Last week, a federal judge ordered the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his ruling. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.”
As of yesterday, employees have begun complying to be in line with the law. “We are complying with the court’s order while evaluating all legal options to preserve this revitalization and recognize President Trump’s leadership,” Roma Daravi, vice president of public relations for the Kennedy Center, told the AP. The Trump-appointed Kennedy Center board voted in December to rename the center.
Per Politico, a memo to Kennedy Center employees “states staffers must immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and other documents ‘to reflect the name as “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” or “Kennedy Center.”’ This also includes voicemails, social media accounts and press releases. Changes to templates, forms, signage inside and outside the building, brochures and website pages with Trump’s name must be updated by June 12.”
In February of this year, Trump announced plans to shut down the Kennedy Center for two years; Judge Cooper’s ruling also reversed that decision. In a post on Truth Social after the ruling, Trump criticized the judge, and said “we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it… Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey.”
It’s as yet unclear if Trump truly intends to give up on his project to remake the Kennedy Center.
Evilhenchman on June 5th, 2026 at 14:22 UTC »
The next admin is going to need an entire department to un-trump everything
SockPuppet-47 on June 5th, 2026 at 14:17 UTC »
They should be taking video of this so we can all enjoy it...
FingersAndFireX on June 5th, 2026 at 14:14 UTC »
Now he wants to attach it to the Lincoln’s. This man wants validation so badly but won’t take responsibilities for his actions