# Trump is Made Chair of the Kennedy Center **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248 "2025-02-12T21:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/321 "2026-05-30T08:23:02Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Maybe he’s hoping that Republicans will beg him to reconsider and fight. I think he’ll just let this one go because he doesn’t care in the slightest about culture (and neither does MAGA). Putting his name on the Center was just something that was extremely easy to do, he thought it looked cool and he was getting one over on the libs. His whining now that if he can’t have his name on it, he’s not going to fix their stupid building is him being a big baby but he doesn’t care enough to fight about it. There are plenty of other things to leave his mark on. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/322 "2026-05-30T10:52:20Z")
I agree with that and I’ll add that it won’t surprise me in the least if he tries to sell the letters to the public. Either for a few grand each so the regular MAGA voting public citizens can buy them or for a million+ dollars each so they can be used as a way for people to bribe him. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/323 "2026-05-30T11:57:19Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I think he’ll just let this one go because he doesn’t care in the slightest about culture (and neither does MAGA). You are correct about culture, but he cares about signage. If it wasn’t for the requirement of sixty votes in the Senate, I would say that this is a classic case of the strongman setting up a loyalty test for the legislature to abjectly put the Kennedy Center renaming in law. But here, the legislature has already failed the loyalty test by repeatedly refusing Trump’s demand to end the filibuster. I do not see how this game can be over. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/324 "2026-05-30T12:30:52Z")
I want the outline/shadow of his name to remain as a testament to what a loser he is. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/325 "2026-05-30T12:41:18Z")
When the giants invade and conquer (as you just _know_ they will – a la _Gulliver’s Travels_ or _Planet of the Apes_), and use what’s left of our world as a giant Scrabble game, those freakishly huge “TRUMP” signs – if nothing changes – should each have a face value of about nine points. And methinks there are more and more “T,” “R,” “U,” “M,” and “P” tiles gathering dust in warehouses around the world. So … in one possible future … Trump _does_ have quantifiable value. Just … not in _this_ world, and not to _us._ ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/326 "2026-05-30T13:35:58Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Can the claims hes making about rotting beams and parking areas ready to collapse be verified or disproven in any way? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam of thine own cultural centre. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/327 "2026-05-30T13:44:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I agree with that and I’ll add that it won’t surprise me in the least if he tries to sell the letters to the public. Either for a few grand each so the regular MAGA voting public citizens can buy them or for a million+ dollars each so they can be used as a way for people to bribe him. I came to post this! If there is $$ to be made, he won’t miss an opportunity. Great minds, eh? * * * > [@Spoons](#): > > I think I’d rather have an assessment from a qualified civil engineer, rather than a business school graduate. Who you callin’ a “business school _graduate_”? Donnie? You mean the guy who paid others to attend classes, write his papers, and take his exams? They guy who now happens to possess a framed diploma that he did not earn? That guy? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/328 "2026-05-30T14:20:49Z")
I think Trump is willing to let go of the Kennedy Center because even someone as dimwitted as he is must surely realize what a shambles his meddling has made of the place. The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra quit in protest, the Washington National Opera terminated their residency, and countless renowned artists have been refusing to perform there. I’m sure donations have been drying up, too. Trump may choose to blame all this on the “radical left” but there’s no getting away from the fact that the whole debacle exposes him as an uncultured loser. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/329 "2026-05-30T14:58:42Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > but he cares about signage. now I’m curious: when the Trump casino in Atlantic City was closed and then demolished, what happened to the signs? And on the day it happened, I assume it was on the news. Did any reporters contact Trump?. And did he publicly admit to, or acknowledge in any way, that he was ever involved with those “loser” properties? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/330 "2026-05-30T15:09:42Z")
Good on ya, Maria! > **[Maria Shriver Calls Judge's Decision to Reverse the Trump-Kennedy Center...](https://www.aol.com/articles/maria-shriver-calls-judges-decision-001907872.html)** > > The order to remove Trump's name from the building came on what would have been the 35th president's 109th birthday ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/331 "2026-05-30T17:50:53Z")
