Trump's Name Put on The Kennedy Center Facade
Although Donald Trump's name has been added above John F. Kennedy's on the building, further challenges complicate the name change
Last week, the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, many of whom were appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump this year, voted to rename the facility as "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."
The day after the vote, Donald Trump's name was added to the main building of the Washington D.C. performance arts center, much like it was added to the facade of the U.S. Institute of Peace earlier this month.
The renaming of the Kennedy Center has been met with much criticism, and several members of the Kennedy family have posted to social media.
Kerry Kennedy, a niece of John F. Kennedy, wrote in a social post, “Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in?"
As of now, the center's website and social media have changed their logos to The Trump Kennedy Center.
However, the center's website remains kennedy-center.org, partly because comedy writer Toby Morton told The Washington Post that he'd purchased the "trumpkennedycenter.org" and "trumpkennedycenter.com" domains back in August.
Morton, who has worked on "Mad TV" and "South Park," is known for acquiring domain names to parody public figures like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
"I’ve received a large number of messages from creatives, writers, designers, and performers offering to contribute and help elevate what comes next," Morton wrote. "That enthusiasm is shaping the direction of the upcoming site, which will focus squarely on Trump’s narcissism, branding impulses, and the broader cultural implications of attaching his name to institutions that were meant to be civic, not personal."






















