The order to remove Trumpβs name from the Kennedy Center leaves the institutionβs closure in limbo
2 June 2026 at 08:51
Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has put into practice that old maxim that itβs better to ask for forgiveness than for permission β except that the president of the United States never apologizes. The order issued on Friday by a federal judge in Washington to remove the Republicanβs name from the Kennedy Center (KC), the capitalβs major center of music and opera that Trump renamed without permission, has left the cultural institution in a state of uncertainty after more than a year of political meddling from the White House.

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