# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/421 "2026-06-12T20:01:41Z")
Yep. Probably quitting time. I did like the various comments that were basically, “They could have taken the T down, at least!” ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/422 "2026-06-12T20:20:33Z")
Here’s a picture posted on CNN earlier under the headline that workers were preparing to remove the Trump name from the center. It shows two “cherry pickers”, which is the appropriate way to lift a worker up to be able to remove the lettering, **but** … there are two of them, which isn’t necessary, and also scissor lifts that have no apparent purpose, **and** all these machines left without removing the lettering. And now scaffolding has gone up, which serves no apparent purpose and is not the right way to remove the lettering anyway. I think one can be forgiven for believing that this is all for show – just delay and diversion tactics being directed by Trump’s minions, and probably on his orders. A very mindless and juvenile thing to do, but what else is new with this man-child? All we need now is assurance that the lettering will be gone “in two weeks”. [![](https://i.imgur.com/GgbhGSL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/GgbhGSL.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/423 "2026-06-12T20:47:15Z")
Crime scene tape fifteen feet off the ground. I’ll bet whoever owns the lift rental company is posing for ad pictures. MAGAts might get vengeful if they think these guys are the actual removers. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/424 "2026-06-12T20:50:31Z")
I understand that Republicans enable Trump to disregard court rulings, but is today not the court decreed deadline to clean up the vandalism? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/425 "2026-06-12T21:36:40Z")
It’s not like this administration has ever disregarded a court ordered deadline before. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/426 "2026-06-12T21:42:56Z")
Yes, I know. Thank your local Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/427 "2026-06-12T21:56:14Z")
I did not catch the whole thing, but one one of the livestreams, a reporter said the the justice department has asked for a stay pending appeal, and asked for the stay to be expedited, before 7pm ET. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/428 "2026-06-12T22:35:07Z")
The last minute appeal was denied. Scaffolding has been errected Livestream of the signage: > **[Take the Name Down: Kennedy Center Live Cam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BslwLBRuvgE%5C)** > > Sign up to receive an email alert when the name is coming down!➡️ takethenamedown.orgA federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name fo... ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/429 "2026-06-12T22:36:59Z")
I have clicked on probably five different “live” feeds of this on youtube, and none of them are showing the same scenes. None of which show the name being removed. What a joke. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/430 "2026-06-12T22:37:05Z")
> **[Trump's Kennedy Center appeal is so unhinged he must have written it himself:...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-2677035083/)** > > The Trump administration has filed an appeal of the order to take President Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — and legal experts immediately noticed the filing was so vitriolic and unprofessional that the president... > “Without the name, ‘Trump’ on the Building, our fundraising will not only come to a halt, but any and all monies raised or committed would be obligated to be returned, refunded, or terminated,” stated the filing, adding that “people and companies, who have given, or will be giving, millions of dollars to the Center were only willing to do so with the name ‘Trump’ on the Building. Many did it because they loved the concept of two Great Presidents, one Republican, one Democrat, working together as one.” > > “No one else other than President Trump would be in the position of both rebuilding the Building, and raising the money for its operation,” said the filing. “The Building is also in bad shape, and unsightly to look at, a constant source of conversation within the Washington, D.C., area. It is unable to compete with other such venues throughout the United States, but when completed, as planned, will be the envy of the World, something that everyone, including this court, will be proud of.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/431 "2026-06-12T22:39:04Z")
Barf. If they take Trump’s name down and he’s no longer involved, I’d be happy to make a sizable donation. The fundraising for Trump is just more grifting . ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/432 "2026-06-12T23:19:08Z")
Since there is a damn good chance they will use the “We don’t work weekends” excuse, I am betting there will be attempts topple the scaffolding in the next couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/433 "2026-06-12T23:37:24Z")
The Kennedy Center Board stole the endowment for the Washington National Opera. I wonder if this was the point of the takeover from the get go. [Washington Nat’l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center stole the opera’s endowment](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.uscfc.54456/gov.uscourts.uscfc.54456.1.0.pdf) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/434 "2026-06-12T23:38:26Z")
The workers have returned. But that scaffolding is bullshit. Who is in charge of this? The Kennedy Center or Trump admin folks? From the angle of this video, it looks like they can’t reach THE DON. Trump would love that troll. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/INzFrJXrMiU/maxresdefault.jpg "WATCH: Crews begin work to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzFrJXrMiU) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/435 "2026-06-13T00:16:44Z")
8:15 PM in D.C. now, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/436 "2026-06-13T03:30:48Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > The workers have returned. But that scaffolding is bullshit. The workers are there now (11:30 PM EDT) and have extended the scaffolding to cover all the letters that they need to remove. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/437 "2026-06-13T03:32:49Z")
Heh, they’re starting on the “N”? EDIT: they were. Maybe they’re like “yikes - not budgin’” What’s up with all the workers lined up along the left like that? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/438 "2026-06-13T03:55:28Z")
Someone seems to be giving two thumbs up to the name being removed. > **[Double rainbow appears outside Kennedy Center just as Trump loses name fight](https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/double-rainbow-appears-outside-kennedy-37289526.amp)** > > U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that Trump's name had been unlawfully added to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, ordering its removal — as crowds cheered and a double rainbow lit up the sky. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/439 "2026-06-13T04:10:03Z")
There were delays because of the weather. As I write this (11:09PM central time) they’re working on it, with an appreciative audience. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/440 "2026-06-13T04:15:21Z")
Yep, the extreme heat was mentioned as a reason the workers had to take breaks. The feed above in the post from aurora\_maire is still active and right now is showing Rep. Beatty being interviewed while I’m watching the interview on MSNOW. So yeah, it’s happening. ETA: And now it appears the live feed in the above post is now discontinued. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=23)