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shelshaw

(673 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:28 PM Dec 18

Kennedy Center to be renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trump-renaming-kennedy-center.html

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, will be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

The prestigious Washington, D.C., cultural center’s board of trustees, who were appointed by President Donald Trump in February, “have just voted unanimously” on the name change, Leavitt said on X.

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Kennedy Center to be renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says (Original Post) shelshaw Dec 18 OP

One more thing to be undone after TSF is gone... wcmagumba Dec 18 #1

Sickening. hlthe2b Dec 18 #2

I detest these classless morons malaise Dec 18 #3

The list of things that will need to be undone when he's gone Ocelot II Dec 18 #4

Going to need an AI facility just to collect all the data that.. yourout Dec 18 #7

Amen. Joinfortmill Dec 18 #13

Omg! Agent Orange. Lol. Joinfortmill Dec 18 #22

If it still is viable. There has been a devastating drop in ticket sales and in performers willing to do so there.. hlthe2b Dec 18 #5

TACO Don wants his name IMMORTALIZED on EVERYTHING in this country! ProudMNDemocrat Dec 18 #6

It will become INFAMOUS! TickTock. Joinfortmill Dec 18 #23

Nothing is sacred to him. He even put his name above JFK's. Itchinjim Dec 18 #8

Wrong malaise Dec 18 #16

Because TSF has such a positive impact on American culture. milestogo Dec 18 #9

Not for long. TickTock Joinfortmill Dec 18 #10

We'll have to undo this in 2029, too EnergizedLib Dec 18 #11

100% that! oasis Dec 18 #20

Not the Onion orangecrush Dec 18 #12

Yes, should have led with that... shelshaw Dec 18 #18

Yes, satire is dead. orangecrush Dec 18 #24

Why not go all out and rename it the Trump Center for the tacky and talentless? jls4561 Dec 18 #14

Kennedy Center renamed Trump-Kennedy Center lindalou65 Dec 18 #15

Fuck this Shit. spanone Dec 18 #17

Just more of his Bonwit Teller behavior. PSPS Dec 18 #19

When a Democrat wins in 2028 Boo1 Dec 18 #21

It takes an Act of Congress to change the name of the Kennedy Center LetMyPeopleVote Dec 18 #25

I wish this was an Onion headline MustLoveBeagles Dec 18 #26

Not surprised bucolic_frolic Dec 18 #27

Here are the Board Members (all appointed by Trump) who supposedly voted unanimously Wiz Imp Dec 18 #28

The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Cente LetMyPeopleVote Dec 18 #29

wcmagumba

(5,651 posts)

1. One more thing to be undone after TSF is gone...

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:29 PM

Dec 18

hlthe2b

(112,826 posts)

2. Sickening.

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:30 PM

Dec 18

malaise

(292,858 posts)

3. I detest these classless morons

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:30 PM

Dec 18

Eff this shit

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Ocelot II

(129,111 posts)

4. The list of things that will need to be undone when he's gone

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:33 PM

Dec 18

(please, God, or karma, or whoever is in charge of such things, make that happen soon; today works for me), grows every day. It's exponentially worse than the GOP's Reagan-naming frenzy, which at least Reagan didn't orchestrate himself while he was president - and although he was getting dotty he wasn't nearly as far gone as Agent Orange.

yourout

(8,724 posts)

7. Going to need an AI facility just to collect all the data that..

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:42 PM

Dec 18

Needs to be corrected.

Joinfortmill

(20,091 posts)

13. Amen.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:45 PM

Dec 18

Joinfortmill

(20,091 posts)

22. Omg! Agent Orange. Lol.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:06 PM

Dec 18

hlthe2b

(112,826 posts)

5. If it still is viable. There has been a devastating drop in ticket sales and in performers willing to do so there..

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:33 PM

Dec 18

and that was BEFORE his name was attached. I don't know that this it will even survive the next 3 years. Of course its failure will give him the excuse to turn it over to some other disgusting function or destroy it totally for something else. Sure Congress SHOULD have some say, but if they haven't intervened on the East Wing... Well...

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,626 posts)

6. TACO Don wants his name IMMORTALIZED on EVERYTHING in this country!

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:33 PM

Dec 18

What has he done for the Arts? NOT a damn thing?

