Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center in predawn operation
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize WASHINGTON: Workers stripped U.S.
- The work began around 1:20 a.m.
- The center’s board, which Trump chairs, voted in December to rename it The Donald J.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize WASHINGTON: Workers stripped U.S. President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center early on Saturday, less than six months after it went up, complying with a judge’s ruling that the performing arts landmark cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.
The work began around 1:20 a.m. (0520 GMT), hours after the Department of Justice said the government would miss the court-ordered deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday to take Trump’s name off the Washington venue, created a half-century ago to honor an assassinated president.
The center’s board, which Trump chairs, voted in December to rename it The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Workers began affixing his name to the building the next day.