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Here’s Why Trump’s Name Is Still on the Kennedy Center
A lot happened overnight—but not the removal of the sign.

Yesterday afternoon, preparations seemed to be underway to scrub Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center’s facade: Fencing had appeared around the lettering, and rumors were flying of a dark-of-night removal, one that would comply with the recent court ruling that declared the renaming illegal. But as media and onlookers gathered around the building’s steps, hoping to witness the sign removal, the saga of the Trump-addled Kennedy Center took another odd turn; at a 4 PM meeting, members of the Kennedy Center’s board voted to appeal the court order. They intend to keep Trump’s name. As of Friday morning, the sign is still there, though the judge ordered that it come down by tonight.

But what are the grounds of this appeal? And what happens if the sign stays up in defiance of the judge’s deadline? The court order also mandated that the Kennedy Center stay open, so what is the status of that? The litigation surrounding the Kennedy Center has lately been ferocious and confounding, so here’s an attempt to answer these questions and more. This information is current as of Friday morning, June 12—but as we’ve been seeing, things can change fast.

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So what happened yesterday to derail this?
At a Thursday meeting of the Kennedy Center’s board, members voted to fight the court order— specifically, they want to preserve the Trump signage on the Kennedy Center’s facade. As of Thursday night, lawyers for the Kennedy Center have filed the paperwork to appeal the court order, plus a motion to stay the court order until their appeal can be litigated. In other words, they want the Trump signage to stay—regardless of tonight’s deadline—until a court weighs in on their appeal.

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Okay, so what happens today?
Today, we wait. We wait for further filings from both legal teams, and for further information from the court. The most pressing issue is the signage, which the court said must come down by tonight, so we’ll see if the Kennedy Center complies with the court order, or if a court grants their request for a stay.

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https://washingtonian.com/2026/06/12/why-is-trumps-name-still-on-kennedy-center/