UFC fights do not count.

Joinfortmill

(20,091 posts)

23. It will become INFAMOUS! TickTock.

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:07 PM

Dec 18

Itchinjim

(3,180 posts)

8. Nothing is sacred to him. He even put his name above JFK's.

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:43 PM

Dec 18

malaise

(292,858 posts)

16. Wrong

Reply to Itchinjim (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:47 PM

Dec 18

Only he is sacred.

milestogo

(22,590 posts)

9. Because TSF has such a positive impact on American culture.

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:44 PM

Dec 18

Joinfortmill

(20,091 posts)

10. Not for long. TickTock

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:44 PM

Dec 18

EnergizedLib

(2,928 posts)

11. We'll have to undo this in 2029, too

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:45 PM

Dec 18

But no matter how much the felon tries to force himself on everybody else, history will forever be cruel to him as he is to this country and its people.

oasis

(53,360 posts)

20. 100% that!

Reply to EnergizedLib (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:53 PM

Dec 18

orangecrush

(28,420 posts)

12. Not the Onion

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:45 PM

Dec 18

shelshaw

(673 posts)

18. Yes, should have led with that...

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:49 PM

Dec 18

orangecrush

(28,420 posts)

24. Yes, satire is dead.

Reply to shelshaw (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:17 PM

Dec 18

jls4561

(2,841 posts)

14. Why not go all out and rename it the Trump Center for the tacky and talentless?

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:47 PM

Dec 18

lindalou65

(378 posts)

15. Kennedy Center renamed Trump-Kennedy Center

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:47 PM

Dec 18

How dare he put his name first? This renaming should never be allowed. I am sure JFK has rolled over in his grave. Just sickening!

spanone

(141,025 posts)

17. Fuck this Shit.

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:47 PM

Dec 18

PSPS

(15,218 posts)

19. Just more of his Bonwit Teller behavior.

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:53 PM

Dec 18

Boo1

(147 posts)

21. When a Democrat wins in 2028

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 01:57 PM

Dec 18

Their first EO should be to ban the word Trump for all federal uses.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,007 posts)

25. It takes an Act of Congress to change the name of the Kennedy Center

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:34 PM

Dec 18

Link to tweet

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/76i?utm#

20 U.S. Code § 76i - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
U.S. Code
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(a)In general

The Board shall construct for the Smithsonian Institution, with funds raised by voluntary contributions, a building to be designated as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a site in the District of Columbia bounded by the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, Rock Creek Parkway on the west, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, which shall be selected for such purpose by the National Capital Planning Commission. The National Capital Planning Commission shall acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, lands necessary to provide for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and related facilities. Such building shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts

MustLoveBeagles

(14,801 posts)

26. I wish this was an Onion headline

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:38 PM

Dec 18

bucolic_frolic

(54,062 posts)

27. Not surprised

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:58 PM

Dec 18

Stalingrad : Trumpington

Everything will be renamed Trump!

Wiz Imp

(9,006 posts)

28. Here are the Board Members (all appointed by Trump) who supposedly voted unanimously

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 05:53 PM

Dec 18

Of the 34 members, only 3 have any kind of connection to the arts and at least one of those is an extremely shaky connection.

Lee Greenwood - Singer
Mary Helen Bowers - former Ballerina
Patricia Duggan - supposedly a "Glass Artist"

Members Appointed by the President of the United States
Brian D. Ballard
Maria Bartiromo
Pamela Bondi
Mary Helen Bowers
Hannah F. Buchan
Robert Castellani
Elaine Chao
Pamella Roland DeVos
Patricia Duggan
John Falconetti
Emilia May Fanjul
Jennifer Fischer
Lynette Friess
Sergio Gor
Pamela Gross
Lee Greenwood
Kate Adamson Haselwood
Laura Ingraham
Michele Kessler
Dana Kraft
Mindy Levine
Lynda Lomangino
Barbara Long
Allison Lutnick
Douglas Manchester
Catherine B. Reynolds
Denise Saul
Dan Scavino
Cheri Summerall
President Donald J. Trump
Usha Vance
Susie Wiles
Andrea Wynn
Paolo Zampolli

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,007 posts)

29. The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Cente

Reply to shelshaw (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:17 PM

Dec 18

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