Let’s slow this down, because this moment says everything.
Greatness does not need a spotlight. It does not need to borrow gravity. It does not need to climb onto the shoulders of history and scrawl its name across someone else’s legacy.
That’s insecurity. Loud. Exposed. Unmistakable.
The Trump instinct is always the same. If you cannot earn reverence, try to seize it. If you cannot command respect, try to force association. If history will not place you alongside greatness, try to paste yourself to it and hope time won’t notice the difference.
Time always notices.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts was never meant to be a billboard. It was designated by Congress as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy because Kennedy represented something larger than himself. Curiosity. Courage. Service. A forward pull, not an inward hunger.
