The Trump-appointed board voted in December to change the venue's name.
A worker loads equipment on a flatbed truck outside The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. Board of Trustees filed a last-minute stay in an effort to stop President Donald Trump’s name from being removed from the institution, according to a court filing obtained by ABC News.had initially ruled that renaming the performing arts center was illegal because the venue was established by Congress as a federal memorial to President John F. Kennedy, and ordered that the name be restored to the Kennedy Center by June 12.
Trump branding from email signatures and any other documents The Trump-appointed board voted in December to change the venue's name to the "Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" and the "Trump Kennedy Center," with signs going up within days. But in court battles over the name change, leaders for the Center argued the center would be in financial ruin, as the president had promised to raise millions in private funding for it.
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