Judges Deny Request to Return Trump's Name to Kennedy Center Pending an Appeal
The panel said the board failed to show irreparable harm and left tarps over the renamed facade in place.
- On Wednesday, a federal appeals court rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restore his name to the Kennedy Center, denying his request to pause a lower court order that forced removal from the Washington landmark.
- U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in May that the board lacked authority to rename the complex, noting Congress designated the site for President John Kennedy in 1964; Trump's name was removed from the white marble facade in June.
- Justice Department attorneys argued that donors were only willing to contribute if Trump's name appeared on the building, but the panel wrote the board "failed to support this assertion with any specific facts or evidence."
- This decision means the Kennedy Center's facade will remain covered while the underlying appeal of the May order continues, as the appeals court has not yet considered the broader legal arguments regarding board authority.
- The Kennedy Center board is scheduled to meet later this month to discuss potential options following this setback, as Trump, who serves as chairman, originally added his name to the complex in December 2025 after appointing his own trustees.
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President Donald Trump suffered another humiliating loss in court. The 80-year-old egomaniac had hoped to keep his name on a cultural landmark in Washington, DC, […] ‘Pathetic’: Trump’s Kennedy Center Humiliation Reaches Its Final Blow Paving the Way for Tarps to Come Down and Expose What He Didn’t Want the World to See
Court Denies Trump's Bid to Restore Name to Kennedy Center
A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration another setback Wednesday, denying the Justice Department's motion to put President Trump's name back on the Kennedy Center while the government's appeal moves forward. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found in a three-page order that the administration "failed to demonstrate irreparable harm", and said it saw no need even to consider whether the gover…
'Humiliating courtroom defeat' issues huge blow to Trump
In the latest episode in President Donald Trump’s second-term vanity project spree, he has received yet another “humiliating courtroom defeat” as a federal appeals court has slapped down his attempt to keep his name on the Kennedy Center. The White House had appealed a judge's order to remove Trump’s name from the Center, and as the Daily Beast explains, “In its second rejection of the administration’s request, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
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