U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the crimson carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Middle Honors on the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025.
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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Middle for the Performing Arts, generally often known as the Kennedy Middle, might be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Middle,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Thursday.
The celebrated Washington, D.C., cultural heart’s board of trustees, who have been appointed by President Donald Trump in February, “have simply voted unanimously” on the title change, Leavitt stated in an X submit.
They did so “due to the unbelievable work President Trump has achieved during the last yr in saving the constructing,” Leavitt stated.
“Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, as a result of this might be a very nice group lengthy into the longer term! The constructing will little question attain new ranges of success and grandeur,” she stated.
Trump, who named himself chairman of the Kennedy Middle weeks after taking workplace, signaled in October that the title change was forthcoming.
In a Reality Social submit, Trump shared footage of a newly painted colonnade on the skin of the constructing beneath a caption praising “the brand new TRUMP KENNEDY, whoops, I imply, KENNEDY CENTER, columns.”
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