s shutting the constructing down after a number of occasion cancellations.
“Translation: It has been dropped at my consideration that because of the title change (however no person’s telling me it’s because of the title change), however it’s been dropped at my consideration that entertainers are canceling left and proper, and I’ve decided that because the title change nobody desires to carry out there any longer,” Shriver wrote on Sunday.
She continued: “I’ve decided that because of this variation in schedule, it’s greatest for me to shut this heart down and rebuild a brand new heart that can bear my title, which is able to certainly get all people to cease speaking about the truth that all people’s canceling… proper?”
Former Rep. Joe Kennedy, one in every of Robert F. Kennedy Sr.’s grandson, stated Trump is making an attempt to “trespass on the Individuals’s will.”
“President John F. Kennedy believed that someday this nation would dwell as much as its promise of justice and equal rights for all,” he wrote on X on Sunday. “For these beliefs and for his sacrifice, Congress voted to make The Kennedy Heart a residing memorial to him, as a spot constructed by the individuals for the individuals to rejoice what connects us.”
As for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kennedy’s nephew and Trump’s well being secretary, he said his household’s outrage over Trump’s Kennedy Heart-related actions are the very last thing on his thoughts.
“In fact, I perceive it, however I’ve larger fish to fry,” the well being secretary informed CBS Information’ Nancy Cordes in an interview final month.
Kennedy, the nephew of the previous president, stated he’s extra involved with the childhood weight problems epidemic within the U.S.
“If we lose any youngsters on this nation to weight problems, coronary heart illness — 77% of our youngsters can’t qualify for the navy,” Kennedy defined. “Saving one life is extra vital to me than the title on a constructing.”
