{"id":6050,"date":"2025-12-20T04:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6050"},"modified":"2025-12-20T04:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:38:47","slug":"trumps-name-added-to-kennedy-center-exterior-one-day-after-vote-to-rename-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6050","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s name added to Kennedy Center exterior, one day after vote to rename | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy slammed the centre\u2019s board, saying the name cannot be changed under law.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s name has been added to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, just one day after his hand-picked board members controversially voted to rename the arts venue, the first time a national institution has been named after a sitting US president.<\/p>\n<p>Workmen added metal lettering to the building\u2019s exterior on Friday that declared, \u201cThe Donald J Trump and the John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cToday, we proudly unveil the updated exterior designation \u2013 honoring the leadership of President Donald J Trump and the enduring legacy of John F Kennedy,\u201d the centre said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Family members of former President Kennedy, who was killed by an assassin\u2019s bullet in 1963, as well as historians and Democratic lawmakers, have criticised the move, saying only an act of Congress could alter the name of the centre, which was designated as a living memorial to Kennedy a year after his assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kennedy Center was named by law. To change the name would require a revision of that 1964 law,\u201d Ray Smock, a former House of Representatives historian, told the Associated Press (AP) news agency. \u201cThe Kennedy Center board is not a lawmaking entity. Congress makes laws,\u201d Smock said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4185794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4185794\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4185794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP6205120204-1766201598.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C514&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A smile lights the face of President John F. Kennedy as he is cheered during his speech to a big Democratic Party rally in Milwaukee, May 12, 1962, a $100 a plate Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. The president told the crowd that \u0093we cannot permit this country to stand still\u0094. (AP Photo)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4185794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A smile lights the face of President John F Kennedy as he is cheered during a speech to a Democratic Party rally in Milwaukee, US, in 1962 [File: AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The AP reports that the law naming the centre explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the centre into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person\u2019s name on the building\u2019s exterior.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Kennedy, a niece of former President Kennedy, said in a post on social media that she will remove Trump\u2019s name herself when his term as president ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years and one month from today, I\u2019m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I\u2019m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in?\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naming a national institution after a sitting president is unprecedented in US history. Landmarks such as the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and indeed, the Kennedy Center were all named after the deaths of the renowned US leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s grandnephew, former Congressman Joe Kennedy III, also said the Kennedy Center, like the Lincoln Memorial, was a \u201cliving memorial to a fallen president\u201d and cannot be renamed, \u201cno matter what anyone says\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed on Thursday that he was \u201csurprised\u201d by the renaming of the Kennedy Center, even though he personally purged the centre\u2019s previous board after calling it \u201ctoo woke\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He has also previously spoken about having his name added to the centre and appointed himself chairman of the centre\u2019s board earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has sought to rein in the Kennedy Center since the start of his second term as part of an assault on cultural institutions that his administration has accused of being too left-wing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy slammed the centre\u2019s board, saying the name cannot be changed under law. 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