# 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:** 5
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/81 "2025-05-01T05:00:27Z")
Pity it’s behind a paywall. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/82 "2025-05-01T05:14:57Z")
Yes, thanks for sharing. Very clever and cracked me up several times. “Con Con” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/83 "2025-05-01T13:08:20Z")
I heard that someone proposed doing a non-union production of The Sound of Music, featuring Lara Trump as Maria and Barron Trump as Rolf. But after they read the script, it was rejected because it very divisive, what with all the bad things they said about Nazis and they even vandalized a Nazi car at the end without consequences. There was a brief discussion about changing the ending so the Von Trapp’s ended up in a Central American concentration camp, but at the end they decided to look at other productions. South Pacific seemed promising after they looked at Act 1, because the pretty Southern nurse (another Lara Trump role) rejected the woke French guy with dark-skinned kids. But Act 2 horrified the board by featuring a drag show, and then the pretty girl went woke. Someone pointed out that there was a song about how to teach your kids who to hate, then someone else pointed out that they were saying you SHOULDN’T do that. Again, someone recommended changing the ending so they nuked the plantation but they couldn’t figure out the logistics. The board ultimately decided that the show was too divisive for Trump’s America. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/84 "2025-05-01T14:13:00Z")
Here’s a photo from mag. Hopefully you can enlarge it. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/9eImDEc.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/GFpkh5l) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/85 "2025-05-01T14:22:10Z")
🎶_Fashy, talky, talky, Fashy talk…_ _Talk about things you like, to, oppress, rampantly._ 🎶 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/86 "2025-05-01T16:14:24Z")
Thank you! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/87 "2025-05-01T23:47:44Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thanks for that! It made me laugh. I particularly liked “Dancing with the Tsars” and “Joe Rogan “Bum Fights” (over $35 in prize money!).” I think my fave was “May 1 - Monster Cybertruck Event (chance of rain)” ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/88 "2025-07-23T03:25:39Z")
> **[House Republicans push to name Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/republicans-melania-trump-kennedy-center)** > > House Republicans want to name the John F. Kennedy Center’s opera house after first lady Melania Trump. Why so modest? Why not rename the whole Kennedy Center? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/89 "2025-07-23T05:29:17Z")
I snorted at “Vocal group Up with Goebbels” . , The whole thing is really clever, thanks for sharing a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/90 "2025-12-18T20:52:27Z")
The Kennedy Center has been renamed: > Trump, a Republican who’s chairman of the board, said at the White House that he was “surprised” and “honored” by the vote. > > “The board is a very distinguished board, most distinguished people in the country and I was surprised by it and I was honored by it,” he said. > **[Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7)** > > President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/91 "2025-12-18T21:10:05Z")
The New York Times points out that the current name is the result of a law passed by Congress so they would need to approve any change. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/92 "2025-12-18T21:22:00Z")
Some of us were previously of the opinion that lots of thing Trump did would have to be approved by Congress–but he went ahead and did them anyway with no Congressional nor judicial consequences. But Dewey you don’t seem to realize how modest Trump is–undoubtedly the board wanted to change the name to just the Trump Center (dropping the Kennedy) but modest Trump insisted they still retain Kennedy as part of the name. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/93 "2025-12-18T21:51:24Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > modest Trump insisted they still retain Kennedy as part of the name. For now. They’ll make that change in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/94 "2025-12-18T21:54:39Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > But Dewey you don’t seem to realize how modest Trump is–undoubtedly the board wanted to change the name to just the Trump Center (dropping the Kennedy) but modest Trump insisted they still retain Kennedy as part of the name. Although he wasn’t so modest as to allow JFK’s name to come first; the full name is to be “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Awkward in its length and that they left the word memorial in there. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/95 "2025-12-18T21:59:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Although he wasn’t so modest as to allow JFK’s name to come first; the full name is to be “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Awkward in its length and that they left the word memorial in there. They didn’t leave “Memorial” in the name; they added it. The name of the institution per Act of Congress is the “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/96 "2025-12-18T22:38:51Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > “The board is a very distinguished board, most distinguished people in the country and I was surprised by it and I was honored by it,” he said. Trump was also shocked -SHOCKED - to find that gambling is going on in here. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/97 "2025-12-18T23:06:53Z")
I could get behind The Donald Trump Memorial Whatever. At least until the body is cold. Then take down the sign and incinerate it along with all the other cheap trash he has installed. Actually, burning all that stuff would be disastrous for the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/98 "2025-12-18T23:26:35Z")
I think JFK’s surviving descendants should request that _his_ name be removed if Trump’s is going to be on it. What a travesty. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/99 "2025-12-18T23:37:53Z")
When will his supporters recoil at his ridiculous levels of narcissism? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/100 "2025-12-19T00:02:57Z")
Caroline Kennedy should sue to have her father’s name taken off the center. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=6)