US EditionKennedy Center to Be Renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center' after Board Vote, White House Says
The board unanimously voted to rename the venue after Trump, citing his role in saving the center and reshaping its programming amid controversy.
- 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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Board votes to rename performing arts venue
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that was quickly denounced as a "disgrace" by the Democratic leader of the…
Donald Trump takes on the next symbol of American history: the legendary Kennedy Center in Washington is to bear its name in the future. But behind the decision, it is huge – with manipulative accusations, indignant democrats and sharp criticism from the Kennedy family. Will a cultural monument become a political instrument of power?
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voz.usThe White House announced on Thursday that the Kennedy Center in Washington, one of the leading cultural institutions in the United States, will be renamed "Trump-Kennedy Center" in honor of President Donald Trump. Re-baptizing an emblematic cultural venue like this with the name of a living president is the most recent effort of the 79-year-old Republican president to print his identity in the U.S. capital in his second term. He also demolished…
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…
The institution’s board of directors, appointed by President Donald Trump, voted Thursday to rename Washington’s main performing arts center as Trump Kennedy CenterTrump accuses the discontent over the price crisis and throws 18 minutes shouting to television that the promised greatness is about to come Donald Trump is going crazy about renaming things. But, more importantly, putting his name everywhere. It’s his property stamp, as is the case w…
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