# 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:** 9
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/161 "2025-12-27T17:24:00Z")
> [@robby](#): > > In all seriousness, I expect there will be a wholesale cleanup after Trump is gone Every time he does something like this, I look at it as another campaign promise the opposition gets to make. I have to assume at the midterms, otherwise for sure in 2028, we’ll be seeing Dem candidates saying they’ll change this back to The Kennedy Center, they’ll fix the White House addition, they’ll replace the former president’s portraits, re-remodel the bathroom, rename The Gulf Of Mexico etc etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/162 "2025-12-27T17:29:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The president of the board is threatening to sue Chuck Redd, the musician who cancelled the jazz program, for $1 million. There’s a potenial GoFundMe to which I’d happily contribute. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/163 "2025-12-27T18:05:53Z")
Suing the artist, eh? Sounds like a sure fire way to attract talent to your shitty club. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/164 "2025-12-27T18:50:54Z")
Was the building really in severe disrepair? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/165 "2025-12-27T19:42:48Z")
Like the east wing of the White House was. If Trump or his people say it was, you have your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/166 "2025-12-27T20:40:31Z")
I’m sure that Redd’s contract with the Kennedy center includes penalties are levied if he fails to perform, and he will presumably be made to pay that amount, but I highly doubt it’s a million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/167 "2025-12-27T20:57:31Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I have to assume at the midterms, otherwise for sure in 2028, we’ll be seeing Dem candidates saying they’ll change this back to The Kennedy Center, they’ll fix the White House addition, they’ll replace the former president’s portraits, re-remodel the bathroom, rename The Gulf Of Mexico etc etc etc. If you mean Democratic candidates in overwhelmingly Democratic House districts, yes. As for others, each will be considered separately. Reverting the Kennedy Center name should be politically safe, so long a Trump is alive. It will be fairly cheap to do, and it is easy for swing voters to see how a martyred president should be honored separately. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/168 "2025-12-27T22:11:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’m sure that Redd’s contract with the Kennedy center includes penalties are levied if he fails to perform, and he will presumably be made to pay that amount, but I highly doubt it’s a million dollars. There is not a Kennedy center anymore. I’d like to see every performer take the same stance, and see it fall into disuse because of what Trump has done. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/169 "2025-12-28T00:02:31Z")
Just from what I’m seeing in this [article](https://washingtonian.com/2025/03/06/kennedy-center-cancellations-hamilton/) from March, these people already have… Lin-Manuel Miranda/Hamilton Issa Rae Peter Wolf (J Geils Band) Low Cut Connie Rhiannon Giddens SNL writer Sylvia Traymore Morrison Balun Louise Penney Amanda Rheaume RIOT! Funny Women Stand Up Eureka Day Alfred Street Baptist Choir There’s more, but the lists I’m finding are all 6+ months old. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/170 "2025-12-28T15:25:02Z")
The website [trumpkennedycenter.org](http://trumpkennedycenter.org) has made a soft launch. There’s only one page; but it promises > [@](#): > > A National Institution Devoted to Power and Loyalty There’s also a teaser that offers to ring in the new year with the Epstein Dancers! > **[HOME | Trump Kennedy Center](https://www.trumpkennedycenter.org/)** (The domain, as you’ll recall, was obtained by a South Park writer) > **[Former ‘South Park’ Writer Bought Trump-Kennedy Center URLs In Anticipation...](https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-kennedy-center-south-park-writer-domain-names-1236657141/)** > > Toby Morton bought the domain names “trumpkennedycenter.org” and “trumpkennedycenter.com.” ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/171 "2025-12-28T15:40:10Z")
Also, in keeping with the general theme, a request to send him money. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/172 "2025-12-28T15:45:44Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > (The domain, as you’ll recall, was obtained by a South Park writer) Brilliant! 😁 The incompetence that pervades this administration is breathtaking. They can’t anticipate anything more than three seconds into the future, or see past the ends of their noses. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/173 "2025-12-28T15:47:45Z")
I think _part_ of the problem is that Trump throws out crazy-ass ideas like adding his name to that of the Kennedy Center and his staff is forced to respond as if the ideas are actually worthwhile and not nutso. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/174 "2025-12-28T15:55:35Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The incompetence that pervades this administration is breathtaking. Trump wants to replace the armrests in the Kennedy Center, with marble armrests. That ought to be comfortable. This is really, really stupid even by Trump standards. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/175 "2025-12-28T15:59:13Z")
In case anyone wants a cite for that ridiculous idea of his. > **[Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115787817857959030)** > > Potential Marble armrests for the seating at The Trump Kennedy Center. Unlike anything ever done or seen before! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/176 "2025-12-28T16:02:25Z")
Thanks @Dewey_Finn . I was having trouble finding it. Oh, I’m not on Lies Social. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/177 "2025-12-28T16:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Unlike anything ever done or seen before! Of course, so is the the Orange Moron himself! I wonder why marble instead of gold? I mean, sure, the ethical standards of the current attendees would ensure that actual gold armrests would all mysteriously disappear after the first evening. And reappear the next day at pawnshops, eBay, and criminal dealers in precious metals, but since these imbeciles can’t seem to be able to anticipate even the most obvious consequences of anything they decide, how would they know that? ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/178 "2025-12-28T16:41:12Z")
Why should we confine the marble only to the armrests? Surely marble seats and seatbacks would also be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/179 "2025-12-28T16:43:22Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Trump wants to replace the armrests in the Kennedy Center, with marble armrests. And who could foresee any problems with that? > **[WHY DOES WHITE MARBLE TURN YELLOW?](https://marbleunlimitedinc.com/blogs/articles-and-resources/why-does-white-marble-turn-yellow?srsltid=AfmBOooGyxq8GU2jwS3fasfrLTz1E1a0PuVi_2Zho-2aXbJMlatOy54l)** > > White marble floors are a bold statement to help up your home’s game, or just give it that classy luxurious look. White marble can be prone to yellowing, and unfortunately, this problem is not uncommon.   > Here are the top five reasons why... ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/180 "2025-12-28T17:32:12Z")
I fantasize about having a long pipe with a big chisel welded to the end. Slam it into those letters until they fall to the ground. Once the anchors are removed from the wall, it would be easy for a restoration artist to cover up the patches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=10)