Trump pledges to withdraw from Kennedy Center after court strikes his name.
“Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of,” Trump wrote, referring to himself in third person.
But Trump’s interventions at the Kennedy Center, a national performing arts centre in Washington, DC, have been controversial from the start.
Construction on the building began in 1964, shortly after President John F Kennedy was assassinated.
That year, his successor, Lyndon B Johnson, signed into law an act of Congress that established the site as a “living memorial” to the slain leader.
But since starting his second term, Trump has sought to reshape Washington, DC, in his own image, undertaking construction projects and erecting banners with his photograph.
Within weeks of his inauguration, in February 2025, he fired Democratic members of the Kennedy Center’s bipartisan board and replaced them with his picks.
He also terminated the leadership of the centre’s longtime president, Deborah Rutter. The board quickly elected Trump as chair instead. see more...