{"id":172,"date":"2026-06-13T19:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:08:41","slug":"donald-trumps-name-has-been-removed-from-the-kennedy-center-court-docs-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s Name Has Been Removed From the Kennedy Center, Court Docs Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tWorkers began the process of removing Donald Trump\u2019s name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center on Saturday morning, hours after a court-ordered deadline to complete the work by Friday passed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=170\">Trump Is Throwing Himself a UFC-Themed Birthday Party. Actors and Activists Are Fighting Back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThousands of people tuned into various livestreams showing the exterior of the Washington, D.C. performing arts venue on Friday, only to watch workers spend hours constructing a scaffolding and not removing the Trump name.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe work continued Saturday morning with workers unfurling a large curtain to obscure the actual removal of the \u201cDonald J. Trump\u201d from the building\u2019s exterior; a livestream outside the Kennedy Center showed dozens of people walking past the building, unaware of what was happening on the other side of the facade-wide tarp.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMatthew Floca, the Kennedy Center\u2019s chief operating officer and executive director, confirmed in a court filing Saturday that work crews had removed \u201call physical signage\u201d from the building and grounds \u201cthat purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump or any individual besides President Kennedy.\u201d However, the tarp remained in place Saturday hours after the \u201cphysical signage\u201d had been removed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tIn late May, a federal judge ruled that the Kennedy Center board violated the law when it added the president\u2019s name to the performing arts venue; the court also blocked the venue from temporarily closing its doors this summer to renovate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/businessmovingservicess.com\/?p=168\">The Gospel of Erika Kirk: Leaning In With the Christian Women of TPUSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe law establishing the center \u201cmakes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board\u2019s unilateral say-so,\u201d U.S. District Judge Casey Cooper\u00a0wrote in his opinion, adding, \u201cCongress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCooper\u2019s opinion ruled that officials are required to remove any of the signage at the Kennedy Center that bears Trump\u2019s name within two weeks. 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