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The Kennedy Center is adding ‘Trump’ to its name, White House says

By Thomson Reuters Dec 18, 2025 | 1:05 PM

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 – The board of the John F. Kennedy ‍Center for the Performing Arts, which President Donald Trump filled with allies during a broad takeover ‌earlier this year, ‌has decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said ​on Thursday.

“I have just been informed ‍that the ​highly respected Board of ​the Kennedy Center, some ‍of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously ‍to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because ‍of ‍the unbelievable work ​President Trump has ​done ⁠over the last ‌year in saving the building,” Leavitt said in a post on X.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Nia ⁠Williams)