Workers have removed United States President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington.
The restoration of the performing arts venue’s original name was the culmination of extended legal tussling, with an anti-Trump crowd keeping watch Friday until late-night thunderstorms forced construction workers to down tools.
In a legal filing Saturday, the center’s Executive Director Matt Floca said it had “removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds” containing Trump’s name.
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, former reality TV star Trump has aggressively imprinted himself onto the American political establishment.
Trump named himself chairman of the arts center and stacked the governing board with loyalists.
The board then voted in December to rename the venue as “The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”
The Republican president’s name was quickly added to the facade in large letters above that of Kennedy, spurring the cancellation of shows and plunging ticket sales for the remaining events.
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Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was renamed after Trump, and his face stares down from huge banners outside the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture.
On Sunday, Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday with a $60 million cage fight at the White House – kicking off celebrations for the 250th anniversary of independence from Britain, an occasion his administration is also seeking to mark with a commemorative $250 Trump bill.
As of Saturday afternoon, a white tarp that had been hung as part of the work to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center was still covering the building’s facade.
Loud noise had echoed from beneath the cover earlier Saturday, as morning joggers paused to take in the scene at the riverfront venue, AFP reported.
The Kennedy Center dropped Trump’s name from its website earlier this week.
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