September 15, 2026 1:45 pm
President Trump wants to put his name on the performing arts center established as a memorial to the assassinated President. A federal judge said no. Congress named the building and only Congress may change its name.
The board tried again, determined to acknowledge Trump for the work he had not yet performed to renovate and repair the building. Trump wants a legacy, even if it means adding his name to a memorial for another president. Trump was a young man when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Trump must have thought it would be impressive to make himself a co-equal of Kennedy.
Today, the same federal judge told the board that it still could not put Trump’s name on the building.
The Washington Post reported:
Washington — A federal judge again blocked the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Board of Trustees from adding President Trump’s name on the building on Tuesday, finding that a proposed resolution to add Mr. Trump’s name to the building “bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress enacted.”
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep. Joyce Beatty, a board member who sued last year over Mr. Trump’s changes to the Kennedy Center. Beatty, an Ohio Democrat, argued that the board’s recent efforts to recognize the president violate federal law, and her legal team asked Cooper to issue emergency relief blocking the changes.
“Defendants are hereby enjoined from inscribing “renovated and restored by Donald J. Trump” on the main building or renaming the campus the “President Donald J. Trump Plaza,” Cooper wrote in a 22-page opinion. “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing. The board resolution bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress enacted.”
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So now our Petulant President will tear down the Kennedy Center because the poor baby can’t scribble his name on it. A dangerous baby,
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By quikwrit on September 15, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Exactly.
Now that it will close for two years, he won’t have much time to mess up the programming
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By dianeravitch on September 15, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Diane, I have lived in the Kennedy Center’s neighborhood, and worked and performed on its stages and lobbies. The unique joy of our beloved “KenCen” is that it has been a glowing emblem for the nation, a host to first-class performances in the widest range of artistic expression in the world, and a place for young and aspiring artists and new audiences in the metro Washington area. World-class and accessible: Extraordinary!
No gilt needed.
The KenCen is the real thing for arts, artists, audiences, visitors, and neighbors.
Bravo to all who recognize the KenCen’s unique value and history, and fight to keep the creative energy moving forward in freedom to create our future together.
-Kathleen, Dover, DE
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By Kathleen Baker on September 15, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Some day this goon and his band of vandals will be gone. Then the Kennedy Center can reclaim its legacy as a home for art and artists, not a stage for a petty tyrant.
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By dianeravitch on September 15, 2026 at 4:04 pm