# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/541 "2026-06-15T20:14:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Mr. Trump, tear down that tarp! Leave it up. Use it as a giant to screen to project unredacted Trump/Epstien files. ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/542 "2026-06-16T01:29:28Z")
Either they are lying about taking down the name, or they accidentally (on purpose) messed it up so that they could say “Whoopsy! I guess we’ll just have to restore his name and start over!”. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/543 "2026-06-16T01:40:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Either they are lying about taking down the name, or they accidentally (on purpose) messed it up so that they could say "Whoopsy! I think they took off the letters, but the posts the letters are on, and especially the holes in the facade that anchor the posts, are genuinely very difficult – probably impossible – to not leave messed up. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/544 "2026-06-16T02:37:16Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rGtrrZXH12k/maxresdefault.jpg "Court Orders Trump To Remove His Name From Kennedy Center") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGtrrZXH12k) ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/545 "2026-06-16T14:05:49Z")
A 24-minute video? Can you at least summarize the point? Anything? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/546 "2026-06-16T14:39:07Z")
The video tells the story of Trump’s shenanigans with the Kennedy Center and explains the legal basis for the corrections underway. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/547 "2026-06-16T15:28:54Z")
Don’t worry about the bolt holes. There are restoration companies who can completely fix it. Shouldn’t be cost prohibitive unless trump gets a no- bid contract for it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/548 "2026-06-16T16:55:54Z")
I’m okay with leaving the bolt holes visible. Trump’s name being there is insulting. Trump’s name being ripped off is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/549 "2026-06-16T18:06:12Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > ’m okay with leaving the bolt holes visible. Trump’s name being there is insulting. Trump’s name being ripped off is hilarious. Totaly agree. And make some documentary’s about the “Ballroom” (known as the hole in the ground). Trump managed to have people dig a hole. Don’t know what to say about the East Wing. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/550 "2026-06-16T20:45:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Don’t know what to say about the East Wing. Wasn’t the East Wing where the First Lady’s office traditionally was? Especially those who actually did anything as first lady, more than sometimes standing around looking somewhat decorative. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/551 "2026-06-16T21:00:03Z")
That’s my understanding. Melania has another reason to distance herself from DC, so she is probably thrilled. ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/552 "2026-06-16T21:02:39Z")
Her office, and those of her “staff”. She actually has “chief of staff” 🙄 ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/553 "2026-06-16T21:05:48Z")
Yes, it used to be. ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/554 "2026-06-16T21:11:52Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > The video tells the story of Trump’s shenanigans with the Kennedy Center and explains the legal basis for the corrections underway Thanks! I thought it might have had some new information or something. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/555 "2026-06-17T02:33:04Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Thanks! I thought it might have had some new information or something. As @gnoitall said, the video provides a brief background on the founding of the Kennedy Center, then a pretty detailed account of how Trump stacked the board with his toadies and appointed himself as chair, and then how his toadies jammed through the name change and tried to rubber stamp Trump’s agenda for the 2 year shutdown for renovations. It also summarizes the blow back from performers. The heroine of the piece is Representative Joyce Beatty, who was an ex officio trustee. It is her lawsuit against the Center that has lead to the removal of the letters and the halt of the closure and renovations. All in all it’s 24 minutes well spent if you want a deeper understanding of the current state of play. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/556 "2026-06-17T18:51:59Z")
Interesting item from Snopes, yes a double rainbow did show up as his name was being removed! > **[Double rainbow formed over Kennedy Center on day Trump's name was scheduled...](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/double-rainbow-kennedy-center-trump/)** > > A judge ordered U.S. President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the front of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. by June 12, 2026. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/557 "2026-06-17T18:56:05Z")
It is not known that the name was removed. ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/558 "2026-06-17T19:04:27Z")
The article did not match what you said. You claimed that Snopes said that the double rainbow appeared as his name was removed, but the actual article said the double rainbow appeared when has name was _scheduled_ to be removed. But it wasn’t removed at that time, and we still don’t know if it has actually been removed at all yet. ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/559 "2026-06-17T19:18:28Z")
In fact, it is Wednesday morning, and there is still only one source of information about the supposed removal of the name-the toadie appointed by Trump to the Kennedy Center board of directors, the same toadie that agreed wholeheartedly with Trump’s decision to close the place for two years. ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/560 "2026-06-17T19:35:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > …but the actual article said the double rainbow appeared when has name was _scheduled_ to be removed. God didn’t get the memo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=29)