{"id":8310,"date":"2025-12-18T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/john-f-kennedy-center-to-be-renamed-the-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:34:11","slug":"john-f-kennedy-center-to-be-renamed-the-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/john-f-kennedy-center-to-be-renamed-the-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says\/","title":{"rendered":"John F. Kennedy Center to be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kennedycenter-1024x508.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which the White House said will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center. \u00a0(Photo courtesy of Kennedy Center)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which the White House said will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center. \u00a0(Photo courtesy of Kennedy Center)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a prestigious cultural hub in the nation\u2019s capital, will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The renaming comes after President Donald Trump named himself chair of the board in February in a major shake-up. He later fired the Kennedy Center president as well as board members appointed by President Joe Biden before appointing his own members.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leavitt said the board unanimously approved the name change. However, a federal statute appears to prohibit the renaming of portions of the center, which is considered a living memorial to Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter December 2, 1983, no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?path=\/prelim@title20\/chapter3\/subchapter5&amp;edition=prelim\" target=\"_blank\">according to the U.S. code.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Congress likely would need to change the law for the center to be renamed officially.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Kennedy Center was renamed in 1964 to honor President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leavitt said the renaming was \u201cbecause of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCongratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, because this will be a truly great team long into the future!,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the president\u2019s takeover of the center, major artists and performers have canceled performances or boycotted performing. The artist Issa Rae, and the musical \u201cHamilton\u201d will no longer perform at the center and dozens of cast members of \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d refused to perform for Trump officials earlier this year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which the White House said will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center. \u00a0(Photo courtesy of Kennedy Center) WASHINGTON \u2014 The John F. 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