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shelshaw

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

Kennedy Center to be renamed 'Trump-Kennedy Center,' White House says [View all]

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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 [View all] shelshaw Thursday OP

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

Sickening. hlthe2b Thursday #2

I detest these classless morons malaise Thursday #3

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

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

Amen. Joinfortmill Thursday #13

Omg! Agent Orange. Lol. Joinfortmill Thursday #22

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

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

It will become INFAMOUS! TickTock. Joinfortmill Thursday #23

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

Wrong malaise Thursday #16

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

Not for long. TickTock Joinfortmill Thursday #10

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

100% that! oasis Thursday #20

Not the Onion orangecrush Thursday #12

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

Yes, satire is dead. orangecrush Thursday #24

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

Kennedy Center renamed Trump-Kennedy Center lindalou65 Thursday #15

Fuck this Shit. spanone Thursday #17

Just more of his Bonwit Teller behavior. PSPS Thursday #19

When a Democrat wins in 2028 Boo1 Thursday #21

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

I wish this was an Onion headline MustLoveBeagles Thursday #26

Not surprised bucolic_frolic Thursday #27

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

The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Cente LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #29