New photos of the Kennedy Center show President Donald Trump’s name has been taken down from the building’s facade after a monthslong court battle and the recent addition of a tarp blocking public viewing of the removed signage.
Background
The Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why the tarp and scaffolding remained nearly 10 days after Trump’s name was removed. A federal judge ordered last month that Trump’s name be removed, finding that the board had no authority to unilaterally rename the building.
Congress named the building the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1964. The changed signage in December read: “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” That came after Trump’s handpicked board at the center voted to add his name to it.
A Kennedy Center official told the judge on June 13 that all references to Trump — online and on the building itself — have been removed from the center.
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