# 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:** 25
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/481 "2026-06-13T21:57:09Z")
The ruling said the name has to come down. It didn’t say anything about the tarp. I wouldn’t even be surprised if, in an act of spite, he had JFK’s named removed also. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/482 "2026-06-13T22:12:07Z")
Time for some guerilla action. Get a mob to tear down the tarp. ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/483 "2026-06-13T22:13:44Z")
“Mr. Trump! Tear down this wall…of tarp!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/484 "2026-06-13T22:25:25Z")
They’ll take it down after a court orders them to… and then after the appeals process plays out… and a few days late for… reasons. ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/485 "2026-06-13T23:01:54Z")
Here it is! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qx871RGaoeA/maxresdefault.jpg "Blowing up the Swastika 1945") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx871RGaoeA) ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/486 "2026-06-13T23:04:45Z")
BTW, if anyone wants free tickets to the Juneteenth celebration, that they won’t use, you can obtain them here. Before anyone pits me, again, I have no problem with Juneteenth celebrations and in fact have attended them, and just might do that this year too. I have a problem with THIS one. [https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2026/june/mlk-family-juneteeth/](https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2026/june/mlk-family-juneteeth/) ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/487 "2026-06-13T23:27:24Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The ruling said the name has to come down. It didn’t say anything about the tarp. The DJT name had to be removed from the building. Maybe it’s been reinstalled on the scaffolding, just behind the tarp and in front of that other name… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/488 "2026-06-13T23:28:53Z")
Maybe they’re waiting to do the reveal for his birthday tomorrow. ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/489 "2026-06-13T23:31:20Z")
I don’t know how exactly the letters were attached, but I assume there was some sort of base or clip screwed into the stone facade. Taking the letters down will leave the hardware, or all least holes at a minimum. I would expect some patching still has to be done. I also have a certain amount of cynical suspicion that as long as the clips remain, the idea that they could appeal again and snap the letters back into place is in play. ---
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/490 "2026-06-13T23:36:40Z")
In a sane world I would advise that what got the letters installed in the first place was the intentional uninvolvement of the courts or congress, and that we could count on both to do the right thing when pressed into service. In a sane world. ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/491 "2026-06-13T23:59:10Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Time for some guerilla action. Get a mob to tear down the tarp. No, that would be a mob. When you resort to violence and destruction you give up the moral high ground. Have t-shirts printed with “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” printed on them, and have people stand in front of the scaffolding wearing them. I think you could get a few volunteers for that. If you can get enough people, just do one letter per shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/492 "2026-06-14T00:02:57Z")
Tarp violence? ---
**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 14, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/493 "2026-06-14T05:52:36Z")
Tons of reports saying the name has been removed, all accompanied by pictures of workers on scaffolding supposedly _about_ to remove said name. There is also a photo of a worker supposedly holding the letter “P”, but I will need more than that from the serial liars on the Kennedy Center board. ---
**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 14, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/494 "2026-06-14T06:14:21Z")
[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333643898_10e63d6697_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333643898_10e63d6697_b.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/495 "2026-06-14T09:35:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I will need more than that from the serial liars on the Kennedy Center board. I’m not sure if it counts, but here’s a congresswoman saying it’s removed. I can only hope she peaked behind the tarp before making that statement. > **[Congresswoman Joyce Beatty on Instagram: "BREAKING NEWS!!!"](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZhObaOIKHs/)** > > 125K likes, 9,477 comments - repbeatty on June 13, 2026: "BREAKING NEWS!!!". ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/496 "2026-06-14T13:32:02Z")
“This is what it looks like when you fight for justice”. It looks like she is standing in front of a tarp, she has been told the letterring has been removed, and she needs a photoshoot for publicity. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/497 "2026-06-14T13:50:14Z")
The tarp is good symbolism for all the things Trump is trying to hide. I’ve lost count. ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/498 "2026-06-14T13:56:40Z")
So far, the only direct source of information all of the sources have is Kennedy Center Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca, a Trump pick that is also behind the push to shut the place down (“for two years”) for repairs. By the way, his former job was in the field of construction, so I am sure that will in no possible way influence who will be rebuilding the place. ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/499 "2026-06-14T14:16:47Z")
I’ve never been to D.C., is the Kennedy center unapproachable somehow? It wouldn’t seem like such an obstacle for someone to take a peek behind the curtain. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/500 "2026-06-14T14:22:04Z")
It’s fenced off (and I assume guarded) [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-06/260613-kennedy-center-washington-ww-1439-a689f3.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-06/260613-kennedy-center-washington-ww-1439-a689f3.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=26)