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sheshe2

(95,945 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:51 AM Dec 19

The Kennedy Center starts work to add Trump's name onto the building

He doesn't need no stinkin' Congress to tell him what he can and can't do! (See the photo at the link)

Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution early Friday to block views of the work underway. A large letter D was seen on the exterior before the final tarps went up, along with workers on scaffolding at the center, which was named for John F. Kennedy, a Democratic president.

The board voted to rename The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Trump, a Republican, is chairman of the board.

Critics of the vote, including Democratic members of Congress who are ex-officio board members, as well as some historians, insist that only Congress can change the name.

The Kennedy Center is the latest building in Washington to have Trump’s name carved into it. He recently had his name added to the building for the U.S. Institute of Peace.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/19/kennedy-center-name/

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The Kennedy Center starts work to add Trump's name onto the building (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 19 OP

Everything Trump touches, dies. gab13by13 Dec 19 #1

Calling all graffiti artists Walleye Dec 19 #2

They certainly are not wasting any time beshitting Hey Joe Dec 19 #3

The new Kennedy Center board: "Please, sir, may we have some boots to lick?" tanyev Dec 19 #4

Can't wait to see it taken down and thrown in a dumpster. Vinca Dec 19 #5

If they thought attendence was down this year Johonny Dec 19 #6

What will he desecrate next? MineralMan Dec 19 #7

Sacrilege and vandalism Easterncedar Dec 19 #8

Trump is like various Pharohs and Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 19 #9

Exactly right. sheshe2 Dec 19 #10

MaddowBlog-One day later, officials scramble to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center LetMyPeopleVote Dec 19 #11

I like this part! sheshe2 Dec 19 #12

Well take his name off !!!!! What says about adding his ugly name is illegal !!!!!l Trueblue1968 Dec 19 #13

It'll be gone as soon as he is.... Sogo Dec 19 #14

gab13by13

(31,259 posts)

1. Everything Trump touches, dies.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:53 AM

Dec 19

Walleye

(43,844 posts)

2. Calling all graffiti artists

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:00 PM

Dec 19

Hey Joe

(411 posts)

3. They certainly are not wasting any time beshitting

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:14 PM

Dec 19

another American institution, are they?
Absolutely giddy and frothing at the mouth when it comes to the destruction of everything useful or benevolent to anyone other than the billionaire class.
Horrific and disgusting to watch and realize it has only been one year since these inept
lunatics took power.
We have lost so much.

tanyev

(48,675 posts)

4. The new Kennedy Center board: "Please, sir, may we have some boots to lick?"

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:20 PM

Dec 19

Vinca

(53,364 posts)

5. Can't wait to see it taken down and thrown in a dumpster.

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:22 PM

Dec 19

Johonny

(25,502 posts)

6. If they thought attendence was down this year

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:55 PM

Dec 19

They might be going out of business soon

MineralMan

(150,650 posts)

7. What will he desecrate next?

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:12 PM

Dec 19

Easterncedar

(5,539 posts)

8. Sacrilege and vandalism

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:17 PM

Dec 19

I hate this psychopath and his enablers

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,928 posts)

9. Trump is like various Pharohs and Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:18 PM

Dec 19

These all tried to claim the accomplishments of those who preceded them as their own.

sheshe2

(95,945 posts)

10. Exactly right.

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:19 PM

Dec 19

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,025 posts)

11. MaddowBlog-One day later, officials scramble to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 08:32 PM

Dec 19

It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center accurately: A group of people vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers.

Itâ€™s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center today accurately:

The presidentâ€™s operation just vandalized one of the nationâ€™s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-19T20:59:47.413Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-day-later-officials-scramble-to-add-trumps-name-to-the-kennedy-center

More importantly, Team Trump characterized the name change as a done deal, which it was not. Congress created the name for the Kennedy Center, and at no point did lawmakers delegate powers to the center’s board to rename the institution unilaterally.

The president’s operation, which has never been overly concerned with following laws, didn’t appear to care: By Thursday night, the center’s official website had been changed to include Trump’s name.

By Friday morning, crews were already hard at work. The Washington Post reported:

The Kennedy Center installed President Donald Trump’s name on its exterior Friday morning, a dramatic change to a building established by law as a ‘living memorial’ to a slain president. […]

A blue tarp was stretched across a portion of the building the next morning as a small team on scaffolding started the work. Loud drilling could be heard nearby. Inside the building, large letters spelling ‘Trump’ could be seen on the floor of the entry hall, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post.

It’s hard to know where to start with an initiative this ridiculous, but one of the first things that jumped out at me was the speed with which this came together. The president’s operation managed to acquire the materials, arrange the crews, secure the equipment and begin the installation work over the course of roughly half a day.

....Nevertheless, by midday Friday, the crews were gone and the arts center’s façade was changed.

Iâ€™m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T19:46:00.030Z

.......At this point, we could talk about the weird double “the.” We could also joke about the fact that this is now apparently a “memorial center” to two people, one of whom is alive.

While we’re at it, we could draw attention to the fact that the fonts don’t exactly match — and given the Republican administration’s interest in type settings, this is tough to overlook — while simultaneously noting the encouraging fact that the placement of Trump’s name will make it easy to take it down in the future without disturbing the original lettering.....

The president and his team have already gone to outlandish lengths to vandalize the White House. They’re now adding additional buildings to their target list.

sheshe2

(95,945 posts)

12. I like this part!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 08:53 PM

Dec 19

while simultaneously noting the encouraging fact that the placement of Trump’s name will make it easy to take it down in the future without disturbing the original lettering.....

Trueblue1968

(19,081 posts)

13. Well take his name off !!!!! What says about adding his ugly name is illegal !!!!!l

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:22 PM

Dec 19

Sogo

(6,986 posts)

14. It'll be gone as soon as he is....

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:31 PM

Dec 19

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