# 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:** 23
**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, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/441 "2026-06-13T04:20:42Z")
This seems to be working: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aAhm880quUg/maxresdefault.jpg "LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm880quUg) ---
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/442 "2026-06-13T05:06:19Z")
I thought the delay was because of lightning. Anyway, last I checked, the sign was still intact. Some people are going to have some nice overtime checks. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/443 "2026-06-13T05:21:06Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > This seems to be working: It is working just fine; thank you for it. I’m not exactly sure what the workers are doing (standing around mostly), but I’m sure they have a plan to make sure that the task is completed in the next few hours. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/444 "2026-06-13T05:26:32Z")
The center has apparently told the court they need another 12 hours to remove the signage due to thunderstorms. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/music/kennedy-center-trump-name.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/arts/music/kennedy-center-trump-name.html) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/445 "2026-06-13T05:29:30Z")
Can we just take a moment to admire how deeply fucked up this is? So Donald Trump, who is absolutely desperate to leave his mark on anything and everything, orders his own name to be put on a building. The courts get involved and come to the conclusion that this should not be allowed. And now we’re watching a live feed of workers getting ready to pry those letters off of the building while Trump’s lackeys beg various courts to please just give them a little more time. I don’t recall this ever being an issue with any other President, like… ever. Well, for what it is worth, I hope Trump has a rage fit when he sees his name getting torn off the building and thrown down into the dust. And I hope that rage fit causes a massive heart attack and stroke. Because you know what bugs me the most about his name being up there? It’s the Donald J. Trump and JFK Memorial Center but Trump isn’t dead! Fulfill the requirement if you want your name up there Donald! (Having said that, the pleadings to the courts are probably assurances that as soon as he dies they can take it down but until then let’s let the giant baby suck on his pacifier) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/446 "2026-06-13T05:49:40Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Can we just take a moment to admire how deeply fucked up this is? > > So Donald Trump, who is absolutely desperate to leave his mark on anything and everything, orders his own name to be put on a building. The courts get involved and come to the conclusion that this should not be allowed. And now we’re watching a live feed of workers getting ready to pry those letters off of the building while Trump’s lackeys beg various courts to please just give them a little more time. I don’t recall this ever being an issue with any other President, like… ever. There’s footage of the U.S. Army blowing up a huge swastika on the Zeppelinfeld after they captured Nuremberg in World War II. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/447 "2026-06-13T05:55:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There’s footage of the U.S. Army blowing up a huge swastika on the Zeppelinfeld after they captured Nuremberg in World War II [![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/1*Irqbz57ypBnuGTuqmbkBXw.jpeg) ](https://miro.medium.com/v2/1*Irqbz57ypBnuGTuqmbkBXw.jpeg) ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/448 "2026-06-13T05:58:48Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > And now we’re watching a live feed of workers getting ready to pry those letters off of the building while Trump’s lackeys beg various courts to please just give them a little more time. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55331806478_5ba02e6bc8_c.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55331806478_5ba02e6bc8_c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/449 "2026-06-13T06:06:15Z")
It’s a good thing I’m not in the States right now because I’d go up there and pry them bitches off for free! Well, on second thought, if they insisted on paying me I guess it would be a shame to let that money go to waste. But in any case, I’d have it done by now by myself and I’d be first in line to urinate on the pile of discarded letters. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/450 "2026-06-13T06:11:25Z")
Do any of those workers think they’ll actually get paid? Donald Trump stiffs contractors who do stuff he _likes_; these guys won’t see a dime. ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/451 "2026-06-13T06:26:15Z")
Everything is being hidden from view now. How fucking absurd is that? Does it make Trump feel better to know no one can watch it happen? Is it like a child and peek-a-boo. If he can’t see it, it doesn’t exist? What a shitshow. I think the only place you can see it right now (1:30 a.m. CST) is C-Span. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uZfkRJXVPx8/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump Name Removal from Kennedy Center") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfkRJXVPx8) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/452 "2026-06-13T06:32:57Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Everything is being hidden from view now. How fucking absurd is that? He doesn’t want people cheering with each letter being removed. Something tells me they will anyway. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/453 "2026-06-13T07:12:47Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > He doesn’t want people cheering with each letter being removed. Something tells me they will anyway. Or preventing people from obtaining proof that nothing is being done. He doesn’t want a successful contempt order. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/454 "2026-06-13T10:20:23Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Everything is being hidden from view now. How fucking absurd is that? Does it make Trump feel better to know no one can watch it happen? Installation was [probably] done carefully, with few bystanders. Let’s not imagine the shitshow if a worker or witness got hurt during removal/demolition. Did the court order make any mention of restoring the façade, or was it simply ‘remove the name’? The next generation of America may well be spending a lot of time/energy/money filling all the myriad holes left by Trump’s name. ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/455 "2026-06-13T12:33:08Z")
How will they take down the curtain without drama? It will be like the unveiling of a work of art. I hope a large crowd assembles. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/456 "2026-06-13T14:06:12Z")
Oh man, I hope so. And the media better play that over and over. It will probably be another 2am job. I’m kinda worried that they may have put up a different atrocity naming it after a different family member. Or Charlie Kirk or something. Maybe they’ll leave it for a few weeks, and take one tarp down at a time “gosh, it’s raining judge”. ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/457 "2026-06-13T14:21:17Z")
Several reports that it will down by noon, and several other reports that the name is already down. Are there any pictures that show that the delightful deDonalding deed is done? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/458 "2026-06-13T14:36:15Z")
Who paid to put up the name and who is paying to remove it? Everything about Trump is waste. Wasted lives and huge amounts of wasted money and resources with unnecessary wars. Dismantling of necessary programs that will take large amounts of wasted money to rebuild once he is finally gone. DOGE will end up costing so much more in the long run. ---
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/459 "2026-06-13T14:39:23Z")
The livestream from MSNOW has a time and date stamp, so I believe the stream is actually live, and the tarp is still up. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1SvjzURhZO0/maxresdefault.jpg "LIVE: See Donald Trump's name off Kennedy Center when tarp is removed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SvjzURhZO0) ---
**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, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/460 "2026-06-13T14:40:09Z")
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