US EditionKennedy Center to Be Renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center' after Board Vote, White House Says
The board credited Trump with saving the center financially and physically, but legal experts question if renaming the federally established memorial is lawful.
- On December 18, 2025, the Kennedy Center Board voted to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center, Leavitt wrote, `Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump...` .
- The president’s earlier moves to change programming and personnel set the stage as Donald Trump, President, removed Kennedy Center leadership, installed a Trump‑handpicked Board of Trustees, and replaced the president with Richard Grenell, interim president.
- The vote occurred during a board meeting that Trump joined by phone, while Rep. Joyce Beatty said she tried to object but was muted, and several artists and consultants, including Issa Rae and Louise Penny, withdrew as `Hamilton` canceled performances.
- Legal experts note the Center was named by Congress and cannot be renamed without action; Rep. Joyce Beatty said, `the Congress has a say in this` and disputed the vote’s unanimity, raising legal questions.
- Earlier this year, the Kennedy Center informed some Pride organizers they could no longer host events, reflecting programming shifts amid broader institutional changes.
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Kennedy Center board tacks Trump’s name onto JFK’s living memorial
The Trump-anointed board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts piggybacked the president’s name onto its title Thursday, after No. 47 had teased such a change for months. The vote was unanimous, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who announced on social media that the cultural institution would henceforth be known as the Trump-Kennedy Center. Leavitt credited “the unbelievable work President Trump has done ov…
Trustees' Board Renames John F Kennedy Center to Trump-Kennedy Center
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Ohio Democrat says Kennedy Center rename vote wasn’t unanimous, disputes White House claim
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) pushed back sharply after the White House claimed the Kennedy Center board unanimously approved renaming the venue after President Donald Trump, saying that account is flatly untrue. Beatty, an ex officio board member, said she was on the call and attempted to raise concerns but was repeatedly muted, preventing her from speaking or voting. She stressed that Congress created the Kennedy Center and retains authority over m…
A cultural centre in Washington DC is going to have the name of two North American Presidents after Trump has changed the administration and is responsible for programming the exhibitions.
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