On top of the shameless narcissism behind the Kennedy Center debacle and the illegal name change, the change in signage typified the incompetence behind the whole mismanagement debacle. It was properly named “The John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. When the Orange Toddler added himself to the sign, it became “The Donald J Trump and The John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. When a place or organization is named for two individuals, only one “the” at the beginning of the name is used. The second redundant “the” remained as an enduring testament to the gross incompetence and illiteracy behind this attempt to hijack one of America’s most prominent cultural institutions by America’s most shameless pathological narcissist, known for turning to shit everything he touches. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/332 "2026-05-30T18:30:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The second redundant “the” remained as an enduring testament to the gross incompetence and illiteracy behind this attempt to hijack one of America’s most prominent cultural institutions by America’s most shameless pathological narcissist Or, less pessimistically, the understanding that someday, this moronic decision would be reversed, and the original signage needed to be left intact against that day. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/333 "2026-05-30T18:52:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Who you callin’ a “business school _graduate_”? Donnie? You mean the guy who paid others to attend classes, write his papers, and take his exams? They guy who now happens to possess a framed diploma that he did not earn? That guy? ^ This. I’m a programmer. Nothing to do with business. I know more about econimics and business that that fool ever will. When he started the tarriffs, I knew it would screw Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/334 "2026-05-30T19:09:13Z")
Trump has now predoctably moved on to “the judge should be thrown in jail for being mean to me”. > **[Trump furiously demands judge who blocked renovation project be criminally...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676976421/)** > > President Donald Trump erupted Saturday in a 720-plus-word social media post over a judge’s ruling ordering him to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and halt a renovation project, a rant that culminated with the president demanding the judge be... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/335 "2026-05-30T19:11:19Z")
So…only Congress can change the name? Who is going to be the first Congresscritter to try to force a name change down Congressional throats? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/336 "2026-05-30T19:18:40Z")
I know it can’t happen, but I really wish Trump could be charged with theft of honor. Despite anyone’s politics, JFK was a genuine hero who saved the lives of everyone on his PT boat. He was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Medal for heroism and the Purple Heart. For his poser to put his name over Kennedy’s is an insult to every person who has served. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/337 "2026-05-30T21:11:41Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#): > > He did, after all, promise so much whining. We would be tired of all the whining. Certainly his spelling skills are notoriously unreliable. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/338 "2026-05-30T21:19:40Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > to be left intact against that day. More likely he anticipated removing Kennedy’s name. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/339 "2026-05-30T21:49:00Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > now I’m curious: > when the Trump casino in Atlantic City was closed and then demolished, what happened to the signs? [CNBC 2014: Trump sues to get name off casinos](https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/06/to-get-name-off-casinos.html) > [@](#): > > “I want it off both of them,” Trump said in an interview Tuesday evening. “I’ve been away from Atlantic City for many years. People think we operate (the company), and we don’t. It’s not us. It’s not me.” > > It was the latest manifestation of Atlantic City’s struggles: One casino closed in January, two others are slated to do so by next month and another is up for a bankruptcy auction on Thursday and will shut down if a buyer doesn’t materialize. > > Trump’s lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court in Atlantic County, seeks a court order directing Trump Entertainment Resorts to immediately cure what it terms a breach of Trump’s licensing agreement with the company or remove his name from the casinos and the company itself. And: [CBS News 2017: Trump Sign Removed From Atlantic City Casino Up For Auction On eBay](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/trump-sign-removed-from-atlantic-city-casino-up-for-auction-on-ebay/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/340 "2026-05-30T21:56:54Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > On top of the shameless narcissism behind the Kennedy Center debacle and the illegal name change, the change in signage typified the incompetence behind the whole mismanagement debacle. It was properly named “The John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. When the Orange Toddler added himself to the sign, it became “The Donald J Trump and The John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. > > When a place or organization is named for two individuals, only one “the” at the beginning of the name is used. The second redundant “the” remained as an enduring testament to the gross incompetence and illiteracy behind this attempt to hijack one of America’s most prominent cultural institutions by America’s most shameless pathological narcissist, known for turning to shit everything he touches. I see a kind of tortured logic in the second „The", though: Wouldn’t „The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center …" imply that _both_ these gentlemen are no more with us? Or can something named a memorial be to a living person in the US? (perhaps with the requirement that the living person cannot remember their name anymore?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=18)