Donald Trump loyalist Ric Grenell erupted on X in a blistering meltdown after a fired Kennedy Center staffer confirmed plunging sales and exposed embarrassing figures tied to his leadership.

Grenell, the former diplomat whom President Trump installed this year to run the Kennedy Center, unleashed on X after the New York Times’ sports department, The Athletic detailed steep declines in ticket sales and subscriptions under his tenure. In his unhinged online tirade, Grenell attacked the outlet, its reporters, and the former Kennedy Center official quoted in the piece.

The Athletic’s reporting documented turmoil at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the iconic Washington venue where the president unleashed a MAGA takeover earlier this year. Trump removed 19 members of the h

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