Kennedy Center Officials Say Trump’s Name Has Been Removed
Workers removed Trump’s name after a federal judge said only Congress can rename the Kennedy Center, which had raised millions tied to the change.
- On Saturday, June 13, 2026, construction workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center facade, missing the court-ordered Friday deadline.
- US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on May 29 that the board lacked authority to rename the institution, affirming that only Congress holds that power.
- The board "voted unanimously" last December to rename the site the Trump-Kennedy Center, sparking opposition from former congressman Joe Kennedy III and Democrat Representative Joyce Beatty.
- Executive director Charles Matthew "Matt" Floca stated that thunderstorms in Washington prevented the crew from meeting the Friday deadline, while a crowd gathered Saturday chanting "take it off."
- Trump currently faces legal challenges regarding plans to demolish the East Wing and has proposed installing a UFC "claw" on the White House lawn following a fight event.
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Ex-CNN anchor ruthlessly mocked for comparing fall of Berlin Wall to removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center
Jim Acosta, a former CNN anchor turned YouTube content creator, live-streamed for nearly 11 hours from Friday afternoon into early Saturday morning, awaiting the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., only to make an absurd comparison that ended in widespread mockery.
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Fox NewsJim Acosta ruthlessly mocked for comparing removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center to fall of Berlin Wall
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former CNN anchor turned YouTube content creator live-streamed for nearly 11 hours from Friday afternoon into early Saturday morning awaiting the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., only to make an absurd comparison that ended in widespread mockery. Jim Acosta, a known anti-Trump media figurehead, was CNN’s chief domestic correspondent and anchored “C…
Jim Acosta says Trump’s Kennedy Center name removal is like the fall of the Berlin Wall
Jim Acosta set himself up for a wave of mockery after over-dramatizing President Donald Trump’s name being removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The former CNN talking head was on the scene as crews began to take Trump’s name off the front of the building, ridiculously likening the moment to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The change came in compliance with a federal court that ruled the Kennedy Center’s board, which is …
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